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3.11.17

Orange Almond Poppy Seed Muffins {GF, Paleo}

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These orange almond poppy seed muffins are the perfect sweet addition to your breakfast and make great snacks too. Perfectly moist, sweet and packed with flavor and a hint of spice, you won’t believe they’re gluten free, dairy free, and paleo!These orange almond poppy seed muffins are the perfect sweet addition to your breakfast and make great snacks too. Perfectly moist, sweet and packed with flavor and a hint of spice, you won't believe they're gluten free, dairy free, and paleo!

One of my favorite flavor combos, ever, is basically anything along with almond extract.  Okay, I guess that’s a whole lot of combinations, but you get the point – ALMOND EXTRACT 4 EVA!   I understand that not everyone loves this flavor – I REALLY don’t understand why – but I respect it.

 This recipe, however, is for all you almond extract lovers out there.   The marzipan fanatics (can’t promise magic, but still) the tricolor cookie daydreamers and pound cake inhalers.  I think most pound cakes use  almond extract?  This is something I should really know.

Don’t even ask why I haven’t attempted a paleo pound cake yet – I have no good excuse, besides fear, I guess.  In the meantime, I have for you these orange almond poppy seed muffins.  Not scary at all!  And another “can’t believe it’s paleo” muffin recipes.  I really do remember what “regular” muffins taste like too, so have faith, and trust these are DANG good muffins.

In the spirit of “if it ain’t broke…” I decided to slightly tweak one of my favorite coffee cake recipes to create these poppy seed muffins.   The recipe is my cranberry orange coffee cake, and, it happens to be, quite possibly, my favorite of the coffee cake recipes on the blog.   Anyway, I thought that I’d use the basic recipe for the coffee cake, scaled to make 12 muffins, add some poppy seeds, and see what happened.

Luckily, good things DID follow!  It’s always good to re-test a favorite recipe anyhow to make sure it actually IS as good as you remember it to be.  Food blogger insecurity, I guess.
These orange almond poppy seed muffins are the perfect sweet addition to your breakfast and make great snacks too. Perfectly moist, sweet and packed with flavor and a hint of spice, you won't believe they're gluten free, dairy free, and paleo!

These orange almond poppy seed muffins have a great moist/soft texture and I added a bit of cinnamon and ginger for an added little punch of flavor.  They’re dairy free, gluten free, grain free, and refined sugar free – sweetened with raw honey.   A perfect little addition to breakfast, or a great afternoon snack when you’re stuck in the car (muffins are my favorite for that!)  I know you’ll love these, guys – let’s start baking!!

Orange Almond Poppy Seed Muffins {GF, Paleo}
These orange almond poppy seed muffins are the perfect sweet addition to your breakfast and make great snacks too. Perfectly moist, sweet and packed with flavor and a hint of spice, you won't believe they're gluten free, dairy free, and paleo!

Orange Almond Poppy Seed Muffins {GF, Paleo}

These orange almond poppy seed muffins are the perfect sweet addition to your breakfast and make great snacks too. Perfectly moist, sweet and packed with flavor and a hint of spice, you won't believe they're gluten free, dairy free, and paleo!
Author: Michele Rosen
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Course: Breakfast/Snack
Cuisine: Paleo
Servings: 12 muffins
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4.37 from 11 votes

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil melted and cooled
  • 1/3 cup raw honey
  • 1/3 cup fresh squeezed orange juice or 100% orange juice
  • 2 tbsp orange zest zest from one large orange
  • 1 tsp pure almond extract
  • 2 cups blanched almond flour
  • 1/2 cup tapioca flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/8 tsp sea salt
  • 2 Tbsp poppy seeds

Instructions

  1. Line a 12 cup muffin pan with liners and preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Using a hand mixer on low/medium or whisk, beat together the eggs, honey, orange juice, almond extract, coconut oil and zest.
  3. In a separate bowl, stir together the almond and tapioca flours, baking soda, salt, poppy seeds and spices. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix on low speed or by hand until just combined.
  4. Divide the batter evenly between the 12 lined muffin cups (about 3/4 full), and bake about 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of one comes out clean.
  5. Allow muffins to sit in the pan for 2 minutes, then remove and cool completely on wire racks. Serve and enjoy! Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or frozen.

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These orange almond poppy seed muffins are the perfect sweet addition to your breakfast and make great snacks too. Perfectly moist, sweet and packed with flavor and a hint of spice, you won't believe they're gluten free, dairy free, and paleo!

Want More Paleo Muffin Recipes?  Try one of these!

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More than a little into running and paleo recipes (yoga now too!) but I'm not here to rain on your grains (or anything else) so come along for the ride! I do a little too much of everything (except cleaning), and I enjoy laughing at myself. As long as I'm the one making the jokes, that is. Just kidding. So bring me your angst, your appetite and your frying pan and climb aboard!

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  1. Emily says

    March 11, 2017 at 11:12 am

    I’m curious; do you have any recipes that are cookies/muffins that don’t use eggs or don’t have to have eggs?

