Walking Off The Weight

We love warm, freshly baked muffins on the weekends, but if you get them from the store, you’re stuck with all that fat and sugar and it takes you all day to work of those calories. You won’t believe how quick and easy it is to put these muffins together and they taste really nice and kinda gourmet. We love them.

Orange Muffins With Poppy Seeds

1 orange (preferably organic)
½ cup of milk
2 tbsp poppy seeds
1 egg
¼ cup oil
1 ½ cups plain flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarb soda

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

In a little bowl, soak 2 tbsp poppy seeds in ½ cup of milk and let it stand for about 20 minutes.

Cut the orange into 8 pieces and remove any seeds. Place the whole of the orange (including skin), the milk with poppy seeds, the egg and oil in a blender and blend until smooth.

In a large bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients. Make a well in the center and add the wet mix to the dry and stir carefully until just mixed.

Fill mixture into muffin tins and bake for about 15 – 20 minutes.

Filed under: Recipes on July 25th, 2009