I adore baking with citrus, it goes so well in so many dishes. These Orange Crunch Muffins are incredibly simple and delicious and a new take on a classic recipe.
You may recognise this recipe as it is an orange version of my Crunchy Lemon Muffins! A follower suggested it works well with orange and lime so I was keen to try it out, and I can assure you my house smells amazing so it was definitely a success!
This recipe seems to have been around forever, people often comment they have a similar one passed onto them. Many years ago my parents tried the Crunchy Lemon Muffins at a friends house, they asked for the recipe which in time they gave to me and it then floated around in my recipe book until I finally created this blog where I can share all these delicious tried and true recipes.
It is such an incredibly simple recipe, just pantry basics and of course orange! You will need self raising flour, sugar and orange zest. I used a large orange for my recipe, or you could use two small ones. Then simply adding to that butter, milk and eggs.
The crunch comes from the lovely syrup you brush over it once they are out of the oven. This is made simply by combining sugar and orange juice, taking care for the orange not to dissolve. Then you liberally brush this over the still warm muffins. Absolutely divine!
I love baking with orange so much I have quite the collection of recipes now, have you tried any of these below?
White Chocolate & Cranberry Loaf with citrus glaze
Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies
Citrus Slice
Magical Orange Cake
Orange Crackle Cookies
Let me know in the comments below what citrus recipes I should be sharing next!
So onto the recipe, so incredibly simple, I am sure you will love it!
Orange Crunch Muffins
Absolutely delicious recipe for Orange Crunch Muffins. Super simple using every day ingredients with a lovely crunchy orange sugar syrup topping.
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Self Raising Flour, 270 grams
- 1 Cup White Sugar, 205 grams
- 2 medium Oranges, Zested or finely grated
- 100 grams Butter, melted
- 1 Cup Milk, 250 mls
- 2 Eggs, large
Topping
- 1/4 Cup Sugar, 50 grams
- 1/4 Cup Orange Juice (from the above oranges), 62 grams
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C Bake
- Prepare a 12 hole muffin tin by greasing well or generously spraying with cooking spray and set aside
- In a large bowl add the flour, sugar and orange zest, combine and set aside.
- Melt the butter in the microwave, covered, until completely melted
- Add to this the milk and eggs and whisk together well
- Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients
- Gently combine the muffin mixture until no flour remains, careful not to overmix
- Spoon large spoonfuls of mixture into the prepared muffin tin, until 3/4 full
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until lightly golden brown and they spring back to the touch.
- Remove from the oven and allow to sit for 5 minutes
- While muffins are sitting, juice the orange, and add this strained juice to the second measure of sugar. Stir well but careful the sugar does not dissolve.
- Carefully as they will still be hot, turn each muffin, or run a knife around them if you get resistance, and remove from the muffin tin and place on a wire rack.
- With a pastry brush spread each muffin liberally with both sugar and juice, covering the entire top, you can do this process twice per muffin
- Allow the muffins to cool before storing in an airtight container.
- Will keep for at least 3 days.
- Enjoy!
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Jill Coward says
I was crap at baking muffins till I followed Anna’s recipes I am now a star lol
Just took a batch of the orange ones out of the oven
Betty says
I will definitely be making these muffins…adding cranberries.
Stasia says
Has anyone reduced the sugar in the recipe? A cup seems a lot….
justamumnz says
You are welcome to amend that the recipe but I have not tested it at this time.
Zara says
Absolutely love it! They taste delicious! Thanks for sharing
justamumnz says
I am so pleased to hear that!
Lin says
What is 100 grams of melted butter
justamumnz says
If grams isn’t your unit of measurement you can convert it online to whatever unit of measurement you use in baking. For example google “what is 100grams on butter in ounces”
Mary Kerr says
Your recipe says white sugar is this granulated or caster sugar?
justamumnz says
Granulated plain white sugar.
Tanvi says
I made these muffins last weekend and they were an absolute hit! My sister loved them! I made another batch just now and made a slight change with adding white chocolate buttons in the middle and sprinkling shredded coconut! Love your recipes!
justamumnz says
Awesome! Those additions will be lovely. Thank you for your feedback ☺️
Andrea M says
I love anything citrus. Well, that’s not true, all those nasty 1970s recipes our parents made combining meat and fruit make me shudder. But these muffins, they’re great. I added a cup of dark choc chunks…too much chocolate (shock horror, there’s such a thing!) half a cup would be plenty. I’m going to try them with half a cup of blueberries next time. Thanks for all your deliciousness 🙂
justamumnz says
Awesome! Enjoy ☺️?
Jane says
I just made these turned out just like yours in the photo and taste amazing!!! Love your work.
Jane
justamumnz says
Wonderful! Enjoy