This week's Tuesdays with Dorie was chosen by Lauryn of Bella Baker: citrus currant sunshine muffins. I love that the recipe has the word sunshine in the title - it just makes the muffins sound bright and happy, which is I guess a glance into the way I feel about sun in general. I'm definitely one of those people who starts to feel depressed in the winter when the days are really short so I was pretty psyched to spring ahead last weekend. Not only do we get more sun, but it means spring is on the way!
A few changes were in order this week. First, I decided to make minis because it'd been ages since I last broke out my mini muffin pan. Plus I had colorful mini muffin liners, which seemed to fit the tone of this recipe. Not only were the minis cute but they baked in under 10 minutes (about 8-9 here). I halved the recipe and wound up with 24 minis. I also substituted dried cranberries for the currants. I've never tried currants and though I think I'd like them, I didn't want to buy a whole bunch just for one recipe.
These muffins were bright and fresh, not too sweet and quite citrus-y. The orange was the dominant flavor for me, though I could also detect the lemon, and I always think the combination of cranberries and citrus is nice. Many thanks to Lauryn for hosting this week! You can find the recipe for the muffins on her blog or on page 7 of Baking: From My Home to Yours.
24 comments:
I love the minis and especially those liners! Where did you get them? I'm always searching for good mini liners! Thanks for baking with me this week!!
Hi Lauryn! Thanks for a great choice :) The mini liners were a Christmas gift but I'm fairly sure they were from the online shop Bake It Pretty.
Super cute! I haven't broken out my mini muffin pan in a while either! I can't believe you still got 24 minis with only half a recipe! That totally justifies eating like 4 of them...that's only one muffin!
These are so cute...that worked out well, don't you think? I have a vision of you having a closet/cupboard over there just for cupcake wrappers...you going into the closet, selecting the outfit, trying several on, and deciding just which wrapper looks the most fantastic with just which cupcake. Yep, that's how I am envisioning it! Always fun to see the results.
Love the minis! Cranberries sound like a wonderful sub for the currants! :)
Explain to me why everything tastes better in a mini form?!
Those are some very cute photos!
I love the mini papers, too. I'll have to check out Bake it Pretty.
The muffin liners are so perfect for this recipe. Makes me smile
I always enjoy checking your blog Tracey. I will make minis next time, so much easier to share. This was a delicious muffin. I used dates, very tasty. Have a great day.
awww even your muffin liners are full of sunshine!
Buttercreambarbie
I'm not as excited for spring to arrive as that means hot weather is upon us, boo. but these fit perfectly with the sunshine this weekend. but I DO love the extra length of daylight every day. No more hurrying home to photograph before 5:30. Whew. Cute cuppies and cute liners. I went with cranberries as well and I went ahead and tossed in the zest of that lemon and I'm sure it wasn't a mistake. :)
beautiful colours delicious
Happy fluffy bunny muffins! They looks ace!
Gorgeous photos! I love the brightly colored liners. :D
I just love the way your muffins "stack up." hee hee Great looking liners too! Very colorful photos. We liked these muffins.
I LOVE this recipe. These look so tasty.
What happy looking muffins! It's the liners... I need to find/use other ones besides brown! :) I agree - citrus and cranberries go so well together... maybe next time! Beautiful muffins!
Your minis are so cute and the liners make them even sunnier! I'm sure these were excellent with cranberries.
Okay, wish I had some of these to go with my morning coffee tomorrow. Been kinda craving muffins lately. Thanks for the inspiration!
YOur minis are adorable. I have a feeling that I'd be popping those one after another. Great idea to make mini muffins.
Love these minis! We really enjoyed these at my house.
Great mini muffins! I love sunshine and I wish it would hurry and get to my mountain top in Idaho! Im glad you liked the muffins, we loved them!
So cute! I'd like to put in a plug for currants - they're so good! I added some to my oatmeal this morning and it was great!
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