Recipe #31: Citrus Muffins

Citrus Muffins

For this batch of muffins, I used a recipe from BettyCrocker.com. It called for orange and lemon peel as the main flavoring (I added 2 tsp. triple sec), and a larger than usual amount of sugar, making the muffins somewhat plain but sweet. The original recipe (in 201 Muffins) used less sugar and more citrus peel, but since it seemed a bit bizarre otherwise, I couldn't trust it.

The muffins the Betty Crocker recipe produced did not have a strong orange flavor, though, so I probably won't use that recipe again. The recipe also called for a sugar-orange peel topping which was pretty, but didn't really add much flavor. It did add texture to the muffins, though, which would have been a little bland otherwise.

The only other objection I had to the recipe was that the orange-lemon peel in the topping got toasted and turned black, making the appearance less appealing. In the photo on the website, however, there was no trace of dark brown specks, and that makes me wonder if they altered the photo to take away the specks.

But despite these flaws, I thought they were very good tasting and my tasters agreed.

I rate these muffins 4.5 out of 5, mostly for the lack of citrus flavor.

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