Svetlana’s Recipes

Ingredients:

-1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
-1 cup flour
-2 teaspoons baking powder
-3 tablespoons poppy seeds
-1/4 cup light brown sugar
-2 eggs
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract
-2/3 cup nonfat yogurt
-1/4 cup canola oil
-1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest
-1/4 cup orange-juice concentrate

Glaze:
-1/4 confectioners’ sugar
-1 tablespoon frozen orange-juice concentrate

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Line a 12-inch muffin baking tin with paper cupcake liners
3. In a large bowl, sift together both flours, baking powder, and poppy seeds
4. In another mixing bowl, whisk together brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, yogurt, oil, orange zest, and orange-juice concentrate
5. Using a rubber spatula, fold the wet ingredients into the dry, just enough to combine
6. The batter will be very thick
7. Divide the batter among the muffin cups with a tablespoons, filling each about two-thirds
8. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out dry
9. Cool on a wire rack
10. Blend confectioners’ sugar with the orange-juice concentrate
11. Drizzle over muffins and serve