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Easy Chia Orange Cranberry Muffins. These breakfast Muffins are simple and full of flavor. Blend up the wet and dry in a blender, pour and bake. Vegan Nut-free Soy-free Recipe. Makes 11 to 12 muffins. 1 Bowl or Blender, 6 Main Ingredients!
These Zesty Orange Muffins are perfect to add the sunshine to your day. They are super easy. Put all the wet in a blender, blend. Add chia seeds and let ithem sit for a few minutes. Then blend in the dry, pour into muffin pan, bake and done.
Beautiful, fluffy, zesty, seedy muffins.
Just like my Lemon Coconut Chia Muffins, these are citrusy fluffy muffins have chia seeds for a bit of texture. Orange juice helps the muffins brown and caramelize on top. Add any berries of choice. I had a big bag of frozen cranberries from fall which needed using and orange and cranberries are a perfect combination.
More breakfast options
- Banana Walnut Breakfast Loaf. Gluten-free
- Moist 1 Bowl Banana Coconut Walnut Bread.
- Turmeric Pumpkin Chocolate Marble Loaf.
- Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
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Make the batter and pour into muffin pan. Top with cranberries
Bake for 20 to 22 minutes.
Cool for a few minutes and serve.
Blender Chia Orange Cranberry Muffins
Ingredients
Wet:
- 1 cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp oil
- zest of 1/2 an orange
- 1/2 cup sugar (scant), I usually use a combination of coconut and unrefined raw sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 3 to 4 tbsp chia seeds
Dry:
- 1 1/4 cup flour, I use 3/4 cup spelt/ whole wheat and 1/2 cup white
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1/2 cup frozen cranberries
Instructions
- Blend the wet ingredients except chia seeds. Fold in chia seeds and let sit for 10 mins to hydrate the seeds a bit.
- Line a muffin pan with muffin liners. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F / 190ºc.
- Add the dry ingredients to the blender and pulse a few times to combine. Alternatively, add and whisk all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add to wet and mix to combine. The batter should be somewhat flowy but not runny. If too runny, add a tbsp or more flour and mix in.
- Drop the batter into lined muffin pan. Add cranberries or other berries on top. Sprinkle some chia seeds on top (optional).
- Bake for 20 to 22 mins.
- Cool for 5 minutes in the pan then a few minutes on the counter before serving. The muffins can be kept on the counter (covered) for the day, or refrigerated upto 5 days.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These cupcakes look delicious. I love cranberry and orange juice so I’m sure I’d love these too. Have you ever tried them with gluten free flour?
yes, see recipe notes on how to make them gluten-free
Great, thank you. Sorry I missed that.
I have made these twice now and Love them. Delicious! Thank you.
Am going to try them with millet flour and see how that works?
I only have all purpose flour here.. Do I still follow the original recipe 1 1/4 cup (156.25g) flour? Or should I make any changes to the flour measurement? Thanks!
Very good! I love this muffins! And they are so easy to make!
I only have all purpose flour here.. Do I still follow the original recipe 1 1/4 cup (156.25g) flour? Or should I make any changes to the flour measurement? Thanks!
What if I wanna make it without the sugar??
How can i replace it??
You can possibly use stevia. I havent made these or any other muffins without some kind of sugar, so I am not sure if it will work equally well
I made this recipe twice, so so yummy and easy. Last time instead of sugar I just used 1 cup of dates. Even better!! Will repeat for sure. Thanks a lot
For the spelt flour are you only using 3/4 cup of spelt because it said 1 and 1/4 cup of flour. So if it’s just spelt is it less because it’s different
I use 3/4 cup spelt + 1/2 cup white. A total of 1 1/4 cup flour. The recipe said 3/4 cup white which was incorrect. I corrected that. If you use all spelt, blend in 1 cup of flour and see if you need more. The batter is flexible in the sense that it bakes up fine with a few tbsp of flour here and there.
These are so yummy! I made them on Saturday and now I’m making them again today with an apple-y profile. <3
I made these over the weekend and they are so good. The flavors are perfect. The cleanup is easy since everything goes into the blender. I will be making them again soon. Thank you for another great recipe. You never disappoint.
Awesome! exactly, just one blender, rinse well and done.
Hi
Can you please let me know
1 cup flour = ? gram
1cup milk = ? ml
1 cup orange juice = ? ml
Thanks in advance
1 cup all purpose flour is 125 gm
1 cup liquid is 240 ml
I have been adding metric measures to new recipes, so you an check on those. All the recipes eventually will have them
That sounds so good. I never made muffins with chia so I have to give it a try.
Great simple recipe not too many ingredients I will try it out. Thanks
Thanks! these are super simple and so good!