Glazed orange muffins Recipe

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Glazed orange muffins

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Categories:	Bakery, Breads, Fruits, Glaze, Muffins & Biscuits, Orange	Rating:	0
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Ingredients:

		Vegetable Cooking Spray
2	cup	Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
3/4	cup	Sugar
2 1/2	tsp	Baking Powder
1/4	tsp	Salt
1	large	Orange
1/4	cup	Milk, or more as needed
1/3	cup	Butter, melted and cooled
1	large	Egg, lightly beaten
1	tsp	Vanilla Extract
1/4	tsp	Baking Soda
1/2	cup	Pecans, coarsely chopped and
		-toasted
		ORANGE GLAZE
1		Orange, finely grated zest
		-of
1/3	cup	Fresh Orange Juice
1/3	cup	Sugar

Procedures:

1	Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2	Spray 12 muffin cups with vegetable cooking spray or line with paper liners.
3	In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
4	Grate the zest of the orange and juice it.
5	Add enough milk to the orange juice to measure 1 cup plus 2 tb and pour it into a second bowl.
6	Add the butter, egg, vanilla, and baking soda and whisk until blended.
7	Add the wet ingredients to the dry and combine with as few strokes as possible.
8	Fold in the orange zest and pecans.
9	spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each one ?to 2/3 full.
10	Bake until golden and fragrant, 15-20 minutes.
11	Meanwhile, prepare the orange glaze: in a small pan, bring the orange zest and juice and sugar to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
12	Turn down the heat and let simmer until thickened, 4-5 minutes.
13	Let cool slightly.
14	The glaze should be liquidy so that it soaks into the muffins.
15	Let muffins cool 2-3 minutes, then brush the tops with the warm glaze, or drip it over them with a spoon.
16	Serve warm.
17	Sticky and good -- real good!