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Eggless Chocolate Orange Muffins

Akum Raj Jamir
Soft, chocolatey and fragrant, these chocolate orange muffins are insanely delicious and heavenly. The fresh citrus orange flavor and rich chocolate pair perfectly together in this chocolate orange muffins recipe. Full of chocolate chunks and orange flavor, this may be the ultimate chocolate muffin recipe perfect for the holiday season!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 8 Large Muffins

Equipment

  • OTG
  • 240 ml measuring cup set
  • Mixing bowl
  • Spatula
  • muffin liners
  • Muffins tray

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour (128 grams)
  • 3 tablespoon  cocoa powder (20 grams)
  • 1 teaspoon  baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon  baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon  salt
  • ½ cup fresh orange juice (120 ml)
  • ½ cup sugar (100 grams)
  • 3 tablespoon  oil (45 ml)
  • 2 tablespoon  butter melted (30 grams)
  • 1 teaspoon  vanilla essence
  • 1 teaspoon  fresh orange zest
  • 2-3 tablespoon  whole milk
  • 70-8 grams dark chocolate chopped 

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven at 180° C for 10 minutes. Line the muffin tray or moulds with muffin liners or simply grease them with oil or butter.
  • In a mixing bowl add in the sugar, orange juice, oil, melted butter, vanilla essence, orange zest. Mix well to combine and allow sugar to dissolve. 
  • Sieve in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix and sift them together. 
  • Gently fold to make a smooth batter. Add in milk to adjust the batter consistency.
  • Take the chocolate pieces and coat with little flour. Add in to the batter and give a quick gentle mix. (Reserve some chocolate for topping). Do not over mix at this stage. 
  • Scoop the batter onto the lined muffins tray upto ¾th of the cavity. Tap the tray to release any air bubbles. Top the muffins with chocolate chunks.
  • Bake at a preheated oven at 180° C for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Baking time will differ so keep a check from 20 minutes onwards.
  • Remove the oven and allow to stand in the mould for 5-10 minutes.
  • Transfer the muffins onto a cooling rack and allow to cool down completely.

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Notes

  1. All ingredients should be at room temperature.
  2. You can use all purpose flour (maida) instead of whole wheat flour.
  3. You can use totally oil or butter or use the 50-50 ratio. 
  4. You can use orange pulps as well. 
  5. You can use any variety of chocolate and can use chocolate chips instead of chunks.
  6. If you want to make egg version use 1 large egg or 2 small eggs. You can opt out the baking soda if you are using egg.
  7. You can use chocolate or orange essence instead of vanilla essence.
  8. Baking time may differ as each oven temperature is different from one another. Bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  9. Always preheat oven and do your baking at preheated oven.
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