MANDARIN ORANGE MUFFINS RECIPES

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients.
• Mix wet and ingredients and add to dry, and fold in with spatula.
• Fold in fruit.
• Add to tins (greased).
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 375°, 20-25 min.
• NOTE: I use texas-sized muffin tins.
• This makes 6, and I have enough batter leftover for two muffins.
• It freezes beautifully.

Steps:

• First, clean and rinse the Mandarin Orange (1 cup) well. Then using a vegetable shredder, grate the orange rind. You will need 1/2 cup of orange rind. Peel to remove the skin, remove pith, seeds and break into segments. Then, using a sharp knife, cut the segmented mandarin oranges into small pieces.
• Next, preheat oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F) and place oven rack in center of oven.
• Line a 12 cup muffin pan with muffin liners and set aside while we prepare the batter for the muffins.
• Combine all the wet ingredients. Beat Egg (1), Buttermilk (3/4 cup) and Butter (75 gram).
• Combine all DRY ingredients: In a large bowl mix together All-Purpose Flour (195 gram), Granulated Sugar (100 gram), Baking Powder (2 1/2 teaspoon), Ground Cinnamon (1/4 teaspoon), Ground Nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon) and Salt (1/4 teaspoon).
• Then, add the WET egg mixture into the DRY flour mixture. Using a spatula, stir only until the ingredients are JUST combined. Do not OVERMIX.
• Next, fold in the diced mandarin oranges.
• Using an ice-cream scoop, spoon the batter evenly into the muffin cups till 3/4 full.
• Sprinkle the top with Granulated Sugar (2 tablespoon) and garnish with orange rinds. And we're ready to bake the muffins.
• Place muffin tray into preheated oven.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of muffins comes out clean. And we're done!
• Remove from oven and cool the muffins in the pan for about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Then transfer the mandarin oranges onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
• These muffins can be stored for a few days at room temperature and they freezes well too. As always, serve and enjoy!