Spiced Yogurt Muffins Recipes

SPICED YOGURT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Line 18 muffin cups with paper or foil liners. Lightly spray the liners with vegetable oil spray.
• In a food processor, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and 1/2 teaspoons of the nutmeg and pulse to blend. Transfer to a large bowl.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, yogurt, butter, applesauce, and vanilla. Fold the yogurt mixture into the dry ingredients until just blended.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle the granulated sugar and remaining 1/4 teaspoons over the muffins. Bake for 18 minutes, until the muffins are springy; let cool in the pans for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

SUGAR AND SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, beat together oil, 3/4 cup sugar, egg and milk. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture, just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.
• While muffins are baking, mix together 3/4 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. While muffins are still hot, dip tops in melted butter and then in cinnamon sugar mixture.

SPICED APPLE CIDER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Coat 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• To prepare streusel: Mix brown sugar, whole-wheat flour and cinnamon in a small bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in walnuts, if using.
• To prepare muffins: Whisk whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl.
• Whisk egg and brown sugar in a medium bowl until smooth. Whisk in apple butter, syrup, cider, yogurt and oil. Make a well in the dry ingredients; add the wet ingredients and stir with a rubber spatula until just combined. Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin cups (they'll be quite full). Sprinkle with the streusel.
• Bake the muffins until the tops are golden brown and spring back when touched lightly, 15 to 25 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Loosen edges and turn muffins out onto a wire rack to cool slightly before serving.

LEMON YOGURT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin tins, or line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the lemon yogurt, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg; stir into the lemon mixture until just blended. Spoon batter into the prepared tins.
• Bake for 15 to 18 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Allow the muffins to cool for about 15 minutes before removing them from the pan.
• Place the confectioners' sugar in a small bowl. Stir in the lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon at a time until the mixture is drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cooled muffins, and allow the icing to set before serving.

ANYTIME YOGURT CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 6-cup muffin tin with a little bit of canola oil or use muffin liners.
• Mix together the flour, coconut sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
• Stir together the Greek yogurt, carrots, eggs and oil in a separate large bowl until incorporated. Add the raisins and stir to combine. Pour the yogurt mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir, using a wooden spoon, until just incorporated. (But not TOO too much.)
• Use an ice cream scoop to evenly pack the mixture among six muffin cups. Bake until the tops are puffed and golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Let rest for a few minutes, then pop them out and eat as you want! Serve with butter if desired.

SPICED CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Line 12 cups (each 2 1/2 inches wide) of a standard muffin tin with paper liners; set aside. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, pumpkin-pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together yogurt, butter, and egg. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add yogurt mixture. Stir until just combined. Fold in carrots.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. (If desired, muffins can be baked immediately in a 375-degree oven for about 20 minutes.) Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes, then cover tin with plastic wrap, and freeze until ready to bake, up to 3 months.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake muffins (still frozen) until a toothpick inserted in center of one comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

SPICED LEMON MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Grease bottoms only of 12 regular-size muffin cups (2 1/2x1 1/4 inch) with shortening, or line muffin cups with paper baking cups.
• In large bowl, beat milk, oil, sugar, lemon peel and eggs with fork or wire whisk. Stir in remaining ingredients just until flour is moistened. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately remove from pan. Serve warm.

POPPY SEED YOGURT MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, yogurt and vanilla. Combine the flour, poppy seeds, salt and baking soda. Stir into creamed mixture just until moistened. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.