Wintery Sunday Morning Muffins with Blood Orange Marmalade

Sunday morning is made for muffins! They combine the spongy feeling of a cake with the handiness of a cookie and they don't take much longer to make than pancakes. You don't even need an electric mixer. You combine everything with a spoon, fill the lumpy batter into your muffin tray and within 12 minutes you'll have warm little muffins on your breakfast table. It can't get any better on a Sunday morning!

This recipe doesn't need many ingredients, you might already have them at home if you’re into baking. I mix some of my blood orange marmalade into the batter, which you can also replace with bitter orange marmalade (that's what I normally do) or with plum jam or any other jam that fits to cinnamon and nutmeg (as I add these two spices as well). These muffins are light and fluffy, I love them warm, tear them in half and let their wintery aroma fill the air - heaven!

Sunday Morning Muffins with Marmalade and Cinnamon

You need a muffin tray with 12 molds, lined with paper baking cups.

• 200g / 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

• 70g / 1/3 cup granulated sugar, plus 1 teaspoon for the topping

• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus 1/2 teaspoon for the topping

• a pinch of nutmeg

• a pinch of salt

• 160ml / 2/3 cup whole milk

• 50g / 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

• 1 large egg

• 1 1/2 - 2 tablespoons blood orange marmalade (or bitter orange marmalade or plum jam)

Preheat the oven to 200°C / 400°F.

Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, melted butter, egg and marmalade. Pour the liquid mixture into the dry mixture and quickly stir with a wooden spoon until you have a lumpy batter. The more you mix it the more it will lose its light texture so don't mix it too long.

Fill the batter into the lined muffin tray. Combine the sugar and cinnamon for the topping, sprinkle on top of the batter and bake for about 12 minutes or until golden and spongy. Let the muffins cool for a few minutes and enjoy warm!