Orange Bran Muffins Recipes

BLUEBERRY ORANGE BRAN MUFFIN

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners.
• Combine the oat bran and wheat bran in a large bowl. Stir in sour cream and milk. Allow mixture to stand for 10 minutes. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar, and salt in a separate bowl. Gently stir blueberries into the flour mixture, carefully coating all the blueberries with flour. Stir vegetable oil, orange juice and zest, egg, and vanilla extract into the bran mixture. Combine flour mixture with the wet ingredients until just blended. Drop batter into lined muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

CRAN-ORANGE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine yogurt and cereal; let stand for 5 minutes. In a large bowl, combine flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir the orange juice, honey, butter, egg and orange zest into yogurt mixture. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in cranberries., Coat muffin cups with cooking spray; fill three-fourths full. Bake at 375° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from the pans to wire racks.

SPICY ORANGE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine bran and buttermilk, let stand while assembling other ingredients.
• In bowl, combine remaining dry ingredients.
• In another bowl, combine egg, brown sugar, honey, molasses and oil.
• Mix well.
• Add bran mixture.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Bake in sprayed muffin tin in 375 degree oven for 20 minutes.
• Best served warm.

ORANGE-BLUEBERRY BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line with paper liners.
• Combine wheat bran and oat bran in a large bowl. Stir in sour cream and milk; let stand for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine brown sugar, both flours, protein powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Gently stir blueberries into the mixture until they are coated.
• Stir olive oil, egg, orange juice and zest, and vanilla into the bran mixture. Add flour mixture and stir until just blended. Drop batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes. Remove muffins to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 25 more minutes.

CRANBERRY ORANGE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• In a separate bowl, squeeze orange juice from orange(s) and combine with enough low-fat milk to make 2 cups total. Add zest from orange(s). Mix in applesauce, vanilla and eggs. Add wet ingredient mixture to dry ingredients and mix well by hand. Stir in cranberries.
• Divide between muffin tins, and bake at 350°F for 18-20 minutes.

ORANGE-DATE BRAN MUFFINS (HEALTHIER!)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*. Lightly coat a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick spray or line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, stir together the bran, orange juice, honey, and molasses. Set aside for about 5 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the unbleached or all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Stir the applesauce, egg whites, and orange peel into the bran mixture. Add the flour mixture and stir just until combined. Fold in the dates.
• Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a rack for 5 minutes. Invert onto the rack and serve warm or at room temperature.

ORANGE BRAN FLAX MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Line two 12-cup muffin pans with paper liners, or coat with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine oat bran, flour, flax seed, wheat bran, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• In a blender of food processor, combine oranges, brown sugar, buttermilk, oil, eggs, and baking soda. Blend well.
• Pour orange mixture into dry ingredients.
• Mix until well blended.
• Stir in raisins.
• Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.