Orange Cream Cheese Muffins Recipes

ORANGE CREAM CHEESE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar. Add the egg and juice. Beat well. Stir in the biscuit mix just until moistened. Fold in pecans. , Grease six Texas-size or jumbo muffin pans generously. Spoon 1/4 cup batter into each cup. Spoon 1 teaspoon marmalade into the center of each muffin. Top with remaining batter. , Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Grease bottoms only of 12 muffin cups or line with baking cups.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, orange peel and salt; mix well. In a small bowl, combine orange juice, oil and egg; blend well. Add dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be lumpy.)
• Fill cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 1 minute before removing from pan. Serve warm.

ORANGE-CREAM CHEESE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. Mix Bisquick mix, orange peel and orange juice until soft dough forms; beat vigorously 30 seconds. Place dough on surface generously sprinkled with Bisquick mix; roll in Bisquick mix to coat. Knead 10 times.
• Roll dough 1/2 inch thick. Cut with 2 1/2-inch cutter dipped in Bisquick mix. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Mix cream cheese and marmalade. Spoon about 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture onto center of each circle; sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.

ORANGE CREAM CHEESE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Grease muffin cups or line with paper baking cups; set aside.
• Mix the first six ingredients together until just moistened.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full.
• Drop a dollop of the orange marmalade into the center of the muffins.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until done.
• Cool on rack for five minutes; serve while still warm.
• I have substituted ricotta cheese for the cream cheese with good result.

ORANGE CREAM CHEESE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat to 375°F Line fourteen muffin cups with paper or foil cupcake liners (you can make 12 muffins).
• Fit a food processor with the steel blade. With the machine on, drop the orange pieces through the feeder tube. Process until finely chopped, then measure 1/4 cup pulp and return it to the processor bowl. (Discard any remaining orange.) Add the cream cheese and process in three 10-second intervals, scraping down the side of the bowl after each process. The mixture should retain some orange texture.
• In a large bowl, thoroughly whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
• Cut the butter into 1-inch pieces and place in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until smooth and lightened in color, about1 minute. Stop the machine, add the cream cheese/orange mixture, then mix on medium speed for 1 minute. Add the sugar in a steady stream, then blend in the eggs, the yolk, and the vanilla.
• Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour mixture in three additions, mixing just until blended after each addition.
• Spoon about 1/4 cup of the batter into each muffin cup. Bake for 22 to 25 minutes, or until the muffins are golden brown and the tops are springy to the touch. (To ensure even baking, toward the end of baking time, rotate the pans top to bottom and front to back.) Remove from the oven and place on a rack to cool.

ORANGE SOUR CREAM MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, pecans, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, sour cream, butter and orange juice concentrate. Stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened., Fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 375° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack. Serve warm.

ORANGE CREAM CHEESE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar. Add the egg and juice. Beat well. Stir in the biscuit mix only until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in pecans. Grease six Texas-size or jumbo muffin pans generously. Spoon 1/4 cup batter into each cup. Spoon 1 teaspoon marmalade into the center of each muffin. Divide remaining batter over marmalade. Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.