Orange Berry Muffins

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 orange, zest of
• 1 orange, juice of
• 3/4 cup buttermilk (about)
• 2 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• coarse decorator sugar, for topping

Recipe

• 1 center a rack in the oven; preheat oven to 400°; butter or spray 12 regular-size muffin cups; place muffin pan on a baking sheet.
• 2 add orange juice to a large glass measuring cup; pour in enough buttermilk to make 1 cup; whisk in the eggs, honey, and melted butter; set aside.
• 3 in a big bowl, rub the sugar and orange zest together with your fingertips until the sugar is moist and the fragrance of orange is strong.
• 4 whisk in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• 5 pour the liquid ingredients over the dry ingredients and, using a whisk or rubber spatula, gently but quickly stir to blend (don’t worry about being thorough, the batter will be lumpy and bubbly).
• 6 stir in the blueberries.
• 7 divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups.
• 8 bake 22-25 minutes; if you want to top the muffins with decorating sugar, sprinkle on the sugar after the muffins have baked 10 minutes.
• 9 when fully baked, the muffins will be golden and springy to the touch and pick comes out clean.
• 10 transfer the pan to a rack; cool 5 minutes before carefully removing each muffin from its mold.