Mandarinorangemuffins Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Place muffin papers in muffin tins or spray tins with vegetable oil.
• Drain oranges and pat dry with paper towels. Set aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, allspice, and sugar. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Whisk together egg and milk. Pour into flour mixture and stir with a fork just until combined. Do not overmix. Batter will be thick. (If your batter is crumbly, you may add a SMALL splash of milk). Carefully fold in mandarin oranges.
• Fill muffin tins 3/4 full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until center tests done and muffins are lightly golden.
• While muffins are baking, place melted butter in a small bowl. In another small bowl, whisk together sugar and cinnamon.
• When muffins are done, dip each hot muffin first into the butter and then into the cinnamon sugar. Let cool.

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients.
• Mix wet and ingredients and add to dry, and fold in with spatula.
• Fold in fruit.
• Add to tins (greased).
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 375°, 20-25 min.
• NOTE: I use texas-sized muffin tins.
• This makes 6, and I have enough batter leftover for two muffins.
• It freezes beautifully.

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.
• Whisk together five-spice powder and 2 tablespoons granulated sugar in a small bowl.
• Cover phyllo with overlapping sheets of plastic wrap and a dampened kitchen towel. Arrange 1 phyllo sheet on a large baking sheet, then brush with some butter and sprinkle with one third of spiced sugar. Make 2 more layers in same manner. Top with remaining phyllo sheet and brush with remaining butter. (For a corrugated look, invert a large rectangular cooling rack and place it on top of phyllo.)
• Bake until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Carefully remove cooling rack (if using) and transfer phyllo (in 1 piece) with 2 metal spatulas to another rack to cool.
• While phyllo cools, blend together cream cheese, lemon juice, vanilla, 2 tablespoons reserved orange syrup (discard remainder), and remaining 2 tablespoons granulated sugar in a food processor until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and fold in oranges.
• Break phyllo with your hands or cut with a serrated knife into 12 pieces. Arrange 1 piece of phyllo on a plate and top with a dollop of orange cream. Repeat layering and top with another piece of phyllo. Make 3 more napoleons in same manner. Dust with confectioners sugar.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk and extract. Stir into crumb mixture just until moistened. Fold in oranges. , Fill greased or paper-lined miniature muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Dip tops of warm muffins in melted butter, then in cinnamon-sugar.