Orange Date Bran Muffins Healthier Recipes

ORANGE DATE NUT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Grease one 12-cup muffin tin.
• In a large bowl, combine bran cereal, water and oil, stirring until bran softens.
• In a small bowl, whisk buttermilk, orange juice, molasses, honey, orange zest, and egg until blended.
• In a small bowl, combine flours, baking soda and salt.
• Add buttermilk mixture to bran, stirring to combine.
• Add flour mixture, dates and walnuts to bran mixture, stirring just until flour is moistened.
• Spoon into muffin cups, and bake until top springs back when lightly pressed, about 18 minutes.
• Let cool in pan 5 minutes before removing to wire rack.

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 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.

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.

HEALTHIER BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Sift together the salt, sugar, flour, and baking powder in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the bran cereal and soy milk; allow to rest for 5 minutes before whisking in the olive oil and egg whites. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet. Spoon batter into muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 20 minutes.

ORANGE-AND-DATE-CRUMBLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Muffins:Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with baking cups, or lightly brush with butter. In a medium bowl, whisk together oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, whisk together buttermilk, butter, brown sugar, orange zest, and eggs. Stir wet ingredients into dry until just combined. Fold in chopped pecans and dates.
• Crumble:In a small bowl, combine oats, flour, brown sugar, and salt. With your hands, work in butter until large, moist clumps form.
• Divide batter evenly among muffin cups; top with crumble. Bake until golden and tops spring back when lightly touched, about 20 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes in tin, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.

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.