Description
With the bright flavours of citrus and the gentle warmth of cardamom, these crumble-topped, citrus muffins are here to brighten up your week.
Ingredients
Units
For the Crumble
- 40g flour
- 30g sugar
- 20g oats
- 35g butter
For the muffins
- 30g unsalted butter, softened, room temperature.
- 30 ml Olive oil
- 100g full cream yoghurt, room temperature
- 1 blood or regular orange
- 50ml milk, room temperature
- 100g castor sugar
- 140g plain flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
- Pinch teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Start by zesting your orange, then squeeze out 50ml of the juice.
- Preheat your oven to 350º F / 175º C convection (no fan). OR Preheat your air fryer to 165º C.
- Prepare a muffin tin with muffin liners for the oven or prepare your mini pudding moulds for the air fryer.
- Make the crumble topping. Weigh up the flour, sugar, oats and butter, then add the ingredients to a bowl and mix with your fingertips until the mixture forms chunky crumbs.
- Make the muffins.
Melt the butter and olive oil together, then whisk in the yoghurt, and orange juice. - Add the orange zest and sugar into a bowl. Rub the zest into the sugar. This releases the oils in the zest, making the final muffin more flavourful.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, cardamom and salt into the bowl on top of the zest. Whisk lightly to combine.
- Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, then pour in the milk.
- Fold in the milk but be careful not to over-mix, we want the muffins to be fluffy.
- Using a large spoon or ice cream scoop, spoon your batter into your muffin liners, filling them two-thirds full to ensure even rising and baking. In the oven, I use regular muffin tins, but in my air fryer, I prefer mini pudding moulds which are a great alternative for an air fryer basket.
- Bake in the oven:
Bake at 175º C for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the muffin comes out clean. The muffin will be a light golden brown. Due to the absence of eggs, the muffins will not turn a deeper golden colour unless they are overcooked.
Bake in the air fryer:
Once the air fryer reaches 165º C, quickly place your muffins into the basket. Close the basket and bake for 22-23 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the muffin comes out clean.
Do not open the air fryer or oven for the first 22 minutes of cooking - Once baked, set your muffins aside to cool then enjoy.
To store your muffins, place them in an air tight container. They will stay fresh for 3-4 days
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Sweet Treats
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Sweet Treats
