Author Notes
In our never ending search for the perfect muffin, these are delicious! Winter is mandarin orange season in California and we like to incorporate them in our recipes. —Tom and Anita Morgan
Ingredients
- For the muffins
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2 cups
all purpose white flour
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1/2 cup
white sugar
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1 tablespoon
baking powder
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1 teaspoon
salt
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1/2 cup
walnut oil, almond oil or your choice
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Zest from 3 Mandarin oranges
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1/2 cup
fresh Mandarin orange juice (about 3 oranges)
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1 1/4 teaspoons
orange extract
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2
eggs
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1 cup
fresh blueberries
- For the streusel
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1/4 cup
white sugar
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1/4 cup
brown sugar
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1 tablespoon
ground cinnamon
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1 1/2 tablespoons
cocoa powder
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1 tablespoon
mandarin orange zest
Directions
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Heat oven to 400*F and line a regular size muffin tin with paper liners.
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Combine flour, ½ cup sugar, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl and blend well.
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In a separate bowl add, oil, orange juice, eggs, 1 T zest and orange extract and blend.
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Blend this egg mixture into the flour mixture, blend well and add the blueberries.
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Spoon this mixture into the muffin tin liners.
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Mix all Streusel ingredients together and sprinkle on top of the uncooked muffins.
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Bake 15 to 20 minutes until done by the straw test. Then eat one!
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