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Cranberry Orange Muffins -- A soft, fluffy, orange-y muffin with little bursts of tart cranberry -- the whole thing covered with a tangy and sweet orange glaze or crunchy orange-sugar. | thatwhichnourishes.com

Our family’s favorite muffins!  A soft, fluffy, orange-y muffin with little bursts of tart cranberry — the whole thing covered with a tangy and sweet orange glaze or crunchy orange-sugar.  Make them as full-sized or minis and bring them to a Christmas party and your platter will be empty before you know it.

Or just one of these mornings, make these babies and bite into that sweet yum with your cup of coffee…oh, good heavens.  I’m so making another batch right now.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Butter each muffin cup and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

In a mixing bowl, cream 4 T. butter

with 1 c. sugar.

Add one egg and mix well.

Stir in 3/4 c. orange juice.

In a separate bowl, mix 2 c. flour

1 1 /2 tsp. baking powder,

1/2 tsp. baking soda,

1/2 tsp. salt,

and 1 T. orange zest.

Wash and dry 1 1/2 c. fresh cranberries and toss them with at least 2 T. granulated white sugar in a small bowl.

Gently mix the wet and dry ingredients, and then fold in the cranberries. Do not over-mix! It will toughen up the final product.

Use a cookie dough scoop to fill each muffin cup about 2/3 full.  You can use regular size muffin tins or minis (keep in mind that minis will need to make a bit less).

Here’s where you have an important decision to make.  If you’d like a sweet orange glaze, you can whip this up while they bake to drizzle over your cooled muffins!  Just whisk 1 1 /2 c. sifted powdered sugar with 2 T. orange juice, adding more as needed until it reaches the desired consistency.  You just need it thin enough to drizzle.

Or, you can zest an orange and use your fingers to rub the zest into 2 T. of sparkling or coarse sugar until you’ve scented the sugar.  Sprinkle the muffin batter with this orange sugar before baking.

Bake in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Let them stand 10 minutes in the pan and then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.

 

To glaze, place a piece of parchment paper under your wire rack and drizzle the glaze over the mostly cooled beauties.

Glazed Cranberry Orange muffins -- A sweet, fluffy, orange-y muffin with little bursts of tart cranberry, covered with a tangy sweet orange glaze. | thatwhichnourishes.com

Cranberry Orange muffins -- A sweet, fluffy, orange-y muffin with little bursts of tart cranberry, covered with a tangy sweet orange glaze or orange sugar. | thatwhichnourishes.com

That’s it!  Beautiful and flavorful Cranberry Orange Muffins just waiting for you to have a perfect bite of yum!

Cranberry Orange Muffins
 
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Alison:
Recipe type: Muffins, Bread
Serves: 15-18 muffins
Grocery List
  • Butter for greasing muffin cups
  • Cinnamon sugar
  • 4 T. butter
  • 1 c. white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ¾ c. orange juice
  • 2 c. flour
  • 1½ tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 1 T. orange zest
  • 1½ c. fresh cranberries
  • extra sugar
  • Glaze:
  • 2-4 T. orange juice
  • 1 1 /2 c. powdered sugar
  • Orange Sugar:
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • 2 T. sparkling sugar
Here's how...
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Butter muffin tins and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
  3. Cream together the butter and sugar.
  4. Add the egg and mix.
  5. Stir in the orange juice.
  6. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and orange zest.
  7. Wash and dry the cranberries and toss with a couple tablespoons of sugar.
  8. Gently mix dry ingredients into wet just until combined.
  9. Fold in the cranberries.
  10. Fill muffin cups ⅔ full (may make mini muffins and just watch the bake time).
  11. If using orange sugar, zest and orange and rub the zest into 2 T. sparkling sugar and then sprinkle over the muffins.
  12. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  13. Cool in pan for 10 minutes and then move to a wire rack to completely cool.
  14. Make the orange glaze by whisking orange juice into the powdered sugar, starting with 2 T. and until it reaches drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cooled muffins.

 

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  1. Addie says:

    These are our family’s favorite muffins ever!

  2. […] Glazed Cranberry Orange Muffins are as lovely as they are fabulous. We make them several times during the holiday season when cranberries are in full swing, and they would be the perfect Christmas morning or brunch accompaniment to tea or coffee!  With a tart orange glaze drizzled over sweet, soft orange-ish muffins and bursts of sweetened cranberries, these sweet little beauties are gorgeous and delightful. […]

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