Orange breakfast muffins

They were haunting me from the moment I read the recipe ;) so I thought that it's high time to bake them. At first glance, they may seem nothing special, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating, as they say, and here the very way how to eat them is indeed intriguing.

Recipe from Nigella's book 'Nigella bites'.

Serves: 12 muffins. Preparation: 15 min. Baking: 16-18 min.

Equipment:

- zest grater,

- juice squeezer,

- saucepan or microwave ;),

- 2 bolws, 

- whisk or spoon,

- muffin tin,

- muffin cases

Ingredients:

* dry:

- 250g (1 2/3 cup) flour,

- 25g (2 tbsp) ground almonds,

- 1/2 tsp baking soda,

- 2 tsp baking powder,

- 75g (1/3 cup) granulated sugar,

* wet:

- 75g unsalted butter,

- 1 large orange,

- 100ml (ca 1/2 cup) milk,

- 1 egg

Method:

Melt the butter in a saucepan or in the microwave and let cool it to room temperature.

Preheat your oven to 200ºC/390ºF.

Grate the orange peel.

In a bowl, whisk toghether the dry ingredients along with the orange zest..

Squeeze the juice from the orange.

In another bowl, stir together the wet ingredients: juice, milk, cooled butter and egg.

Pour the wet mixture to the flour mixture and mix only until incorporated.

Fill the muffin cases with batter.

Bake 16-18 min, until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.

Let them cool for a few minutes.

Serve while still warm: cut them in half with a knife, and spread some delicious jam, honey, good quality buttes (that's right!) or lemon curd (recipe forthcoming ;)) on them. 

Divine. :)