Gluten-Free Vegan Orange Poppy Seed Muffins - Rhian's Recipes (2024)

TheseGluten-Free Vegan Orange Poppy Seed Muffins are moist, fluffy, fragrant and nutty. They come together in one bowl and are refined sugar free too. Perfect for breakfast,a snackordessert!

Tips for baking with oranges

• The orange flavour in these muffins comes from orange zest and orange juice.
• The orange zest can be replaced with orange extract.
• If using orange zest, make sure to use unwaxed oranges.
• You can either use freshly squeezed orange juice, or orange juice from a carton.
• If you prefer a stronger orange flavour, you can add some orange extract to the muffin batter - instructions in recipe notes.

How to make this recipe

• Mix together all the ingredients in a mixing bowl.

• Divide the batter between muffin cases in a muffin/cupcake tin.

• Bake for15-20 minutes.

• For even more orange flavour, you can make an orange syrup to pour over the muffins.

Tips for the orange syrup

• Mix together the ingredients for the orange syrup while you're waiting for the muffins to bake in the oven.
• I recommend pouring the syrup over the muffins straight out the oven while they're still hot, so that it gets properly absorbed.
• The orange syrup is optional, so you can leave it out if you want.

Substitutions you can make to this recipe

• You can use any type of oil: coconut oil, olive oil or vegetable oil.
• The orange juice can be freshly squeezed or from a carton.
• The orange zest can be replaced with orange extract.
• You can use any type of plant-based milk: almond milk, rice milk, soy milk, cashew milk, oat milk etc.
• You can use any type of liquid sweetener: maple syrup, agave syrup, brown rice syrup etc.
• You can replace the ground almonds (almond meal) with ground walnuts.
• For a nut-free version: replace the ground almonds (almond meal) with ground sunflower seeds or use 30g (¼ cup) coconut flour instead of 150g (1 ¼ cup) ground almonds.
• You can use plain flour,wholemeal (whole wheat) flouror spelt flourinstead of the gluten-free flour if you're not gluten-free.

Ingredients you can add to the muffin batter

• Fresh or frozen blueberries, raspberries or blackberries.
• Dried cranberries, raisins or sultanas.

How long do these muffins keep for?

• These muffins do taste best when fresh, but keep covered in the fridge for up to a few days.
• You can reheat them in the oven or an oven toaster if you like.

More gluten-free vegan muffin recipes

• Carrot Muffins
• Blueberry Banana Bread Muffins
• Chocolate Muffins
• Apple Muffins
• Blueberry Muffins
• Chocolate Banana Muffins
• Banana Muffins
• Lemon Muffins
• Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
• Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins
• Gingerbread Muffins
• Raspberry Muffins

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