I recently got hold of a couple of books with only muffin recipes. No surprises that I’m going to be sharing a lot of them in the coming weeks. Starting next week is our holiday muffin series. (Hint: Chocolate addicts, be ready for the first edition!)
But for now, we’re baking citrus coconut muffins from Women’s Weekly. The recipe is as easy as they come. What I particularly like about it that it does not involve adding any elaborate extract. Its tangy edge comes from the lime and orange zest. A little zest here packs a real punch! I also added 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice. This made the muffins a touch more moist.
So go ahead, wake your family up to the smell of coconut roasting! Give them a bite and they’ll be charged for the week.
- 21/2 cups self raising flour
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 90 grams butter
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- ¾ cup (180 ml) milk
- ¼ cup shredded coconut
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- Preheat the oven to 180C
- In a measuring jar or medium bowl, combine the orange zest, lemon zest, egg, orange juice and milk. Set aside
- In a large bowl, combine flour and sugar, rub in the butter.
- Add the milk mixture to the flour and gently mix until its just combined.
- Spoon into a prepared muffin tray and sprinkle with shredded coconut.
- Bake for 25 mins in a preheated oven
- Let it cool on the wire rack for 5-10 minutes. Serve warm.
Muffin Monday: Round Up
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Yuri | Chef Pandita
Mike | Mike's Baking
Aimee | Food Je T'Aimee
Carrie | Poet In The Pantry
Holly | Gluten Free Goes Vintage
Caroline | When Adobo Met Feijoada
Monica | Sin - A - Mon
Alan | Cooke'd With Luv
Nastassia | The Let Me Eat Cake
Barbie | Miss Adventures
Happy Baking!
I love coconut! Great muffin recipe!
I love love love the presentation on this one. I’m sure it tasted great. Looking forward to baking with you all next week.
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Oh wow your picture turned out great! Love the food styling…love these muffins!
I love all the bright flavors! This sounds like one tasty muffin, and it looks so pretty.
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Your muffins look great and so do the rest! Thank you for inviting me to bake with you! I can’t wait for the next one! :)
I like this muffins alot, thanks for another great recipe. Can’t wait for next week — chocolate!!
So bummed I missed this week’s MM!:( will have to live vicariously through you all:) I love your photo and these muffins look so sunny against the gray skies we are having here!
Yum this reminds me of Florida! I love citrussy flavors in sweets during the winter and these are perfect for a lazy weekend breakfast!
Love coconut! These sounds phenomenal!
Give me anything coconut, and I’ll be a happy girl. These look so adorable, too!
Such wonderful flavors and textures in this muffin! Looks great A!
Awesome flavors, I will gladly eat a few of these. Seeing this as well as the other posts has created some craving—yum!
I am loving these muffin monday posts! Love the way the strands of coconut on the top are slightly browned and can imagine it tastes delicious with the orange and lemon.
Wonderful! Yours have such an autumnal feel, when all I could think was summer. Haha. I love that you made these feel warm! Love that toasted coconut on the top!
Yuuuummmmy!!!! :D
Your muffins look great. I really like the citrus burst these muffins bring. Makes the house smell great, too :)
Yum! What a great recipe this week! I bet the orange juice gave it a nice kick, too. Chocolate is on the way?? Yes!
Love the presentation you did for these muffins, very pretty. Also the combination of the citrus and the coconut sounds like something I’d jump out of bed early for…now to find someone to bake these for me in the morning LOL.
This is my kind of morning muffin!
Those look like a coconut macaroon cookie that has been revamped as breakfast food–I love it!
I love your muffin Mondays. Muffins are so fun and everyone loves them. Thanks for sharing!
These muffins look fabulous! I love the citrus flavors!
Wow these muffins look amazing!! Def need to try this recipe :-)
i love coconut in anything! great muffin choice :)
Wow – this is absolutely delicious! I’m a HUGE fan of citrus zest in baked goods….probably my favorite flavor, so I’m all about these muffins! AWESOME!
Hello kiddie, so happy to see this winning coocnut orange combination. The shredded toasted coconut, yum!! Looking forward to your holiday postings.
The smell of coconut roasting is always so inviting, one of best parts of baking.
Jum coconut! Double jum coconut in a cupcake!
Mmm, I love the citrus/coconut combo – and I loe the look of these with the shredded coconut on top! I am a sucker for muffin books… they are the one thing I DO like to bake!
Mmmhhh, a perfect combination!
Cheers,
Rosa
Your photos are gorgeous! This recipe was a hit in my house :) loved the citrus-coconut combination.
These muffins look incredible! And coconut and citrus create such a tasty tropical taste – perfect-o!
These are so pretty! never thought of combining citrus and coconut, sounds yummy. thanks for sharing!
That looks yummy-deeelish!!! We’ll have to try it out!
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