Orange Date Muffins Or Chocolate Chip Recipes

ORANGE DATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Combine eggs, orange juice and butter; mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in dates, walnuts and orange zest. Coat muffin cups with cooking spray or use paper liners; fill two-thirds full with batter., Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

ORANGE DATE MUFFINS (OR CHOCOLATE CHIP)

Steps:

• Cut orange into 8 or more pieces, remove seeds.
• Place cut orange into a blender or food processor.
• Blend into rind is finely ground; add orange juice to this mixture to make it easier to grind.
• Add dates (or chocolate chips), egg, and margarine; blend until mixed (if using chocolate chips you may want to add them in step 6 instead of in this step).
• In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar.
• Add orange mixture to dry ingredients; stir gently until just mixed.
• Spray 12 medium-large muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Fill tins 2/3 full.
• Bake at 400F for 15 minutes.

ORANGE CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 16 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Whisk milk, sour cream, eggs, oil, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until well combined. Whisk in sugar and orange zest. Stir in flour, salt, and chocolate chips in that order. Dice orange segments and gently fold into batter.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until muffins are golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

ORANGE & DATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cut orange into bite size pieces, removing only the seeds.
• Place the orange into an electric blender on grind, while grinding add the juice, egg and butter into the blender and mix well.
• In a seperate bowl add flour, soda, baking powder, sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Add the candied orange peel, dates and walnuts to the orange mixture and pour over the dry ingredients and stir lightly, until just combined.
• Place batter in lined muffin tins and bake for 12 - 15 min in a 400 degree oven.

ORANGE-DATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Grease bottoms only of 12 regular-size muffin cups with shortening or cooking spray (do not use paper baking cups).
• In large bowl, stir together flours, baking powder and salt; set aside. In medium bowl, beat milk, brown sugar, oil, orange peel and egg with fork or wire whisk until well mixed. Stir into flour mixture just until flour is moistened. Fold in dates. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and tops begin to brown. Run knife around sides of muffins to loosen. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Serve warm.