Orange Poppy Seed Muffins Recipes

ORANGE POPPY SEED MUFFINS (LIGHT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Line a 12-inch muffin baking tin with paper cupcake liners (or spray lightly with cooking spray).
• In a large mixing bowl, sift together both flours, baking powder, and poppy seeds.
• In another mixing bowl, whisk together brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, yogurt, oil, orange zest, and orange-juice concentrate.
• Using a rubber spatula, fold the wet ingredients into the dry, just enough to combine. The batter will be very thick.
• Divide the batter among the muffin cups with a tablespoon, filling each about two-thirds. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out dry.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• If using glaze, blend confectioners' sugar with the orange-juice concentrate. Drizzle over muffins and serve.

BLOOD ORANGE & POPPY DRIZZLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and lightly grease a 12-hole muffin tin. Mix together the flour, caster sugar, baking powder and poppy seeds in a large mixing bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the oil, milk, egg, and zest and juice from 1 of the oranges.
• Working very quickly, pour the wet ingredients into the dry and barely mix together with a fork - the mixture should be lumpy, so don't overwork it. Spoon the mixture into the tins and bake for 10-12 mins until risen and browned.
• While the muffins are baking, mix the remaining zest with the granulated sugar in a small bowl. Have the remaining blood orange juice ready too.
• Leave the muffins to cool for 2 mins, then transfer to a wire rack. Again working quickly, pour the juices into the sugar mix and spoon some over each muffin, repeating until it is all used up. Leave to set for 5 mins before eating.

ORANGE POPPY SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 170°C Line muffin tin with paper cases.
• Melt butter and orange marmalade in microwave.
• In large mixing bowl mix flour, poppy seeds, sugar, orange zest.
• In medium bowl whisk milk, eggs pour into flour mix. Add melted butter-marmalade.
• Stir with spoon until just combined.
• Do not over mix - batter should still be lumpy.
• Divide the mixture evenly into muffin tray. Fill 3/4 full. Place 1/2 slice of fresh orange on the top.
• Bake for 25 minute until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean.
• Leave them to cool brush with melted orange marmalade.