Viv's orange muffins

Babiche Martens

I asked my mother, Viv, what she would like and her idea of a treat would be freshly baked muffins with lashings of butter. I know these quick, simple orange and cinnamon versions are one of her favourites. They involve whizzing whole oranges to a pulp and balancing the flavour with some subtle cinnamon. And, says Viv, they always taste better when shared with friends and family.

Ingredients

2 medium	Oranges, roughly chopped (Main)
1	Egg
25 g	Melted butter
½ cup	White sugar
1 ½ cups	Self raising flour
½ tsp	Cinnamon
¼ cup	Milk

For the topping

1 tsp	Cinnamon
2 Tbsp	Sugar

Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 180C. Grease a 12-hole muffin tin.
2. Remove any pips from the oranges and place into a kitchen processor. Whizz until well pulverised.
3. Add the egg, melted butter and sugar, whizzing again.
4. Place into a bowl and gently stir through the flour, cinnamon and milk. Spoon the mixture evenly into the muffin tins.
5. Combine the topping in a cup and sprinkle a bit on the top of each muffin. Place into the oven for 20 minutes until just set and soft and bouncy to touch.
6. Cool in the tins for easy removal.

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