Healthy Muffin Recipes

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Make muffins healthier by including ingredients such as bran and carrots, and using natural sweeteners, such as honey. Here, our best healthy muffin recipes, from vegan banana-walnut muffins to carrot-bran muffins.

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Quinoa-Millet Muffins with Orange Zest

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Inspired by the wonderful millet muffins served at Metropolitan Bakery in Philadelphia, this version adds quinoa and fragrant orange zest to the mix.

Tomato Gratin with Orange Zest

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Carrot-Bran Muffins

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When San Francisco's revered Four Barrel coffeehouse asked Belinda Leong to make bran muffins for them, she added bran to her favorite carrot cake recipe. The result is an extraordinarily fluffy bran muffin that stays moist for days.

Carrot-Flax Muffins

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Muesli Crunch Whole-Grain Muffins

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These gluten-free, not-too-sweet breakfast muffins are lightly spiced with cinnamon.

Apple Muesli with Goji Berries

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Gluten-Free Flax Seed Muffins

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Gluten-free muffins with flax seeds incorporate homemade flax seed meal, gluten-free flour, and an apple puree.

Baked Flax Seed Granola

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Vegan Banana-Walnut Muffins

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These simple vegan muffins are moist, with irresistibly crispy edges.

Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

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Gluten-Free Cocoa and Banana-Hazelnut Muffins

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These gluten-free muffins have an irresistibly light and crunchy top with a wonderfully dense and decadent crumb from the ripe bananas, cocoa powder and ground hazelnuts.

Gluten-Free Crêpes with Strawberries and Mascarpone

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Gluten-Free Brown Sugar Monkey Bread Muffins

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Silvana Nardone rolls pieces of her fantastic gluten-free bread dough in melted butter and cinnamon-sugar to make pull-apart monkey bread. The ingredients in this recipe are available at a well-stocked health food store.

Gluten-Free Apple-Spice Muffins

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Gluten-Free Apple-Spice Muffins

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Applesauce is a wonderful "secret ingredient" for gluten-free baked goods. You can use store-bought sauce or make your own by pureeing chopped apples with a little bit of water and a squeeze of lime or lemon juice.

Apple Cinnamon Quinoa Breakfast Bowl

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Healthy Muffin Recipes

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Quinoa-Millet Muffins with Orange Zest

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Carrot-Bran Muffins

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Muesli Crunch Whole-Grain Muffins

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Gluten-Free Flax Seed Muffins

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Vegan Banana-Walnut Muffins

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Gluten-Free Cocoa and Banana-Hazelnut Muffins

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Gluten-Free Brown Sugar Monkey Bread Muffins

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Gluten-Free Apple-Spice Muffins

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Quinoa-Millet Muffins with Orange Zest

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Carrot-Bran Muffins

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Muesli Crunch Whole-Grain Muffins

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Gluten-Free Flax Seed Muffins

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Vegan Banana-Walnut Muffins

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Gluten-Free Cocoa and Banana-Hazelnut Muffins

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Gluten-Free Brown Sugar Monkey Bread Muffins

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Gluten-Free Apple-Spice Muffins

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