Best Chia Muffins Recipes

BLUEBERRY OATMEAL CHIA SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• Sift flour, white sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a large bowl; add oats and chia seeds.
• Mix orange juice, applesauce, oil, and eggs together in a bowl; stir into flour mixture until batter is just combined. Fold blueberries into batter. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling 3/4-full.
• Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl; sprinkle over batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes.

BANANA COCONUT FLAXSEED MUFFINS WITH APPLE AND CHIA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a muffin tin with butter.
• Combine flaxseed meal, sugar, chia seeds, baking powder, and cinnamon in a bowl. Add bananas, eggs, and apple; mix batter thoroughly. Stir in 6 tablespoons coconut flakes. Fill tin 3/4 full with batter. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons coconut flakes on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 30 minutes.

LEMON CHIA MUFFINS

Steps:

• For the muffins: In a small bowl, stir together the chia seeds with 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice and 1/4 cup warm water. Set aside for the seeds to bloom, 15 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar and lemon zest. Whisk the sugar into the flour mixture.
• In another medium bowl, whisk together the yogurt, oil, remaining lemon juice and vanilla extract. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry and stir until just combined. Then stir in the bloomed chia seeds. Using an ice cream scoop, divide the batter between the muffin cups. Bake for 15 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• For the glaze: Stir together the confectioners' sugar, honey and lemon juice. Drizzle over the cooled muffins and serve.

LEMON-CHIA SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon chia seeds and 1/2 teaspoon each baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk 3/4 cup each milk and vegetable oil, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon lemon zest and 1 teaspoon vanilla; fold into the flour mixture. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners; coat with cooking spray. Add the batter; bake at 350 degrees F until a toothpick comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.

BRAN AND CHIA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Place the raisins in a medium bowl and cover with the boiling water. Let sit 5 minutes, then stir in the bran and the chia seeds. Let sit for 10 minutes.
• Sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, oil and agave syrup. Whisk in the buttermilk and vanilla. Stir in the raisin and bran mixture and combine well. Fold in the sifted flour mixture and combine well. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Oil, butter or spray 18 to 24 muffin cups. Stir the batter and fill each cup 3/4 full. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, depending on the size of the cups, until the muffins are puffed and browned. Remove from the tins and cool on a rack.

APPLE, CARROT, AND CHIA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 16 muffin cups with liners.
• Combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat buttermilk, melted butter, honey, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla extract in another bowl. Stir in flour mixture. Fold in apple, carrot, and chia seeds. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
• Cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

BANANA CHIA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 24-cup mini muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Mix bananas, erythritol, eggs, and butter together in a large bowl.
• Mix all-purpose flour, coconut flour, baking powder, and salt alternative in a small bowl. Add flour mixture slowly to banana mixture, alternating with almond milk, until just combined. Fold in chia seeds. Spoon batter into the muffin tin.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

PUMPKIN, CHIA AND SUNFLOWER SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Combine sugar, wheat bran, flour, flax seed, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt in large bowl. Stir in 1 Tbsp. chia seeds.
• Whisk eggs, pumpkin, yogurt and oil in medium bowl until blended. Add to dry ingredients; stir until until moistened. (Batter will be lumpy.) Stir in chocolate chips.
• Spoon into 12 muffin pan cups sprayed with cooking spray; top evenly with sunflower kernels, pumpkin seeds and remaining chia seeds.
• Bake 20 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool muffins in pan 5 min. Remove to wire rack; cool completely.

GLUTEN-FREE BANANA WALNUT CHIA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• Mix water and chia seeds together in a small bowl; set aside until chia seed gel is thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Combine flour, coconut sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Whisk chia gel, yogurt, oil, egg, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl; stir into flour mixture just until batter is moistened. Fold bananas and walnuts into batter. Fill muffin cups 2/3-full with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 22 to 25 minutes. Cool muffins for 5 minutes in the tin before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHIA SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease 2 muffin tins lightly with cooking spray.
• Mix flour, sugar, almond milk, 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, eggs, chia seeds, almond extract, vanilla extract, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Scoop batter into the prepared muffin tins.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and tops are light golden in color, about 40 minutes.

CHIA MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine chia seeds, flour, baking soda, salt. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, combine sweet potato puree, apple sauce, egg whites, agave, lemon juice, zest, and vanilla.
• Mix dry ingredients and the cranberries into the wet mixture, just until blended.
• Pour into greased muffin tins.
• Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes.