Eggless Orange Muffins

These orange muffins are packed with zesty orange flavor. You can make them plain and if you like you can also add in some chocolates chips, raisins, nuts, or any fresh or dried berries. I never like that peculiar smell of egg which often comes from cakes or muffins at times, so I haven’t used any egg for now and they turned out great…

 Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour

3 tbsp sugar

1 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp baking soda

A pinch of salt

½ tbsp orange zest

½ cup orange juice

2 tbsp oil or melted butter

1 tbsp yogurt or apple cider vinegar)

1/3 cup chocolate chip/blue berries/raisins (optional)

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit or 190 Celsius.  Grease 6 muffin cups or line with muffin papers. Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda together and add in the salt, mix well and keep aside. In another bowl, mix together sugar, orange juice, oil and yogurt), mix it well then add in the flour mixture, stirring only until just blended (do not over mix). Add in the orange zest; mix it and lastly stir in the chocolate chips or blueberries or any other berries or nuts you like. Fill the muffin cups with the help of spring-release ice cream scoop. Don’t over fill the liners, fill them about 2/3. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let them cool down for 5 minutes in tray before transferring muffins to cooling rack to cool completely.