Sunshine Marmalade Muffins

In an effort to use up some of my lovely tangerine vanilla bean marmalade I went on the hunt for recipes that call for marmalade. I thought muffins would be great because I've been on a major muffin kick lately. I love how convenient they are in the mornings! I was a little skeptical about these muffins but they're spectacular. And for those of you actively involved in the muffin vs. cupcake debate (I'm not), well, I'd put them in the middle. If you're quite particular about muffins not being cupcakes you might want to leave off the glaze. I added the glaze mostly for Dudley's benefit because he loves sweet things. The muffins are wonderful without it though. They're citrus-y and not too sweet, very moist and they have lovely bits of marmalade scattered throughout. I was sorely tempted to replace the butter with yogurt but it's such a small amount that I decided just to use the butter. I'm going to make these again soon though and then I'm going to try the yogurt.


Sunshine Marmalade Muffins
(makes between 12-14 muffins)
Ingredients:
1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
1/3 c sugar
3/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1/4 c butter, melted and cooled
1/2 c orange marmalade
3/4 c milk

Glaze:
2 c powdered sugar
2 tablespoons of liquid (orange juice, milk, water)
1 tablespoon marmalade

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray muffin cups with no-stick cooking spray. Combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl. In a separate bowl, beat eggs. Add butter, marmalade, and milk to eggs and combine. Add the wet mixture all at once to the dry mixture. Stir quickly and lightly, until just mixed (mixture will be lumpy, that's ok). Fill prepared muffin tins about 3/4 full (I was worried that I filled mine too full but they were fine). Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool muffins on a rack. When the muffins have cooled, glaze them with the powdered sugar glaze.


Dudley ate 6 of these the morning that I made them so I'm thinking that I get an A+ on this round of "How to Feed Boys" -- go me! I love these and I will definitely make them again. I didn't get the chance to freeze these because we ate them too quickly but I think that they'd freeze really well. Oh, Dudley also thinks that he deserves a special name as he's the "person who eats the Singleton's cooking." I have never seen anyone put away food the way he does.