    Reply
  2. Pam says

    March 11, 2017 at 11:19 am

    I am so surprised our recipes use so much sugar. I thought Paleo was a low sugar diet.

    Reply
  3. Teresa Kreis says

    March 11, 2017 at 11:48 am

    No poppy seeds listed in recipe How many do you use?

    Reply
    • Lisa Anderson says

      March 11, 2017 at 4:09 pm

      I noticed the same thing. I’m going to find a similar sized recipe and get an amount from that. I’m thinking 2-4 tablespoons, though.

      Reply
      • Michele says

        March 11, 2017 at 4:27 pm

        I used 2 Tbsp sorry for the omission and thanks for letting me know!

        Reply
    • Michele says

      March 11, 2017 at 4:28 pm

      2 tbsp sorry I left it out!

      Reply
  4. Julia @ Drops of Jules says

    March 11, 2017 at 12:38 pm

    I’m not really sure I’ve ever had almond extract before! I do love poundcake though, so that leads me to believe perhaps I have. Regardless, this recipe looks unique, simple, and delicious!

    Reply
  5. Janet says

    March 11, 2017 at 1:54 pm

    no poppy seeds amount listed

    Reply
    • Michele says

      March 11, 2017 at 4:28 pm

      Sorry it’s 2 tbsp, adding it now!

      Reply
  6. J Smith says

    March 11, 2017 at 2:04 pm

    Making these now – no seeds listed?

    Reply
    • Michele says

      March 11, 2017 at 4:27 pm

      Sorry for the mistake I used 2 tbsp! Thanks for noticing

      Reply
  7. Britt says

    March 11, 2017 at 6:51 pm

    could you suggest an amount of coconut flour to substitute instead of almond meal? Thank You!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      March 11, 2017 at 11:01 pm

      Coconut flour can be tricky but I’d say 2/3 cup based on a similar recipe I made, let me know how it goes!

      Reply
  8. Sherri says

    March 13, 2017 at 1:18 pm

    5 stars
    I didn’t have poppy seeds so I used chia instead. Chia is not the same flavor as poppy, but I really like the result of using the chia seeds in the muffin. A nice delightful muffin both in taste and moisture. I’ll be doing the same for the lemon muffins now.
    I’ve been following your blog for a while and have used quite a few of your recipes. I too am a runner, an ultramarathoner. 🙂

    Reply
    • Michele says

      March 13, 2017 at 4:11 pm

      Great! Glad you liked it and that the chia worked 🙂 So much respect for you as an ultra marathoner – WOW!

      Reply
  9. Bekah says

    March 14, 2017 at 10:58 pm

    Could I use lemon juice and lemon zest in place of the Orange?

    Reply
    • Michele says

      March 15, 2017 at 10:39 am

      Yes definitely, I would add just a bit less since lemon is so much more tart though. Let me know how it goes!

      Reply
  10. Kortney says

    August 22, 2017 at 12:23 am

    Made these last night and my husband and I loved them! I am curious though if you have any idea how many calories are in each muffin?!

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      August 23, 2017 at 9:31 pm

      So happy you liked them! An online calculator would give you a general idea: https://www.verywell.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4129594

      Reply
  11. Stacy says

    October 18, 2017 at 9:55 pm

    5 stars
    I made these for the office and they were great! It’s nice that the recipe is so easy! You don’t even need the mixer!
    Thanks for a great recipe.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 21, 2017 at 5:35 pm

      So thrilled you all liked them! One of my favorite muffin recipe on my blog 🙂

      Reply
  12. Danielle says

    January 8, 2018 at 6:02 pm

    5 stars
    We loved these muffins. I am wondering if you think this recipe would work without the honey? Trying to cut back on sweetener. I am thinking maybe the combo of orange juice, almond flour and almond extract would feel sweet enough?

    Reply
  13. Cynthia Villar says

    July 20, 2018 at 10:12 pm

    4 stars
    Hi Michele, Thank you for your inspiring muffin recipe. I soaked the poppyseeds in 1/3 cup warm orange juice for 30 minutes which helps their flavour to be released during baking (softens the outer coat). Used 2 tsp orange zest (from 2 oranges), omitted the almond essence and used 1/2 cup almond meal (leftover from making raw almond milk) +
    1 1/2cups almond flour. Yield = 10 muffins. I hope my tips help other home bakers.

    Reply
  14. Carolyn says

    August 16, 2019 at 1:27 am

    2 stars
    Unfortunately I didn’t really like these. They were rubbery in consistency. I followed the recipe just put zest of 2 oranges and STILL couldn’t taste the orange! And what’s the almond extract doing, couldn’t taste that either! I cut down the amount of sweetener too.

    Reply
  15. Kacey says

    September 9, 2019 at 9:25 am

    5 stars
    Loved them!!
    Don’t overfill the pans .. probably could have made 13 or 14 muffins for the size of my pans.

    Reply
  16. Michelle says

    June 13, 2020 at 8:35 am

    I love these. I’ve made them twice already. They’ll be a staple recipe. 🙂

    I’m wondering if there is nutrition info, carbs, fats etc? Thank u

    Reply

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