Apple Orange Duffins
Here is another version of one of our favorite treats in our house. My daughter can’t get enough of these and asks me to make them all the time. Her favorite are the jelly filled ones but she will eat any kind I make.
For these particular ones, I decided to do a yummy filling in the middle with apples and oranges. It is amazing how well the two flavors complement each other. I zested and juiced a navel orange and used the zest for the actual batter and the juice for the filling. I cut up my favorite apples- pink lady into chunks and added some sugar, cinnamon and lemon zest. I let the mixture sit for a while for the flavors to marinate.
I then made the usual batter and added just a bit of the filling in the middle of each duffin. Of course I coated them with the yummy sugar mixture and they were a hit. My daughter loved them.
Try the apple orange duffins- they are delicious.
- ¾ cup raw sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1½ cups white whole-wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup extra light olive oil
- 1 cup 1% milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Filling
- 2 medium apples (pink lady), diced
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- Juice of one large navel orange
Mix the diced apples with the sugar, cinnamon and orange juice. Keep aside.
Topping
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup fine raw sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Lightly grease a 12 muffin tin with a bit of oil in each cup.
In a large bowl, beat together sugar and egg till light and fluffy. Pour in vegetable oil, milk, vanilla extract, nutmeg and orange zest. Mix to combine.
In a small bowl, sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Pour into the egg mixture and stir well.
Divide batter evenly into the muffin cups, first filling the bottom of each cup with about a tablespoon. Divide the apple mixture and spoon on top of the batter. Top the apple mixture with the rest of the batter- dividing evenly between all the cups.
Bake for 20 minutes, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
While muffins are baking, melt butter in a small bowl. Pour ½ cup sugar and cinnamon into another small bowl and mix well.
Once the muffins are done, lightly brush the top with melted butter, remove from the pan and roll in the cinnamon sugar, coating all parts of the duffin.
