Citrus Pecan Muffins Recipes

LEMON PECAN OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Grease muffin tins, or line with paper baking cups.
• In a large bowl combine the flours, oats, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt.
• Add milk, oil lemon juice, lemon rind and eggs, stirring until dry ingredients are just moistened. Do not over beat.
• Stir in pecans.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins, filling 3/4 full.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.

PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 12 cup muffin tin with muffin liners.
• Add 1 cup of the pecans to a food processor and pulse until finely ground (do not let this become a paste).
• Whisk together the 1 cup pecan crumbs, brown sugar, flour, eggs, and melted butter.
• Scoop into muffin tins.
• Chop the remaining pecans coarsely and sprinkle over muffin batter.
• Bake for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

PECAN-PIE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place paper liners in 9 muffin cups and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine the pecans, sugar and flour. Make a well in the center of the mixture.
• In a separate bowl, beat the eggs until foamy. Add the melted butter and stir to combine. Pour the egg mixture into the well in the dry ingredients, stirring until moistened.
• Spoon the batter into the cups, filling each almost full. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in a muffin, about 20 minutes.

CITRUS MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine oil, sugar, and eggs. Mix well. Add remaining ingredients. Blend. Pour into muffin pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Simmer orange juice with sugar until sugar is dissolved
• Add Cognac or Brandy, zest and spices.
• Place in a sterilized jar, seal tightly - store in a cool place - shaking occasionally for 1 month
• Strain it through a fine sieve into a sterilized decorative bottle for another month before serving
• (recipe courtesy Georgia Downard - Gourmet Magazine) .

PECAN PIE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with baking cups. Spread pecans on a baking sheet and bake until fragrant, about 12 minutes. Cool 15 minutes, then coarsely chop. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, butter, milk, and vanilla. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients, then stir in pecans.
• Divide batter evenly between muffin cups,adding a scant 1/4 cup to each. Top each with a single pecan half or more chopped nuts, and sanding sugar. Bake until tops spring back when lightly touched, about 20 minutes. Cool in pans 5 minutes, then remove to wire rack to cool completely.

CITRUS MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400° F. Line 12 muffin cups with paper baking cups. In small bowl, mix 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon of the orange peel; set aside.
• In medium bowl, beat milk, oil and egg with fork. Stir in flour, 3/4 cup sugar, the baking powder, salt and remaining 2 teaspoons orange peel just until moistened. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Sprinkle sugar-orange peel mixture evenly over batter.
• Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan. Serve warm.

PEACH PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400. Grease and flour 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners. Combine topping ingredients until mixture is crumbly and set aside.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk butter, milk, and egg together in a separate bowl. Stir milk/egg mixture into the flour mixture and blend just until moistened. Fold in diced peaches. Spoon into muffin cups and sprinkle envenly with topping mixture. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan.

ORANGE PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine first four ingredients. Set aside. Remove the peel from two of the oranges. Cut all the oranges into eighths and remove seeds; puree in a blender or food processor If necessary, add enough water to puree to equal 2 cups. Stir oranges, eggs, oil, cereal and pecans into the dry ingredients. Blend only until mixed. Fill greased muffin tins 3/4 full. Bake at 375° for 10-25 minutes.

CINNAMON-PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Combine milk, vegetable oil, and egg in a separate bowl; beat with an electric mixer until thoroughly blended. Pour into flour mixture and mix until moist; do not overmix. Fold in pecans and transfer about 2/3 cup batter to each prepared muffin cup.
• Bake muffins in the preheated oven for 8 minutes.
• While muffins are baking, mix pecans, sugar, melted butter, and cinnamon for the topping in a small bowl. Remove muffins from the oven, top with pecan-butter mixture, and return to the oven. Bake until muffins are golden and tops spring back when lightly pressed, 7 to 12 minutes.

PECAN CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, toss cranberries with 1/4 cup sugar; set aside. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and remaining sugar. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. , Combine eggs and milk; stir into flour mixture just until moistened. Fold in pecans, lemon zest and cranberries. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. , Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done.

LEMON MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with baking cups. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, zest, juice, and milk. Whisk in butter. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients, until just combined.
• Divide batter evenly between muffin cups, adding a scant 1/4 cup to each. Sprinkle with sugar, if desired. Bake until tops spring back when lightly touched, about 20 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in pan, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

HONEY-PECAN MINI MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Spray a 24-cup mini muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Whisk butter, honey, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl.
• Stir brown sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Make a well in the center, and pour butter mixture into the well. Stir just until batter is combined.
• Sprinkle 1/2 of the chopped pecans into the bottoms of the prepared muffin cups. Spoon batter evenly over top, until just about full and sprinkle with remaining pecans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 10 to 12 minutes. Leave the muffins in the pan for about 5 minutes before removing to serve.

LEMON PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. 2. Sift the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Reserve 1/2 cup of the pecans to top the muffins (see Step 4). Add the remaining pecans to the dry ingredients and toss to coat. 3. Whisk the wet ingredients in a medium bowl or blend in a food processor. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry mixture. Stir just until mixed. Do not overstir. 4. Spoon the batter into a greased or papered muffin tin. Fill each cup nearly to the top. Top each cup of batter with the reserved chopped pecans, taking care to sprinkle them evenly over each cup. Too much topping piled high in the middle will prevent the muffins from rising properly. 5. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. 6. Cool the muffins at least 10 minutes before removing from the tin.