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Apple Walnut Muffins with Orange Glaze

Tender, spiced muffins studded with juicy apple and toasty walnuts, finished with a bright, zesty orange glaze.

Apple Walnut Muffins with Orange Glaze

Ingredients

  • 2¼ cups270 gAll-purpose flour
  • 1½ medium250 gApplepeeled and diced small
  • ⅔ cup chopped80 gWalnutschopped
  • ⅔ cup packed140 gBrown sugarpacked
  • 2 large100 gEggsroom temperature
  • ¾ cup (180 ml)200 gPlain kefir, low-fat
  • ⅓ cup85 gCanola oil
  • ¼ cup60 gUnsweetened applesauce
  • 1¾ tsp8 gBaking powder
  • ¾ tsp3 gBaking soda
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • 1½ tsp4 gGround cinnamon
  • ½ tsp1 gGround nutmeg
  • 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract
  • 1½ tbsp (20 ml)25 gOrange juice
  • ¾ cup90 gPowdered sugarsifted

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
  2. Spread the walnuts on a small baking sheet and toast in the oven for 6 to 8 minutes until fragrant, then let cool.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  4. In a second bowl, whisk the egg, brown sugar, kefir, canola oil, applesauce and vanilla until smooth.
  5. Pour the wet mixture into the flour mixture and stir just until a few streaks of flour remain.
  6. Fold in the apple and the toasted walnuts until just combined; the batter will be thick.
  7. Divide the batter evenly among the 12 liners, filling each nearly to the top.
  8. Bake for 20 to 24 minutes, until the tops are golden and a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
  9. Cool the muffins in the pan for 5 minutes, then move them to a rack to cool completely, about 20 minutes.
  10. For the glaze, whisk the powdered sugar with the orange juice until smooth and pourable.
  11. Drizzle the orange glaze over the cooled muffins and let it set for 5 minutes before serving.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Tree nuts, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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