Orange Gingerbread Muffins Recipes

GINGER ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt.
• Finely grate zest from orange to make 2 tsp.
• Peel orange, discarding rind and white pith.
• Finely chop orange, removing seeds; set aside.
• With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg.
• Stir in reserved orange and zest.
• Beat in reserved flour mixture alternately with orange juice, ending with flour.
• Fold in ginger.
• Divide batter among muffin tin, filling almost to the top.
• Bake 18-20 min.
• or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from pan; cool on wire rack.
• You can add 1/2 cup of raisins to the mix too for a variation.

GINGERBREAD MUFFINS WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F degrees. Spray a 12-count muffin pan with nonstick spray or use muffin liners. Set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the coconut oil, egg, molasses, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until no lumps remain. Whisk in the banana. Then, slowly whisk in the milk. Stir in the dry ingredients until just combined and no flour pockets remain- do not over mix.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them almost to the top. Bake for 5 minutes at 425°F degrees. Leaving the muffins in the oven, reduce the oven temperature to 350°F degrees and bake for 12-14 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
• Allow the muffins to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to glaze.
• While the muffins bake, making the glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, milk, juice and zest from the orange. While the muffins are still warm, dip the tops of each muffin in the glaze, then place back onto the cooling rack to harden.

SNAPPY GINGER MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat the oil and sugars. Beat in molasses and egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt; stir into molasses mixture alternately with water. , Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

ORANGE GINGERBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
• In large bowl, stir together Bisquick mix, 3 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 teaspoons of the cinnamon-sugar and the ginger; make well in center of mixture. In small bowl, mix milk, molasses, egg and orange peel with whisk. Add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling half full; sprinkle remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon-sugar over batter.
• Bake 12 minutes. Immediately remove from pan to cooling rack. Serve warm.