Orange Breakfast Muffins

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 400F.
2. 2
   Melt the butter and set aside.
3. 3
   Combine the flour, ground almonds, baking soda, baking powder, sugar and orange zest in a large bowl.
4. 4
   Measure the orange juice and milk into a pitcher and whisk in the egg and then the cooled, melted butter.
5. 5
   Now pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients, mixing with a fork as you go.
6. 6
   The batter will be lumpy but thats as it should be: you want everything to be no more than barely combined.
7. 7
   The whole point of muffin mixture is that it must never be overworked.
8. 8
   Spoon out the mixture equally into the muffin cups and cook for 20 minutes.
9. 9
   Remove, in their paper baking cups, to a wire rack and let cool slightly (but not completely) before devouring.