Orange Muffins With Dates Recipes

DATE FLECKED ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Place orange pieces into the blender with the egg, buttermilk, dates and butter. Blend thoroughly until mixture is thick, fairly smooth with flecks. Pour out into a large mixing bowl.
• In a separate bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cloves and ginger. Stir flour mixture into the orange mixture and stir or fold gently with a wooden spoon or spatula only until dry ingredients have combined. Don't mind any lumps that may be present. Fill muffin tins to just under rims with batter.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of muffin comes out clean. Let stand in pan for five minutes, then remove to wire racks for cooling.

ORANGE-DATE BRAN MUFFINS (HEALTHIER!)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*. Lightly coat a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick spray or line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, stir together the bran, orange juice, honey, and molasses. Set aside for about 5 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the unbleached or all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Stir the applesauce, egg whites, and orange peel into the bran mixture. Add the flour mixture and stir just until combined. Fold in the dates.
• Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a rack for 5 minutes. Invert onto the rack and serve warm or at room temperature.

ORANGE DATE MUFFINS (OR CHOCOLATE CHIP)

Steps:

• Cut orange into 8 or more pieces, remove seeds.
• Place cut orange into a blender or food processor.
• Blend into rind is finely ground; add orange juice to this mixture to make it easier to grind.
• Add dates (or chocolate chips), egg, and margarine; blend until mixed (if using chocolate chips you may want to add them in step 6 instead of in this step).
• In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar.
• Add orange mixture to dry ingredients; stir gently until just mixed.
• Spray 12 medium-large muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Fill tins 2/3 full.
• Bake at 400F for 15 minutes.

FOOD PROCESSOR ORANGE DATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Toss the dates with 1/2 cup of the all-purpose flour.
• In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, process the mixture until evenly chopped.
• Add the orange and process until finely chopped.
• Add the orange juice, eggs and butter and process until blended.
• Stir together the whole wheat flour, remaining all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add the date mixture and process just until moistened but not overmixed.
• Spoon into large greased for paper-lined muffin cups, filling three-quarters full.
• Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until the tops are firm to the touch.

DATE-ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Cut orange in pieces and remove pits. In food processor, put in first 4 ingredients. Blend for 3 to 4 minutes. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Mix in chopped dates. Blend again until mixed. Spoon into greased muffin pans. Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes. (If using honey, add with first 4 ingredients, if using sugar, add to dry mix.)

ORANGE & DATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cut orange into bite size pieces, removing only the seeds.
• Place the orange into an electric blender on grind, while grinding add the juice, egg and butter into the blender and mix well.
• In a seperate bowl add flour, soda, baking powder, sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Add the candied orange peel, dates and walnuts to the orange mixture and pour over the dry ingredients and stir lightly, until just combined.
• Place batter in lined muffin tins and bake for 12 - 15 min in a 400 degree oven.

ORANGE DATE NUT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Grease one 12-cup muffin tin.
• In a large bowl, combine bran cereal, water and oil, stirring until bran softens.
• In a small bowl, whisk buttermilk, orange juice, molasses, honey, orange zest, and egg until blended.
• In a small bowl, combine flours, baking soda and salt.
• Add buttermilk mixture to bran, stirring to combine.
• Add flour mixture, dates and walnuts to bran mixture, stirring just until flour is moistened.
• Spoon into muffin cups, and bake until top springs back when lightly pressed, about 18 minutes.
• Let cool in pan 5 minutes before removing to wire rack.