Orange Pistachio Muffins
Ingredients
- 100 g butter
- 80 g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 250 g cake flour or plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- orange zest - from 2 oranges
- 50 ml fresh squeezed orange juice
- 50 ml fresh milk
- 1/2 cup pistachio nuts - or any type of nuts you prefer
Instructions
- Sift flour, baking powder and soda together, add orange zest and mix well, set aside. Combine milk and orange juice together and set aside.
- Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy at medium speed.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Gradually add flour mixture and milk mixture alternately until mixture combined (do not ove rmix).
- Scoop batter into piping bag and pipe into 5-6 muffin liners to 3/4 full. Add some pistachio nuts on top.
- Bake in preheated oven at 170 deg C for about 25-30 minutes or skewer inserted comes out clean.
Notes
Do not overmix the batter, the gluten in the flour can form elastic gluten strands – resulting in a more dense, chewy texture.
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