Best Quinoa Muffins Recipes

QUINOA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium saucepan, bring quinoa and 1 cup water to a boil. Reduce to a simmer; cover, and cook until water has been absorbed and quinoa is tender, 11 to 13 minutes.
• Meanwhile, brush a standard 12-cup muffin pan with oil; dust with flour, tapping out excess. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, raisins, and 2 cups cooked quinoa; reserve any leftover quinoa for another use.
• In a small bowl, whisk together oil, milk, egg, and vanilla. Add milk mixture to flour mixture, and stir just until combined; divide batter among prepared muffin cups.
• Bake until toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool muffins in pan, 5 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

QUINOA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Prepare 6 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Beat quinoa, eggs, feta cheese, mushrooms, onion, thyme, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Spoon into prepared muffin cups to about halfway full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges brown and the tops are firm to the touch, 20 to 30 minutes.

BANANA-QUINOA MUFFINS (WHEAT FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix flour and flakes with the other dry ingredients.
• In a separate bowl, mix together bananas, eggs and honey; add to dry ingredients.
• Pour into greased muffins tins.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• NOTES) Fill muffin tins 1/2 full; for waffles, add 3 tablespoons vegetable oil and 1/2 cup milk or until desired consistency.

EGG QUINOA BREAKFAST MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Combine cooked quinoa, eggs, zucchini, bell pepper, bacon, parsley, almond milk, and Parmesan cheese in a large bowl. Mix until thoroughly combined.
• Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.

QUINOA CORN BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
• In a bowl, mix together the cornmeal, quinoa flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together the egg, agave nectar, canola oil, vanilla extract, yogurt, and lemon zest. Pour the egg mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir until incorporated. Gently stir in the blueberries. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups and bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.

PUMPKIN QUINOA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper muffin liners.
• Spread quinoa onto a baking sheet and toast in preheating oven until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Pour toasted quinoa into a blender and pulse until the quinoa has the consistency of cornmeal.
• Stir ground quinoa, pumpkin puree, milk, water, whole wheat flour, flaxseed meal, egg, honey, coconut oil, walnut oil, chia seeds, cinnamon, baking powder, ground ginger, and salt together in a large mixing bowl until smooth. Rest mixture until chia seeds and flaxseed meal absorb some moisture and soften, about 15 minutes.
• Ladle batter into prepared muffin cups to about 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 30 to 40 minutes.

PUMPKIN QUINOA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Oil or butter a 12-cup muffin tin or line with muffin tin liners.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, pie 3. spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the quinoa, separating the grains with a fork to distribute evenly.
• In another bowl, beat the eggs, then add the pumpkin, buttermilk, butter, and vanilla extract. Whisk until the mixture is smooth. Gradually stir into the dry ingredients until just incorporated.
• Spoon the batter into muffin tins and sprinkle sunflower seeds on top of each muffin. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until the muffins are browned around edges and a tester comes out clean. Let the muffins rest for 5 minutes, then turn them out onto a wire rack to cool.

QUINOA BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Rinse quinoa thoroughly under running water using a fine mesh strainer. Put the rinsed quinoa in a pot and add 2 cups water. Bring up to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer and cover with a lid. Cook for 15 minutes then remove lid and fluff with a fork. Set aside to cool off.
• Mix together the flours, maple sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Stir in 2 cups of the cooked quinoa (reserve the rest to eat another day) and set the bowl of dry ingredients aside. In another bowl, combine the ground flaxseed with the 3 remaining tablespoons of water. Whisk together and let it rest for 5 minutes. The flax and water mixture will become gooey. Add in the almond milk, vanilla, and coconut oil. You may need to warm the coconut oil to liquefy it before mixing it inches Whisk the wet ingredients together, then pour into the dry ingredients all at once. Mix until all the ingredients are just combined.
• Spoon out half of the batter into a muffin tin. Use muffin cups if you're pan is prone to sticking. Peel the bananas and cut into 1-inch pieces. Place one piece of banana in the center of each muffin then cover with the rest of the batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool. Sprinkle a little cinnamon on top for extra flavor (optional).
• Tip 1: You can find granulated maple sugar at the health food store. If you can't find it, try another substitute such as coconut nectar or just regular brown sugar. Tip 2: If you're wondering about the ground flaxseed and water mixture, it's a vegan substitute for an egg. It works great to gel things together! You can also find ground flaxseed at your local health food store.

