Orange Raisin Walnut Muffins
"Just made this recipe from Harrowsmith Cookbook, and they're probably the best muffins I've ever baked. Not too sweet, but not bland, and the cinnamon and orange just compliment each other so well!
Nice crunchy walnuts here and there and raisins scattered throughout...I altered the recipe jussst a bit, and they turned out to be the perfect muffin, I think.
(The procedure to mixing them is a bit different, I found, but the texture was great in the end, so it was worth cleaning an extra bowl or two.)"
- 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.
Also, I write a blog, however, I'm not always the best at keeping up with it, but try to put in my best effort whenever I get around to writing. The link is here, please give it a quick look-see!
