Reviewed: May 3, 2012

It's not bad but I don't go to the trouble of zesting an orange that I don't have, so maybe that's why there was no orange flavor in it what so ever, but next time I plan on using orange extract.

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lvick

Home Town: Dallas, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 22, 2012

YUMMY! I skipped the topping and these were still amazing. I served them up hot out of the oven with a pat of butter and oh so yummy.

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Irene

Living In: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 8, 2012

I don't have all-purpose flour so I used cake flour instead. Came out okay just a little too dry for me.

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Yui

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Bangkok, Bangkok (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon), Thailand

Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 1, 2012

BRAVO!! Fantastic, light, and full of flavor!! I usually hate reviews that name multiple revisions or modifications, because that means you don't actually have a review of the original recipe. However, I will break my rule slightly this time: I am allergic to tree nuts, so I added 1/2 cup of dried cranberries. I also skipped the topping, even though it sound delicious, because I was serving them with Irish Soft Butter. They came out perfect. A tip for: don't use cupcake papers. Spray muffin tins with a baking release spray instead. This way your muffins will have a delectable brown crust that you cannot get if you use paper liners!!

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WALKINGTEE

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Ventura, California, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 29, 2012

This is a great muffin! Although I made changes to make it more healthy. I used 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 1 cup of all purpose. I didn't put in any sugar but added some honey, dates and plain yogurt. I squeezed oranges instead of juice only because I had a whole basket of them that needed to be used. I didn't put any of the topping on my muffins. Turned out great. It was the first time that I actually got my muffins to rise and look like a muffin. =)

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Jilly

Reviewed: Feb. 2, 2012

Delicious, very good. I did some changes to this recipe and it still turn out very good. Instead of 160ml orange juice, I substitute with some milk and add some orange & lemon essense. As I have some left over lemon curd thus I just put it in and they are just nice and delicious. My girl like them very much as it is not too sweet.

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Jane W.

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2012

Thank you for this awesome recipe which the whole family loved! I substituted raisins for nuts (because it's what I had) and canola oil for butter (because my daughter is lactose intolerant). I also added 1 tsp. cinnamon and 1/4 tsp. cloves for a spiced muffin flavor, and glazed these with honey. I will definitely make these again! Wonderful!!!!!

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courtney

Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2012

The recipe tagline, "An old Mennonite recipe" should have tipped the other reviewers that this was going to be a 'dry' muffin. If you've had cornmeal or Jiffy muffin mixes, this tastes like a slight orange tasting version, which was very good in texture. I put in 1/4 c. brown sugar and 1/4 c. white sugar, a touch of canola oil and skipped the walnuts as that would, in my opinion, make it too too dry :) I left off the buttery topping and just sprinkled cinnamon and brown sugar on top. They were very tasty when halved and buttered. A good recipe to save and use to experiment. Thank you for sharing.

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AKCubMom

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2012

These muffins are bland and tasteless. I had to put jam on them just to be able to eat them. They're a bit less horrible once when they cool down, but still pretty awful.

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jebozid

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2012

A definite 5-star recipe. As I'm vegan, I substituted one medium pureed banana for the eggs. One time I made the recipe I added dried cranberries and another time I didn't. Both times they turned out splendidly. Personally I like them with the cranberries, which are such a good compliment to the orange flavor in these muffins, but it's just a matter of personal taste. Stellar recipe, thank you so much.

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