QUINOA SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender and water is absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 18 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Mix all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, ground ginger, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl.
• Stir squash, yogurt, brown sugar, raisins, walnuts, eggs, and vanilla together in a large bowl. Add flour mixture to squash mixture; stir. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 30 minutes.

PEANUT BUTTER QUINOA MINI MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease the cups of a 24-cup mini muffin pan with a little coconut oil or an oil mister. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the applesauce, peanut butter, and honey until well-blended. Stir in the coconut oil. Add the egg and whisk well. Stir in the vanilla and quinoa.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Pour the dry ingredients over the wet ingredients and mix with a whisk or wooden spoon just until blended. Stir in the chocolate chips, if using.
• *If you're adding chocolate chips to only half, fill 12 of the muffin cups with the plain batter (about a scant 2 tablespoons each). Then stir in 1/4 cup chocolate chips to the remaining batter and divide the chocolate chip batter among the remaining cups.
• Bake until the tops spring back when you gently poke them with your finger, 9-10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes. Remove from tins and place on a wire rack to cool for another 5 minutes. Serve. Muffins keep in an airtight container for 3-4 days. They also freeze well.

QUINOA MUFFINS WITH PEACHES AND PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners.
• Combine the quinoa and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Chop the dried peaches and place them in a saucepan with the apple cider. Bring the liquid to a boil, remove the pan from the heat, and allow the mixture to sit for 10 minutes.
• Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix the milk, egg, and vanilla in a small bowl. Carefully add 2 cups of cooked quinoa to the flour mixture; stir in the warmed peaches and pecans and mix well. Stir in the milk mixture just until combined.
• Scoop the muffin batter into the prepared pan and bake until the tops spring back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean, about 25 minutes.

SAVORY QUINOA MUFFINS (GLUTEN-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or line muffin cups with paper liners, adding extra grease to the bottoms of the cups.
• Cook chicken broth and quinoa together in a rice cooker or bring to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender and water is absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Mix quinoa, spinach, Colby-Jack cheese, eggs, bacon bits, onion powder, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and white pepper together in a bowl; spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.

QUINOA CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Place rinsed quinoa and water in saucepan, bring to a boil and cover, simmer over low heat for 10-15 minutes or until water is absorbed.
• Remove lid and continue to cook all the while stirring for 1 or 2 minutes more, until quinoa starts to stick to pan.
• Remove from heat and spread out on plate to cool.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cream sugar and butter until smooth and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition.
• In a separate bowl mix dry ingredients together, (flour, baking powder, salt and cornmeal).
• Add dry mixture to butter and sugar mixture alternating with buttermilk, just until blended. Do not over mix.
• Drop muffin liners in muffin tin if desired filling almost full with batter. Place in oven and bake until muffins have risen and spring back when gently touched, about 15 - 20 minutes,.

CHRISTMAS QUINOA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Add cane sugar to chopped cranberries ( I find chopping frozen cranberries much easier).
• Mix first 6 dry ingredients together.
• In a separate bowl whisk remaining wet ingredients (yogurt, milk, egg, vanilla and oil) together.
• Fold wet ingredients into dry until just combined. Do not overmix.
• Fold in sugared cranberries and pumpkin seeds
• Line muffin tins with parchment cups or grease with oil of choice. I used parchment.
• Use regular size ice cream scoop to fill muffin cups.
• Bake for 30 -40 minutes until tops are brown and toothpick comes out clean. Toothpick will come out clean after 20 minutes but its worth waiting until muffins actually brown on top for better texture.
• Notes: Batter is fairly dense. Adjust with milk to your liking. Muffins are minimally sweet so adjust sugar as well. I love a just slightly sweet muffin and you can't beat fresh cranberries. Enjoy!
• As with all healthier muffins these stay/store best in freezer in a ziploc freezer bag once they've completely cooled. Perfect defrosted in microwave at power level 3 for 1 min (flipping it at 30 seconds).

QUINOA APPLESAUCE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Sprinkle hazelnut flour over the apricots and set aside.
• Blend the baking soda, baking powder, salt, cloves and cinnamon with the quinoa flour.
• Separately mix together butter, sugar and egg.
• Combine all ingredients, adding the floured fruit at the end.
• Spoon into an oiled muffin tin and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until slightly spongy to the touch.

