These muffins are lightly flavored and have an almost savory taste from the walnut oil. They would be perfect with add-ins like fresh raspberries or dried cranberries, and they go great with afternoon espresso. Give them a try and let me know what you think!
Author: Ashley Keating
Ingredients
8 egg whites
1 large orange (1/3 cup of juice plus the zest)
1/3 cup walnut oil
1/3 cup honey
1 and 1/3 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
the orange zest
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, beat together the wet ingredients: egg whites, orange juice, oil, and honey with a mixer until everything is very well mixed.
In a medium bowl, stir together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and orange zest until well mixed.
Combine the dry ingredients from the medium bowl into the large bowl of wet ingredients and mix until just combined (over-mixing will make the muffins tough). If you are adding anything (raisins, berries, etc), you can fold them in now.
Pour batter into greased (or lined) muffin tins.
Bake for about 15 minutes at 350 degrees, until toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
