Oh dear ... last night my nightcap was Horlicks with warm milk. I got a shock when I saw on the label how much sugar it contains!!!!
Hopefully I can blame the Horlicks's high sugar contents, cause I had a nightmare last night ... woke up hubby. Grrrrr.
Few days ago Hein bought HUGE oranges for our garden birds. Although they managed to eat the flesh, we thought maybe the membranes were too 'strong' for them.
This morning I searched for a recipe using oranges and orange juice and found one ...
Beauty of this recipe is you blitz the whole orange! Peel and white parts. (Not the pips though.) It came out lovely! I made 18 small muffins. Since the recipe said 1/2 cup brown sugar, I only used 1/4 cup white sugar. So muffins aren't sweet, but eaten with Pick 'n Pay's Double Cream Lemon Meringue Yogurt, it's divine!!!
OUTRAGEOUS Orange Muffins
Makes 12 big muffins or 18 smaller muffins
Blend on high (in a food processor/blender) until smooth:
- 1 whole orange (quartered /eighths (with peel and white bits—just remove the pips)
- ½ cup orange juice
- 1 egg large
- ½ cup butter (melted) or oil
Mix in a large bowl:
- 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 scant tsp salt
- ½ cup brown / white sugar
Combine wet ingredients into dry ingredients, and add:
- ½ cup raisins (optional)
Grease muffin tins with butter or oil, or use muffin liners.
Preheat oven to 375oC / 190 oC. Bake for 15–18 minutes at 375°.
Some helpful secrets:
- The orange juice can be fresh-squeezed, from a carton, or from concentrate—use what’s already in your kitchen.
- This is one recipe where either butter or oil is fine. I often use olive oil, and the muffins are delightful, though butter is delicious…
- Try substituting a bit of the flour for flax meal, oat flour, or other whole grain flours for extra heartiness.
- To plump up your raisins, let them soak for fifteen minutes in really hot water. You’ll look like a professional baker.
- Feel free to add dried cranberries or walnuts or other caprices to your own muffins.
- I just tried making these with fresh blackberries and marionberries instead of raisins, and they were killer!!!
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