healthy orange muffins

Tall and fluffy Orange Muffins bursting with citrus flavor from fresh orange juice and zest. Made with whole grain flour and yogurt for super delicious and healthier spin on morning muffins! Recipe yields 10 muffins.

Fluffy Orange Muffins

whole wheat pastry flour (can sub all-purpose)

organic cane sugar

tbsp baking powder

tsp fine sea salt

oranges

plain yogurt*

orange juice

avocado oil, melted coconut oil, or olive oil

eggs, ideally

tsp vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 425°F and grease a muffin tin.

 Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl.

In a medium bowl or liquid measuring cup, whisk together yogurt, oil, orange juice, vanilla, and eggs. Stir in zest.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, stirring with a wooden spoon just until combined. Lumps are ok!

Spoon batter evenly into 10 muffin cups. Sprinkle each muffin with 1/4 tsp of sugar for a crunchy exterior, if desired. Bake for 8 minutes at 425°F and then reduce the heat to 350°F (keeping muffins in oven) and bake for another 10 minutes, or until a fork comes out clean. Cool muffins in tin for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. You may need to run a knife along the edge of the muffin tin to help loosen them out. These are fab topped with my Cream Cheese Frosting!

So good! I used plain Siggi's yogurt and they turned out fab :)

Wow!!! These may actually be the best muffins I’ve ever had. They are guilt free and so easy to make. They are the perfect midday snack!!

These are delicious! New fav muffin recipe. I love citrusy baked goods.

Yummy!!!! I made a vegan version using JustEgg instead of the egg (but tofu or flax egg would easily work, too!) and happen to have vegan sour cream in place of the yogurt but any vegan yogurt would likely do as well. while I had the orange juice I did not have any oranges so I substituted six drops of doTERRA wild orange essential oil for the zest. I made it into a loaf baking it at 400°F for 50minutes.  It smells and tastes divine (and my non-vegan hubby agrees!)

I just so happened to have all the ingredients in the house and they turned out wonderfully!
They are INCREDIBLY fluffy and I like that they are not too sweet, adding the sugar on top before baking was a lovely touch. 
An added bonus was they made the house smell AMAZING. 
I was able to fill 12 muffin cups - the more the merrier!
Thank you so much for another awesome recipe!

These are absolutely amazing! I baked them after work today, &amp; they smelled divine. I topped mine this evening with your healthy cream cheese frosting, &amp; it tasted like a wedding cake to me. Delicate, bright, &amp; flavorful. I made them with Bob’s Red Mill 1-for-1 GF flour, &amp; they turned out perfectly.

These muffins are so delicious, moist and a good snack for work. Love the orange zest. Will be making another batch soon.  Thanks for this awesome recipe!

I couldn’t get this recipe out of my head when I saw it over the weekend and the first chance I got I headed to the store to pick up some oranges!! 😂😂
 This recipe was everything I expected and more! So simple, not overly sweet and perfect have to have coffee in the morning. Delicious!

I tried this recipe…muffins turned out very well. Tqvm for sharing. look like this  https://marmeladlimetbex.blogspot.com/2016/11/orange-muffin-recipe.html

Really good. I added dried cranberries and chopped walnuts.  Would be good with almond slivers too.  Oh and I used white whole wheat flour because I didn't have whole wheat pastry flour. Still turned out great! I might try replacing the vanilla extract with almond extract next time??

Thank you for this good recipe, Alexis 😊❤️ The muffins turned out super orangy and yummy 😋 I have cut one orange into small pieces and coated them with some flour before adding into the batter. Also, I have blended half an orange with some water for the juice and added a little cinnamon struesel for the topping. And because I used sour cream, I thought I better mix the baking powder with a pinch of baking soda 😊 Happy baking❤️ Stephanie
PS: The pic... https://www.instagram.com/p/CLvV-E5Jwdc/?igshid=1lj5kceg20d2j

BEST orange muffins ever! I tried this recipe yesterday. Thank you so much!! It is so flavorful and moist.

Tall and fluffy Orange Muffins bursting with citrus flavor from fresh orange juice and zest. Made with whole grain flour and yogurt for super delicious and healthier spin on morning muffins! Recipe yields 10 muffins. Delicious topped with my Cream Cheese Frosting!

Nourishing Fluffy Orange Muffins with Yogurt

organic cane sugar,

extra virgin olive oil, avocado oil, or melted coconut oil

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit and grease a muffin tin with cooking spray.

 In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

In a medium bowl or liquid measuring cup, whisk together yogurt, oil, orange juice, vanilla, and eggs. Stir in orange zest.

Spoon batter evenly into 10 muffin cups. Sprinkle each muffin with 1/4 tsp sugar for a crunchy exterior. Bake for 8 minutes at 425°F and then reduce the heat to 350°F (keeping muffins in oven) and bake for another 10 minutes, or until a fork comes out clean. Cool muffins in tin for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. You may need to run a knife along the edge of the muffin tin to help loosen them out.

Thank you for this good recipe, Alexis 😊❤️ The muffins turned out super orangey and yummy 😋 I have cut one orange into small pieces and coated them with some flour before adding into the batter. Also, I have blended half an orange with some water for the juice and added a little cinnamon streusel for the topping. And because I used sour cream, I thought I better mix the baking powder with a pinch of baking soda 😊 Happy baking❤️ Stephanie


Ha, I did the same (sour cream and baking soda). Tasted great worth almonds added, too

Hi, Alexis!
Thank you for such an excellent recipe that is delicious as it is simple! I substituted pastry flour for cake flour and added a bit more orange juice than the recipe called for. Split the batter into twelve decent-sized muffins, and each one came out incredibly moist and not too sweet. MANY THANKS FROM SUNNY SINGAPORE!

Oh my gosh - these are SOOOO good!  I used the flax eggs and the muffins turned out so yummy!  The orange flavor is incredible - thanks so much for such an awesome recipe.

Yum yum yum! Love the orange flavor and also the simplicity of the ingredient list. Used coconut sugar and all purpose flour. I zested 2 oranges but next time I would probably add a bit more zest and juice to increase the orange flavor! Thank you for a great recipe!

Amazing ! Thank you, I live in Sicily and have so many oranges I didn't know what to do with them all! So found this recipe.. its lovely.. thank you!

Thank you!! I love it. Amazing muffins ❣️❣️

Amazing and fluffy/moist even at altitude! Added extra zest cuz why not!

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