Lemon And Orange Yogurt Muffins Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, whisk flours, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk yogurt, orange juice, applesauce, egg whites, egg and orange zest until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in blueberries., Coat muffin cups with cooking spray; fill three-fourths full with batter. Bake 24-26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine 1/4 cup sugar, orange zest and water. Cook and stir over low heat for 3-5 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Add butter; stir until melted. Remove from the heat; set aside. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and remaining sugar. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, yogurt, milk and reserved butter mixture. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. , Coat muffin cups with cooking spray; fill each with a scant 1/4 cup of batter. Bake at 375° for 13-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Combine glaze ingredients; spoon about 1-1/2 teaspoons over each warm muffin. Remove from pans to wire racks.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400F (200C).
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, rolled oats, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the yogurt, egg, 1/4 cup lemon juice, and finely chopped peeled lemon (white pith removed first).
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry, mixing only until blended.
• Fill 12 well-greased muffin cups two thirds full.
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, prepare the syrup: Put 1/4 cup granulated sugar and the grated rind and juice of 1/2 lemon in a small pot.
• Bring to a boil and reserve.
• When the muffins are baked, prick all over with a toothpick.
• Do not remove them from the pan until cooled.
• Brush the warm syrup on the hot muffins.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In another bowl, whisk the egg, yogurt, butter and lemon juice. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. , Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 400° for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes; leave muffins in pan. , Using a toothpick, poke 6-8 holes in each muffin. In a saucepan, combine the topping ingredients. Cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Spoon over warm muffins.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F (190C) and butter or spray standard muffin tins.
• Finely grate the zest from the oranges (zest only the bright orange portion of the peel)- you will end up with approximately 1/4 c of zest.
• In a small saucepan, combine the zest, first 1/4 cup of sugar and the water; stir together over medium heat for about 2 minutes until sugar dissolves.
• Add the butter and stir until melted, about 1 minute more.
• Set aside orange zest mixture.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and the second 1/4 cup of sugar.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, yogurt, milk and reserved orange zest mixture until smooth.
• Add the flour mixture and stir just until blended (do not overmix).
• Spoon into prepared muffin tins, filling each cup three-quarters full.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in tins for 3-5 minutes and then remove and cool completely on wire rack.
• ****FOR GLAZE****.
• Combine all the ingredients for the glaze in a small bowl and whisk together briskly until smooth and very well blended.
• If glaze is too stiff, beat in a few more drops of orange juice.
• Brush or spoon over the muffins while they are still a bit warm.
• You will end up with almost 1/2 cup of glaze which should be enough for the 18 muffins.