Orange Chia Seed Muffins #MuffinMonday

I have a large bag of chia seeds and had yet to use them. I've thought of making a pudding several times but worried that I may not like it. I honestly can't explain why I thought might not. If I can get the pudding to taste like ice cream, I'm sure it would be amazing. Thankfully, the idea  of using them in a muffin came to me. The orange and almond in the muffins are great and the chia seeds add a little crunch. So one chia seeds recipe down and hopefully more to come.

Below the recipe you'll see the other muffins the bakers made this month. 

Enjoy!

Orange Chia Seed Muffins

Yield: ~ 9 muffins

Ingredients

1/2 cup sugar

zest of 1 orange

2 cups flour

2 tablespoons chia seeds

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup orange juice (from zested orange)
1/4 cup oil

1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 425F. Line a cupcake tin.
Rub the orange zest into the sugar for a few minutes. 

Add flour, chia seeds, baking powder, salt. Whisk to combine.
In another bowl combine egg, milk, orange juice, oil, and almond extract.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir gently until just combined. 
Fill each muffin well almost full. 

Bake 5 minutes then lower the oven to 350F. Continue baking another 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean. 

#MuffinMonday is a group of muffin loving bakers who get together once a month to bake muffins. You can see all our of lovely muffins by following our Pinterest board. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about Muffin Monday, can be found on our home page.

• Cheddar Ham Chive Muffins from Food Lust People Love
• Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins from Jolene's Recipe Journal
• Orange Chia Seed Muffins from Passion Kneaded
• Pineapple Macadamia Nut Muffins from Palatable Pastime
• Triple Chocolate Muffins from Karen's Kitchen Stories

Mini Donut Muffins - #MuffinMonday

Donuts are not very popular in Jamaica. Occasionally, you'll see someone on the street selling a box of jelly filled donuts. And honestly, it's been a while since I've seen a donut man. Maybe I'm not paying attention though. Until I can get my Prestige jelly donut fix, I will just have to make my own in mini muffin form. 
I was pleasantly surprised by how delicious these were. Dangerously delicious. I tasted one and when I looked at the plate, three were missing. Three? I swear I was only tasting one. I have always loved powdered sugar covered donut holes so I opted to use powdered sugar here. I actually glazed some and then added some sprinkles but as usual, my glaze just did not look right so I didn't take pics of that. It was delicious though - may or may not have used rum to make the glaze. Tis the season! Feel free to roll them in cinnamon sugar if that floats your boat. Dip in some melted butter first. Next time, I'll add some jelly and pretend they're from Prestige. 

For more muffin goodness, be sure to check out the list below the recipe. Happy New Year, everyone!

Mini Donut Muffins

Yield: 20 mini muffins

Ingredients
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar  (I used light brown)
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 
1/2 teaspoon salt 
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup milk 
1/3 cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
Powdered sugar for coating

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a mini muffin pan.
whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. In a separate bowl whisk egg, milk, oil, and vanilla. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir gently until just combined. Scoop into the wells of the mini muffin pan. Aim for about 2/3 to 3/4 full. 

Bake 12 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean. Allow to cool and then coat in powdered sugar. I added less than a cup of powdered sugar to a bag and tossed the muffins in one a time.

• Bacon Cheddar Corn Muffins from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Bacon Scallion Corn Muffins from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Blackberry Muffins from Making Miracles
• Cranberry Pistachio Muffins from Food Lust People Love
• Mini Donut Muffins from Passion Kneaded

Wine Muffins - #MuffinMonday

The idea for these muffins came to me while I was soaking fruits for Christmas cake. Shall we pause to marvel at the fact that I already have fruits soaking? Yes, I know everyone else's fruits have been soaking since last year. But since the week of Christmas is usually early enough for us, having fruits already in liquor from early November is cause for celebration. 

And let's celebrate with some red wine muffins. I used the same wine that I use to soak fruits. Typically, this is Red Label Wine but this time I used another brand's fruit wine. Use what you have. You don't taste the alcohol here. I think the wine I used had about 15% alcohol. You're instead left with wonderful hints of the wine and spices. They tasted like our spice buns (not Easter buns but the everyday version). If you want to taste some alcohol, drizzle these with a wine glaze. I used very little on each muffin  but then I kept dipping each bite of muffin in leftover glaze. 

Lots more muffins below. Be sure to scroll down.

Wine Muffins

Yield: ~10 muffins

Ingredients 

2 cups flour 

1/2 cup sugar 

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon 

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ginger 

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated 

1 egg 

1 cup wine 

1/4 cup oil 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F and grease or line the wells of a muffin pan. 

Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, ginger, and nutmeg. In a separate container whisk together the egg, wine, and oil. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir gently - batter is thick. Divide among the wells of the muffin tin. 

Bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean. 

If desired, drizzle cooled muffins with a glaze made from confectioner's sugar and wine. It's a dismal colour so add some food colouring.

• Artichoke Dip Muffins from Food Lust People Love
• Cranberry Sweet Potato Muffins from Jolene's Recipe Journal
• Jalapeño Cheddar Mini Muffins from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Lemon and Candied Ginger Muffins from Palatable Pastime
• Wine Muffins from Passion Kneaded

#MuffinMonday is a group of muffin loving bakers who get together once a month to bake muffins. You can see all our of lovely muffins by following our Pinterest board. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about Muffin Monday, can be found on our home page.