Fluffy Orange Muffins with Yogurt

Ingredients

In addition to the juice, orange zest also results in a fruity note. If you like it even more intense, you can additionally soak the orange yogurt muffins with some orange juice after baking. Which, by the way, is also a good idea if the muffins are, for example, already a day old or perhaps a little too dry.

How to make the Orange Muffins

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First of all, wash the orange with hot water, dry, and grate. Then squeeze and measure out 70 ml of juice. Preheat oven to 360°F/180°C. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl: Flour, baking powder, baking soda, orange zest, and sugar. In a second bowl, whisk the liquid ingredients: eggs, oil, 70 ml juice, and yogurt.

Then, add the liquid ingredients to the dry ones. Mix everything together briefly (!) but vigorously. Spoon dough into paper or silicone cups and place on a muffin tray. Bake muffins for 20-25 minutes and enjoy!

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By the way, the muffins with orange can be wonderfully varied. For example, we also like to eat orange chocolate muffins. There are two ways to do this: First, you can refine the dough of the muffins with chocolate chips. On the other hand, a simple chocolate icing on the muffins also tastes good.

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Orange Muffins

Fluffy, moist orange yogurt muffins: a quick recipe for summer on a plate!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Baking Time20 minutes mins

Servings: 12 muffins

Calories: 199kcal

Ingredients

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• 230 grams (1 ⅘ cups) all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoon (1 ½ teaspoons) baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 120 grams (⅔ cup) sugar
• 1 orange, large one, grated and juiced
• 2 eggs, medium
• 100 milliliters (⅖ cup) sunflower oil
• 130 grams (½ cup) yogurt

Instructions

• Wash the orange with hot water, dry, and grate. Then squeeze and measure out 70 ml of juice. Preheat oven to 360°F/180°C.
• Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl: Flour, baking powder, baking soda, orange zest, and sugar. In a second bowl, whisk the liquid ingredients: eggs, oil, 70 ml juice, and yogurt.
• Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ones. Mix everything together briefly (!) but vigorously.
• Spoon dough into paper or silicone cups and place on a muffin tray. Bake muffins for 20-25 minutes.

Notes

• For even more orange flavor, drizzle finished, still-warm muffins with a bit of orange juice; poke a few holes in them with a shish kebab skewer beforehand, if desired.
• For orange-chocolate muffins, either fold chocolate drops into the dough or coat the muffins with chocolate icing.

Ingredient substitutions

Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!

Variations

For more delicious vitamin bombs beside these muffins, check out our other baking recipes with citrus fruits. Like the classic lemon cake, tarte au citron, moist lemon cookies, or lemon poppy seed cake.