Best Date Flecked Orange Muffins 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 MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Grease bottoms only of 12 muffin cups or line with baking cups.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, orange peel and salt; mix well. In a small bowl, combine orange juice, oil and egg; blend well. Add dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be lumpy.)
• Fill cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 1 minute before removing from pan. Serve warm.

DATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Place dates in a small bowl and add boiling water; let stand for 10 minutes (do not drain). Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat shortening and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg. , Add dates; beat on low speed until blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon; stir into date mixture with a wooden spoon just until blended. Stir in walnuts., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Muffins may be frozen for up to 3 months.

ORANGE & DATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cut orange into bite size pieces, removing only the seeds.
• Place the orange into an electric blender on grind, while grinding add the juice, egg and butter into the blender and mix well.
• In a seperate bowl add flour, soda, baking powder, sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Add the candied orange peel, dates and walnuts to the orange mixture and pour over the dry ingredients and stir lightly, until just combined.
• Place batter in lined muffin tins and bake for 12 - 15 min in a 400 degree oven.

FOOD PROCESSOR ORANGE DATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Toss the dates with 1/2 cup of the all-purpose flour.
• In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, process the mixture until evenly chopped.
• Add the orange and process until finely chopped.
• Add the orange juice, eggs and butter and process until blended.
• Stir together the whole wheat flour, remaining all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add the date mixture and process just until moistened but not overmixed.
• Spoon into large greased for paper-lined muffin cups, filling three-quarters full.
• Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until the tops are firm to the touch.