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Orange Cranberry Muffins
The perfect seasonal muffin on a brisk winter morning. Bite into a sugary, crunchy muffin top. Enjoy the sweetness of the orange and the tartness of fresh cranberries in every bite!
I just love these orange cranberry muffins! A couple weeks before Thanksgiving fresh cranberries hit the shelves at my local grocery store. Of course the first thing I do when I buy fresh cranberries is make orange cranberry muffins.
There is just something about these muffins. First you bite into a crunchy, sugary orange flavored muffin top. As you get to the muffin you taste flakes of butter. You get that orange flavor and then the tart cranberries hit you with a bam! The vanilla extract and the almond extract adds a little extra something to make the flavor so tasty! The texture of the muffin is so light and fluffy. It is moist and sweet. All you need is a cup of coffee to make that perfect morning.
Although I would say this muffin recipe has a few more steps than an easy recipe, it is so worth the extra time spent in making them!
Helpful Hints
Before I start mixing ingredients together I always look through my ingredients and see if there is any pre-prepping that needs to be done. In the orange cranberry muffins you will need melted butter that is cooled. So I will melt the butter at the beginning to allow it to cool.
Another thing I will need to do is make the buttermilk. Most likely if you buy buttermilk at the store you will not end up using it all before it expires. So I usually make it myself. It is super simple.
If you need 1 cup of buttermilk I would get out a liquid measuring cup and either pour in 1 tablespoon of white distilled vinegar or 1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice. Then fill the rest of the one cup with milk. I use whole milk ,but two percent would work fine. Stir and let sit for at least 10 minutes. It will be a chunky consistency, like spoiled milk would look like.
I hope you like these muffins as much as I do and that it reminds you of the holidays!
Check out some of my other breakfast recipes like my Blueberry Breakfast Cake or my Pumpkin Muffins with Crumb Topping.
Orange Cranberry Muffins
Ingredients
Topping
- ¼ cup sugar
- grated zest of half an orange
Muffins
- 2½ cup flour
- 2½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⅛ cup sugar ⅛ cup = 2 Tbsp
- 2 eggs
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted, cooled
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup buttermilk see tips for homemade buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract
- grated zest of half an orange
- fresh squeezed juice of an orange
- 1½ cup fresh cranberries
Instructions
Topping
- Stir sugar and orange zest together in a small bowl
Muffins
- Preheat oven to 425°
- Whisk flour, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl
- In another bowl, whisk together sugar and eggs until thick and lemon colored
- Slowly whisk in melted butter and oil until combined
- Whisk in buttermilk, vanilla extract, almond extract, orange zest and orange juice
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Add cranberries. Fold until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Fill muffin cups full and sprinkle with orange sugar topping
- Bake 16-20 minutes. Makes approximately 12-15 muffins.
