Mandarin Muffins
"These came from a muffin website; not sure which one. These are very moist and always a big hit whenever I make them for guests or friends."
photo by Drfajardo
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
18
ingredients
- 1 cup mandarin oranges in juice
- 1 tablespoon orange extract
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 1⁄3 cup butter, melted
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F,.
- Line the muffin pans with paper liners.
- Drain the mandarins reserving liquid.
- Add the orange extract and enough water to make 1 cup of liquid.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, brown and white sugars.
- In a separate bowl, combine the egg, sour cream, orange liquid and the butter.
- Add to dry ingredients with oranges and pecans.
- Stir just until moistened.
- Fill lined muffin cups 2/3 full.
- Bake for 20-25 mnutes.
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Reviews
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A great but simple recipe for a first-time "baker"! More importantly, this muffin is so delicious I'm now inspired with my newly-discovered skill! Last weekend, I was collecting easy muffin recipes for my elderly mother who has just recently learned how to bake, as well. Since she is not computer-savvy, I browsed through several possibilities for her! Going through numerous recipes made me realize that baking did not seem so difficult after all. When I told my nurses about this, they challenged me to "shock" them by baking one of the recipes I collected for my mother! Today being a snowbound day made it ideal to try my hand at baking! I am impressed! -
Delicious!! My oldest daughter and I loved them! Thanks so much! -
I was a bit confused by the recipe: was it 1c of oranges AND juice, or 1c of just liquid? I went with 1c of liquid, and I think that was wrong; they were too mushy and totally flopped. Mine turned out a bit bland, too; I used water, but with a little extra extract and some zest. I like my muffins a tad sweeter than these; that would be easy enough to fix next time. -
Wonderful muffins. So soft with a hint of sweetness. I was looking for something to make with what I had on hand so I used lemon extract instead of orange and instead of water to make 1 cup of liquid, I used orange juice. I did not have any nuts on hand so I had to omit that step but it did not make a difference. They we just easy and delicious as they were. MewMew, thanks for a great recipe and one that will be repeated in my home. -
I was looking for some muffin ideas last night and printed a few possibilities. Made these this morning (6am they were in the oven!). They came out AMAZING. I ran out of Orange Extract and used Lemon - worked out fine and my picky toddlers were devouring them as I was leaving this AM. :-) Thanks for this - what a treat! Definately a keeper!
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Wonderful muffins. So soft with a hint of sweetness. I was looking for something to make with what I had on hand so I used lemon extract instead of orange and instead of water to make 1 cup of liquid, I used orange juice. I did not have any nuts on hand so I had to omit that step but it did not make a difference. They we just easy and delicious as they were. MewMew, thanks for a great recipe and one that will be repeated in my home.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
mewmew
Nassau, 77
<p>The Dolphin picture was taken while my DH and I lived in the Bahamas. We had some great experiences there including a variety of cuisines. Once a year they have an international food festival where countries from all over the world set up booths and offer their traditional dishes and drinks. We now live in Oregon in the Pacific N.W. We will be sharing some of our Caribbean recipes from time to time and look forward to sampling what the N.W. has to offer.</p>
