Easy and great recipe for muffins! These bake up in about 20 minutes start to finish - use in season fresh ingredients and you can't go wrong with this one. Delightfully tart with the cranberries (definitely "chop" in a mini-food processor) and deliciously moist. The orange adds some freshness that makes these muffins very "bright" for a morning breakfast on the go. Will be making these again and again - esp. after the holidays when I have some lingering fresh cranberries. Hint: to get a full cup of "chopped" cranberries for the recipe, start with a whole 1/2 bag of fresh cranberries. Enjoy!
Fresh Cranberry Muffins
Becky Luigart-Stayner
We love these Fresh Cranberry Muffins, but feel free to use your imagination with this basic muffin recipe by substituting your other favorite fruits and flavors for the cranberries and orange rind. Some options we like: blueberries and lemon rind; chopped apple, pear, or pineapple and cinnamon; or mashed bananas and allspice.
Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 muffin)
Recipe from
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 174
- Calories from fat: 26%
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated fat: 2.7g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.4g
- Protein: 3.2g
- Carbohydrate: 29.2g
- Fiber: 0.7g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
- Iron: 1.2mg
- Sodium: 182mg
- Calcium: 69mg
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped fresh cranberries
- 2/3 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
- 1/4 cup butter or stick margarine, melted
- 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- Cooking spray
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; stir well with a whisk. Stir in cranberries; make a well in center of mixture. Combine milk, butter, rind, vanilla, and egg; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400° for 18 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Remove muffins from pan immediately; place on a wire rack.
- Note: These muffins freeze well. Bake them ahead, cool completely, and store in freezer bags. To serve, thaw at room temperature. Reheat in aluminum foil at 300º for 10 to 15 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
Fresh Cranberry Muffins Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Breads, Breakfast/Brunch
- CONVENIENCE: Gifts, Quick/Easy
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fruits, Rice/Grains
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- OCCASION: Christmas, New Year's
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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