Chia Muffins Recipes

BLUEBERRY OATMEAL CHIA SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• Sift flour, white sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a large bowl; add oats and chia seeds.
• Mix orange juice, applesauce, oil, and eggs together in a bowl; stir into flour mixture until batter is just combined. Fold blueberries into batter. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling 3/4-full.
• Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl; sprinkle over batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes.

GLUTEN-FREE BANANA WALNUT CHIA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• Mix water and chia seeds together in a small bowl; set aside until chia seed gel is thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Combine flour, coconut sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Whisk chia gel, yogurt, oil, egg, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl; stir into flour mixture just until batter is moistened. Fold bananas and walnuts into batter. Fill muffin cups 2/3-full with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 22 to 25 minutes. Cool muffins for 5 minutes in the tin before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHIA SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease 2 muffin tins lightly with cooking spray.
• Mix flour, sugar, almond milk, 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, eggs, chia seeds, almond extract, vanilla extract, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Scoop batter into the prepared muffin tins.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and tops are light golden in color, about 40 minutes.

LEMON-CHIA SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon chia seeds and 1/2 teaspoon each baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk 3/4 cup each milk and vegetable oil, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon lemon zest and 1 teaspoon vanilla; fold into the flour mixture. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners; coat with cooking spray. Add the batter; bake at 350 degrees F until a toothpick comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHIA SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat your oven to 350°F/180°C and grease or line a 12 cup muffin tin.
• In a large mixing bowl beat together the eggs, coconut oil, vanilla extract, honey and milk until well combined.
• Add the coconut flour, cocoa powder, chia seeds, baking powder and salt to the bowl and mix to combine until you have a smooth batter. Stir in the chopped chocolate pieces.
• Spoon the batter evenly into the muffins tins. Place in the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a knife going into the center comes out clean. Remove the muffins from the oven and let cool for about 10 minutes before flipping the tin over and removing the muffins.

BANANA AND CHIA SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C or 160° for a fan oven).
• Grease and flour a 12 cup muffin pan or use paper liners.
• Beat the oil and the eggs together in a medium bowl or jug.
• Beat in the vanilla. Set aside.
• In another, larger bowl, mix together the flour, chia seeds, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.
• Add the oil and egg mixture to the flour mixture in the larger bowl and stir well until combined. The batter will be very thick at this stage.
• Stir in the bananas and the raisins until thoroughly combined.
• Divide the batter between the muffin cups. (I use an ice cream scoop for this.)
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the muffins comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack. Delicious served warm or at room temperature but don't eat them straight out of the oven as the raisins will be very hot!
• Muffins will keep for 3 days at room temperature or can be frozen for up to 2 months. Thaw completely and reheat gently before serving.

HEALTHY LEMON CHIA SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 and prepare a greased or lined muffin tin.
• In a small bowl, mix together flax seed meal and warm water until combined. Allow them to sit for 5 minutes and solidify to make 'flax eggs'.
• In a bowl combine flax eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice, oil, applesauce, maple syrup and almond milk
• Stir in flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon + chia seeds.
• Pour batter in to greased muffin tins
• Bake for 20 minutes until edges are golden brown and toothpick comes out clean when inserted inside.

LEMON CHIA SEED MINI MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and butter or grease mini muffin pan. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, chia seeds, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, add sugar, egg, milk, butter, and lemon zest. Mix until fully combined. Add wet mixture to dry mixture and stir until just combined.
• Fill mini muffin tins halfway with batter. Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean (or with crumbs, not batter).
• Allow pan to cool for 5 minutes before removing muffins from pan. If needed, use a butter knife around the edges of the pan to loosen your muffins. Allow to cool completely before storing in a sealed container.

BANANA CHIA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 24-cup mini muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Mix bananas, erythritol, eggs, and butter together in a large bowl.
• Mix all-purpose flour, coconut flour, baking powder, and salt alternative in a small bowl. Add flour mixture slowly to banana mixture, alternating with almond milk, until just combined. Fold in chia seeds. Spoon batter into the muffin tin.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

BANANA OAT CHIA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly oil a 12-muffin baking pan. Whisk the ground flax with 3 tablespoons warm water and set aside. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the milk and vinegar.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine together the flour, oats, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and chia seeds.
• Add the mashed banana, sugar, and oil to the milk & vinegar mixture. Stir in the flax mixture. Add these wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix with a spatula until the batter is evenly combined. Don't overmix: a few small lumps are OK!
• Add 1/3 cup batter to each well in the muffin pan. Sprinkle the tops with extra rolled oats and bake for about 22-25 minutes, or until muffins are browning and a toothpick comes out mostly clean.

APPLE, CARROT, AND CHIA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 16 muffin cups with liners.
• Combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat buttermilk, melted butter, honey, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla extract in another bowl. Stir in flour mixture. Fold in apple, carrot, and chia seeds. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
• Cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

LEMON CHIA MUFFINS

Steps:

• For the muffins: In a small bowl, stir together the chia seeds with 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice and 1/4 cup warm water. Set aside for the seeds to bloom, 15 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar and lemon zest. Whisk the sugar into the flour mixture.
• In another medium bowl, whisk together the yogurt, oil, remaining lemon juice and vanilla extract. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry and stir until just combined. Then stir in the bloomed chia seeds. Using an ice cream scoop, divide the batter between the muffin cups. Bake for 15 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• For the glaze: Stir together the confectioners' sugar, honey and lemon juice. Drizzle over the cooled muffins and serve.