Orange Raisin Walnut Muffins
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 orange, zest of
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup white flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup raisins
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts, coarsly chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 and grease muffin tins or line with papers(I find it's sometimes a good idea to spray these too, and to get the outside of the tins as well, so the tops don't stick).
- Mix together shortening and sugar in a large bowl, then stir in orange zest.
- In another bowl, beat egg well and stir in buttermilk. Add a small squeeze of orange juice right from the orange too, if you'd like.
- Stir baking powder, baking soda, salt and flour together in another bowl.
- Put dry ingredients into the sugar/shortening mix, and stir a few times(it will be *very* lumpy, lots of flour left, but don't worry).
- Stir in buttermilk/egg mixture til everything is just combined, still some lumps left.
- Fold in walnuts and raisins.
- Pour about 1/4-1/3 cup batter into muffin tins. There should be more than you'd usually fill (the normal 2/3 way up) them, so that they almost spill out oover the top of the tin.
- Bake about 25-30 minutes, test with a toothpick to make sure they're all cooked inside.
- Enjoy!
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Culinary school drop-out (happy cook)!
My name is Meg, as my public name might suggest, and I'm 20 years old. So far, I've been a cook my whole life, at home and in restaurants, working as a Baker's Assistant right now. I was raised in a commercial bakery and general store as well run by my aunt and mom. I'm engaged to an amazing guy, who I met in high school in a restaurant prep course. We both went to college for Culinary Arts/Chef Training, but neither found the program very satisfying. As it stands, we're both happiest cooking, so long as it's not in a kitchen lab.
I've been nosing around 'Zaar since I was about 13 or 14, and it's been a huge source of learning for me, back when I didn't even know what a roux was, haha. If you've seen me around before, I'm the former SugarMegnolia.
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