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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.
Made these without the orange zest or vanilla extract and the muffins still came out extremely flavourful. The chia seeds gave the muffin a slightly chewy texture (like mochi muffins!) which I loved. So easy to bake.
Can I replace the orange juice with milk and zest with vanilla extract to make it into a vanilla muffin? I was looking for a vanilla muffin recipe but found only a gluten free recipe on your blog.
use this and bake into muffins. https://fettabbau-trim.today/2015/05/vegan-yellow-cake-recipe.html%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
My mixture was a little dry after combining everything…so I added 1/4 cup water …can I replace it with orange juice.
Yes, add more orangejuice
Hi, these look delish.
I was wondering if you could use dried cranberries instead of frozen?
Thank You!
yes
It’s so cute how you say this can last up to five days in the fridge. I don’t see these lasting more than a day. LOL. Can’t wait to make them today. Glad I stocked up on cranberries.
lol yeah, its for someone cooking up many things over the weekend prepping for the week i guess 🙂
Can you fold in the cranberries instead of placing them on top?
yes
mix them in a tbsp of flour and then fold in
How would you adjust the baking time for loaf rather than muffins? Love your recipes!
Thanks! Check the loaf at 35 mins and continue to bake for another 5 -10 mins. Most 9 by 5 loafs take 35 to 50 mins depending on the type of cake.
Made these today – absolutely the best muffins I’ve ever eaten!!! They are simply delicious!! Thanks for another awesome recipe!!! <3 <3 <3
These sound delicious!
Can I make this as a cake instead, would the baking times differ?
yes. bake for 35 minutes or longer. Check in the center before removing the cake
Just wondering if you have the calorie content per serve of any of your recipes?
I am adding the values to the recipes. The popular recipes have them. I am also trying to finish the book work right now, so the speed is slow. Eventually most recipes will have calorie values, hopefully by end of year.