Perfect Breakfast on Boxing Day ~ Orange Blueberry Muffin 圣诞大餐后的完美早餐 ～ 香橙蓝莓满分

These tangy and refreshing muffins make perfect breakfast on Boxing Day after a daylong partying and big feast the day before.

If not of the plain taste blueberries, these muffins will be even tastier. It’s my first time buying blueberry from Argentina. I am rather disappointed. It is not sweet, not tangy, basically no taste at all.

(Does the muffin liner look familiar? Once again, thank you neeyeloh.)

I am submitting this post to Aspiring Bakers # 2: Christmas! (Dec 2010) hosted by Passionate About Baking.

Recipe was seen at J3ss Kitch3n. I am sharing my modified recipe here.

Ingredients:
(A)
1 cup buttermilk (see note)
2 large eggs
3 tbsp honey
6 tbsp melted butter/ vegetable oil
(B)
Grated zest from 1 large orange
5 tbsp sugar
2 cups plain flour
2 ½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
(C)
1 cup fresh/frozen blueberries (I used 125g)

Method:
1) Preheat oven to 200°C. Prepare a 12-well muffins tray and line with muffin cups (I made 14 cups).
2) In a medium bowl, add (A) and whisk to combine.
3) In a large bowl, rub the sugar and orange zest together with your fingertips until the sugar is moist and the fragrance of orange strong. Whisk in the rest of ingredients in (B).
4) Pour the liquid ingredients over the dry ingredients and whisk gently but quickly to blend, do not over-mix. Batter will be lumpy and bubbly.

5) Fold in (C).
6) Scoop the batter to fill 3/4 of muffincups. Bake for 22-25mins or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffin comes out clean.
7) Transfer to a wire rack and cool before serving (but I like it hot!)

Note:
1) If you don’t have buttermilk, add 1 tbsp of vinegar or lemon juice into the cup, add enough milk to make one cup and let stand for 10 mins.
2) 1 cup = 240ml / 1 tsp = 5ml / 1 tbsp = 15ml

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