Christmas Muffins with Candied Fruits, an easy and tasty recipe perfect for Christmas morning.
Very few ingredients and an unmistakable orange fragrance characterize these delightful morning treats.
You can choose the decoration you prefer, a simple topping with cocoa and milk with colorful sprinkles, or a dusting of powdered sugar will be perfect, just like a coating of egg white glaze.
Below, I leave you more ideas for your Christmas morning.
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 8 pieces
- Cooking methods: Electric oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsps cornstarch
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- as needed candied fruit (to taste)
- 1 orange (grated zest)
- 7 tbsps milk
- 3 1/2 tbsps sunflower oil
- 1 tsp baking powder
Tools
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Whisk
- 8 Muffin liners
- 1 Muffin tin
Steps
To make the Christmas Muffins with Candied Fruits, first, in a large bowl, pour all the dry ingredients, starting with the flour, adding cornstarch, sugar, and baking powder.
Then add the egg, milk, and sunflower oil and quickly mix with a hand whisk to combine the elements.
At this point, add the already chopped candied fruits, or, if you want to do like me, with green cherries and candied sour cherries cut into chunks directly in the bowl.
Incorporate them into the remaining ingredients along with the grated organic orange zest.
Pour into muffin liners placed inside the tin, filling them 3/4 full.
Bake in a preheated fan oven at 356°F for 25 minutes.
Do the toothpick test to check for doneness and remove from the oven.
Let them cool well before decorating as desired.
I used 30 g of milk chocolate melted with a teaspoon of milk, but you can make the egg white glaze or simply dust with powdered sugar.
