Blood Orange Crumb Muffins

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Blood Orange Crumb Muffins Light, cake texture muffins with delicate orange flavor. Cardamom adds a peppery bite. Topped off with tender crumbs. Fit for brunch, breakfast, snacks or any occasion.

blood orange muffin

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I like to cook and bake with fresh squeezed juices. Citrus brightens the recipe so I use it whenever I can.

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In this case blood oranges brought sweet and tangy taste to the table.
blood orange muffinI like to make extra crumbs and sprinkle those crumbs over cut muffin pieces.
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BloodOrangeCrumbMuffins

Blood Orange Crumb Muffins

Blood Orange Crumb Muffins

5 from 3 votes
Servings 5 each

Ingredients
  

muffin

  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup blood orange juice strained (2 to 3 oranges)
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

crumbs

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar

Instructions
 

muffin

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour large cup muffin pan. Set asdide. In a medium sized bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add milk, juice, egg and vanilla.
  • In a separate bowl, mix flour, cardamom, baking powder and salt. Add half dry ingredients to wet mixture, stir. Repeat with reaining wet mixture.

crumbs

  • Mix together flour and sugars. Fold in cold butter and mix to form crumbs. Set aside.

bake

  • Fill prepared pan cups with 1/4 cup batter. Bake at 350 for aboout 15 to 20 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Sprinkle crumbs over muffins. Cool muffins several minutes in paan before moving to a rack to cool. Add addintional crumbs to cooled muffins.

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