Cranberry Muffin Recipe

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Homemade cranberry muffins recipe with white chocolate and a hint of orange zest.

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time40

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cranberry

Servings:

Calories: 224kcal

Ingredients

2 cup all-purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
⅓ cup sugar
1 TBS orange zest
1 cup milk
¼ cup cooking oil
1 egg
½ tsp. vanilla
1 ½ cups cranberries
¾ cup white chocolate chips
Streusel topping (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease bottom of muffin tin or line with paper liners.
In a large bowl, whisk together 2 cups all-purpose flour, 3 tsp. baking powder, and ½ tsp. salt. Stir in ⅓ cup sugar and 1 TBS orange zest.
In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 cup milk, cooking oil, egg, and vanilla extract.
Pour wet ingredients into the dry and gently mix until combined. With a spatula, fold in 1 ½ cups chopped cranberries and ¾ cups white chocolate chips.
Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin tins, filling each about ¾ full.
Top with streusel topping. (optional)
Bake in preheated 400°F oven for 20-25 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let muffins cool in tin for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

Optional Toppings: Course sugar, Orange glaze, Streusel topping

Streusel Topping-

2 TBS cold butter
¼ cup all-purpose flour
2 TBS brown sugar

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and brown sugar. Add cold butter to ingredients and combine using a pastry cutter, fork, or your fingers. Work the butter into the mixture until it resembles course crumbs.

Before baking, sprinkle the streusel mixture generously over the muffin batter in each cup. Bake as directed. The streusel with bake to a golden, crisp topping as the muffins rise.

*Nutritional information provided is an estimate and will very based off of brands of ingredients used and cooking methods.

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