Description
Bake these bright, moist orange muffins using fresh zest and juice for a perfect breakfast or snack.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- For Glaze (Optional): 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or grease well.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate medium bowl, whisk the egg, milk, vegetable oil, orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla extract until combined.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix gently with a spatula until just combined. Do not overmix; a few lumps are fine.
- Divide the batter evenly among the 12 muffin cups, filling each about two-thirds full.
- Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- If glazing, whisk the powdered sugar and orange juice together until smooth. Drizzle over cooled muffins.
Notes
- For extra zest flavor, gently rub the zest into the sugar before mixing with the wet ingredients.
- Use room temperature milk and eggs for better batter incorporation.
- If you prefer a crumb topping, mix 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons cold butter until crumbly, then sprinkle over the batter before baking.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 18
- Sodium: 180
- Fat: 9
- Saturated Fat: 1.5
- Unsaturated Fat: 7.5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 31
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 25