ORANGE PISTACHIO MUFFINS...

 Before baking, I topped it with walnut & dried cranberries...

 After baking...

ORANGE PISTACHIO MUFFINS

adapted from :    anncoojournal.com

Ingredients :  (serves :  10)

100  gm  butter

80  gm  caster sugar

3  large  eggs

250  gm  cake flour or plain flour

1  tsp  baking powder

1  tsp  baking soda

Orange zest from 2 oranges

50  ml  fresh squeezed orange juice

50  ml  fresh milk

1/2  cup  pistachip or any type of nuts you prefer

Directions :

1.  Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda together, add orange zest and mix well, set aside.  Combine milk and orange juice together and set aside.

2.  Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy at medium speed.

3.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

4.  Gradually add flour mixture and milk mixture alternately until mixture combine (do not over mix).

5.  Scoop batter into piping bag and pipe into muffin liners to 3/4 full.  Add some pistachio nuts on top.

6.  Bake in preheated oven at 170'C for about 25-30 minutes or skewer inserted comes out clean.

NOTE :   Do not overmix the batter, the gluten in the flour can form elastic gluten strands  -  resulting in a more dense, chewy texture.  Make all the ingredients are at room temperature...