QUINOA BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Rinse quinoa thoroughly under running water using a fine mesh strainer. Put the rinsed quinoa in a pot and add 2 cups water. Bring up to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer and cover with a lid. Cook for 15 minutes then remove lid and fluff with a fork. Set aside to cool off. Mix together the flours, maple sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Stir in 2 cups of the cooked quinoa (reserve the rest to eat another day) and set the bowl of dry ingredients aside. In another bowl, combine the ground flaxseed with the 3 remaining tablespoons of water. Whisk together and let it rest for 5 minutes. The flax and water mixture will become gooey. Add in the almond milk, vanilla, and coconut oil. You may need to warm the coconut oil to liquefy it before mixing it in. Whisk the wet ingredients together, then pour into the dry ingredients all at once. Mix until all the ingredients are just combined. Spoon out half of the batter into a muffin tin. Use muffin cups if you're pan is prone to sticking. Peel the bananas and cut into 1-inch pieces. Place one piece of banana in the center of each muffin then cover with the rest of the batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool. Sprinkle a little cinnamon on top for extra flavor (optional). Tip 1: You can find granulated maple sugar at the health food store. If you can't find it, try another substitute such as coconut nectar or just regular brown sugar. Tip 2: If you're wondering about the ground flaxseed and water mixture, it's a vegan substitute for an egg. It works great to gel things together! You can also find ground flaxseed at your local health food store.

WILD RICE AND QUINOA MUFFINS WITH CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Lightly spray 10 standard (2 1/2 inch diameter) muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Place the flour, salt, baking powder, and brown sugar in a medium to large bowl.
• Break up any little clumps of sugar with your fingers, and then stir the mixture until thoroughly combined.
• Stir in the granulated sugar, if you like your muffins on the sweet side.
• Add the cooked grains, using a fork or your fingert so separate and distribute them throughout.
• Stir in the dried cranberries.
• Measure the 1 cup milk into a 2-cup liquid measurer.
• Add the egg and vanilla, and beat gently with a fork or a small whisk until smooth.
• Slowly pour this mixture into the dry ingredients, adding the melted butter at the same time.
• Using a spoon or a rubber spatula, stir from the bottom of the bowl until the dry ingredients are all moistened.
• Don't overmix; a few lumps are okay.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• For smaller muffins, fill the cups about four-fifths full. For larger muffins, fill them up to the top.
• If you have extra batter, spray one or two additional muffin cups with non-stick cooking spray and fill with the remaining batter.
• Bake in the midddle of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly browned on top and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove the pan from the oven,then remove the muffins from the pan and place them on a rack to cool.
• Wait at least 30 minutes before serving.

QUINOA HIGH PROTEIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a muffin tin with 1 teaspoon coconut oil.
• Bring coconut milk, quinoa, and pinch of salt to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender and milk is absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
• Combine 2 tablespoons coconut oil and honey in a large microwave-safe bowl; heat in microwave until melted and smooth, 20 to 30 seconds. Beat eggs, shredded coconut, and vanilla extract into honey mixture until well combined. Stir cooled quinoa into mixture until well mixed.
• Place almonds, dates, chia seeds, walnuts, and ground flax in a food processor; pulse until roughly chopped. Stir into quinoa batter.
• Place carrot and apple in food processor and pulse until evenly chopped; stir into quinoa batter. Sprinkle a pinch of salt over batter and stir well. Divide batter into the muffin cups, filling almost full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are golden brown and puffed and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 12 to 15 minutes.

QUINOA BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees with a rack in the middle. Oil 12 muffin cups. Sift together whole-wheat flour, quinoa flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a medium bowl, beat together the eggs, maple syrup or agave nectar, buttermilk, canola oil and vanilla. Quickly whisk in the flour mixture, then fold in the cooked quinoa, pecans and blueberries. Combine well. Spoon into muffin cups, filling each two-thirds full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until lightly browned. Cool in the tins for 10 minutes, then remove from the mold and cool on a rack.

QUINOA ZUCCHINI PROTEIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 2 muffin tins with paper liners.
• Combine whole wheat pastry flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cloves, allspice, ginger, and nutmeg in a bowl.
• Mix Greek yogurt, zucchini, quinoa, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Add flour mixture; mix until batter is well blended.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tins.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops are lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.