Description
These healthy orange almond muffins are drizzled with a sweet orange glaze. Soft and fluffy texture, packed with orange flavor. Topped with a layer of sliced almonds that become toasty in the oven.
Ingredients
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- Orange Almond Muffins:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 2 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- ⅓ cup butter
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1 tsp almond extract
- ½ cup yogurt
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- Orange Glaze:
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- ½ tbsp milk
- ¾ cup icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F. Grease a 12 muffin tin with butter, or line with muffin liners.
- Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and orange zest together in a large bowl.
- Melt the butter. Once slightly cooled, whisk the eggs into the melted butter. Mix in the orange juice, almond extract, yogurt and milk.
- Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing only until just combined.
- Gently fold in about ¾ of the sliced almonds into the batter, saving the last ¼ for the top.
- Pour the batter evenly into 12 prepared muffin tins. Top each muffin with the remaining sliced almonds, pressing lightly into the top of the muffin batter.
- Bake the muffins for about 25-30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Prepare the glaze while the muffins are baking. Mix the orange zest, orange juice, milk and icing sugar together until it is a thick paste.
- Once you remove the muffins from the oven, let them cool slightly for about 15-20 minutes. Then drizzle the orange glaze over the muffins.
- Serve fresh.
Notes
- Storage: Store leftover muffins in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Muffins
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 267
- Sugar: 19.7g
- Sodium: 157mg
- Fat: 10.6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4.7g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1.6g
- Protein: 6.6g
- Cholesterol: 38mg