Orange Yogurt Muffins Diabetic Recipes

TANGY ORANGE JUICE MUFFINS (DIABETIC)

Steps:

• Lightly coat 9 muffin cups with nonstick spray or line with paper-liners; set aside.
• Combine flour, Splenda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
• Stir in orange juice, melted butter, egg and orange peel until all ingredients are just moistened.
• Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling 2/3 full. Bake in preheated 375°F oven 20 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove muffins from pan and cool on wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
• One muffin is 2 starch and 1 fat.

BLUEBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS (DIABETIC FRIENDLY)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*F. Grease (or line with cupcake liners) muffin pans. Set aside.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in large bowl.
• Beat milk, butter, egg, orange juice concentrate and vanilla in medium bowl until well blended.
• Add milk mixture to flour mixture; mix lightly just until moistened. Stir in blueberries just until berries are evenly distributed.
• Fill prepared muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

ORANGE YOGURT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F (190C) and butter or spray standard muffin tins.
• Finely grate the zest from the oranges (zest only the bright orange portion of the peel)- you will end up with approximately 1/4 c of zest.
• In a small saucepan, combine the zest, first 1/4 cup of sugar and the water; stir together over medium heat for about 2 minutes until sugar dissolves.
• Add the butter and stir until melted, about 1 minute more.
• Set aside orange zest mixture.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and the second 1/4 cup of sugar.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, yogurt, milk and reserved orange zest mixture until smooth.
• Add the flour mixture and stir just until blended (do not overmix).
• Spoon into prepared muffin tins, filling each cup three-quarters full.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in tins for 3-5 minutes and then remove and cool completely on wire rack.
• ****FOR GLAZE****.
• Combine all the ingredients for the glaze in a small bowl and whisk together briskly until smooth and very well blended.
• If glaze is too stiff, beat in a few more drops of orange juice.
• Brush or spoon over the muffins while they are still a bit warm.
• You will end up with almost 1/2 cup of glaze which should be enough for the 18 muffins.

LEMON AND ORANGE YOGURT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Combine almonds, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon zest, 1 tablespoon orange zest, honey, and almond extract in a small mixing bowl until crumbly. Set topping aside.
• Stir melted butter, 2 tablespoons lemon zest, and 1 tablespoon orange zest together in a small bowl. Stir yogurt, 1 cup sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract together in another small bowl until evenly blended.
• Whisk flour, almond flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Add butter and yogurt mixtures. Beat with an electric hand mixer on low speed until just combined.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each almost to the top. Spoon on the almond topping and sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack.