Best Cranberry Orange Muffins Recipes

CRANBERRY-ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Mix in cranberries.
• Whisk together orange juice, sugar, melted butter, egg, and orange zest in a separate bowl. Add orange juice mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened; do not overmix. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned and firm to the touch, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix together powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon orange juice, and orange zest for glaze. Add more orange juice, if necessary, to reach desired consistency. Drizzle glaze over cooled muffins.

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients.
• Stir in cranberries.
• Beat egg, orange juice, oil and orange rind.
• Add to dry ingredients all at once.
• Stir just to moisten.
• Spoon into greased muffin cups.
• (fill 3/4 full).
• Sprinkle tops lightly with a bit of sugar.
• Bake 400F 15-20 mins until lightly browned and firm to the touch.

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Put the cranberries and orange juice in a small saucepan, and bring just to a simmer over medium heat. Remove berries from the heat, and set aside to cool and plump. Drain off any excess liquid and set aside.
• Lightly brush a 12-muffin tin with butter. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl and set aside.
• In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or with an electric hand-held mixer in a large bowl, cream the butter, orange zest, and 2/3 cup sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Remove the bowl from the mixer.
• Fold the flour in 3 parts into the butter mixture, alternating with the milk in 2 parts, until just combined. Fold in the cranberries. Do not over mix. Divide the batter evenly into the muffin tin and sprinkle the tops with sugar. Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Cool muffins in the pan on a rack. Serve warm.

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk egg, orange juice and oil until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in cranberries., Coat muffin cups with cooking spray or use paper liners; fill three-fourths full. Bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

EASY CRANBERRY-ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 5 cups of a muffin tin or line with paper liners.
• Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl until evenly blended. Pour vegetable oil in a 1-cup measuring cup. Add egg and enough milk to fill the cup; stir to combine. Pour oil mixture into flour mixture and mix to combine. Stir in orange juice and orange zest. Fold in cranberries until batter is just combined. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each about half way.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

CRANBERRY ORANGE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• In a separate bowl, squeeze orange juice from orange(s) and combine with enough low-fat milk to make 2 cups total. Add zest from orange(s). Mix in applesauce, vanilla and eggs. Add wet ingredient mixture to dry ingredients and mix well by hand. Stir in cranberries.
• Divide between muffin tins, and bake at 350°F for 18-20 minutes.

ORANGE-CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 6 large muffin cups with paper liners.
• Beat sugar and eggs together with a fork or electric mixer until blended. Mix in vegetable oil. Stir in vanilla extract and baking soda. Add flour, cranberries, orange juice, and orange zest and mix up nicely.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each to the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.

STARBUCKS COPYCAT CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Set aside 1 tablespoon sugar. Combine flour, remaining sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
• Combine rind, juice, oil, and egg in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Fold in cranberries and walnuts. Spoon batter into 16 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle evenly with reserved sugar. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until the muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Run a knife or spatula around outer edge of each muffin cup. Carefully remove each muffin; place on a wire rack.

WHOLE ORANGE - CRANBERRY - FLAX - BRAN - MUFFINS

Steps:

• preheat oven to 375.
• prepare a muffin pan with paper liners.
• combine dry ingredients except baking soda in a large bowl and set aside.
• in blender combine sugar, buttermilk, oil, eggs, and baking soda.
• add orange wedges to blender and puree well. Make sure the orange rind is really well pulverized into tiny bits.
• mix blender contents with bowl of dry ingredients.
• stir in cranberries.
• fill muffin liners nearly to top.
• bake 20 - 25 minutes.

JUMBO ORANGE-CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 12 jumbo-sized muffin cups with paper liners.
• Stir flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.
• Combine cranberries, 1 tablespoon sugar, and orange zest in another bowl. Toss until cranberries are evenly coated.
• Beat eggs in a large, separate bowl. Gradually add remaining sugar while beating. Continue beating while slowly pouring in oil. Stir in vanilla. Stir dry ingredients into egg mixture alternately with sour cream. Gently fold in cranberry mixture and 2 tablespoons orange juice.
• Scoop batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 30 minutes. If necessary, turn pans in the oven after 20 minutes.

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS-DUNKIN DONUTS COPYCAT RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Combine cranberries and 2 teaspoons sugar in a small bowl. Set aside. In another bowl, combine flour, orange peel, baking powder and salt. Blend well. In a large mixing bowl, combine egg whites, orange extract, vanilla extract and ½ cup sugar. Mix together well with a whisk. Then add buttermilk, yogurt and butter. Continue mixing until smooth. Add the flour mixture and stir until well-blended. Fold in the cranberry mixture. Lightly grease 4 nonstick muffin cups (3 ½ - inch diameter) with butter. Fill the muffin cups with the batter. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar. Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven for about 25 - 30 minutes.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE SOUR CREAM MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, beat together sugar and egg.
• Add milk, sour cream and oil.
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add to wet ingredients just until blended then fold in cranberries and orange zest.
• Pour batter into greased or paper-lined muffin cups.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes or until muffins test done.
• Remove muffins from cups to a wire rack.
• Let cool before frosting.

ORANGE & CRANBERRY-NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Grease a 12 cup muffin pan.
• In a bowl, stir together cranberries, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and orange peel.
• In a larger bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and the rest of the sugar.
• Add oil, orange juice, and eggs all at once to the flour mixture and stir until moistened.
• Fold in sugared cranberries and nuts.
• Pour batter into muffin pan, evenly dividing batter between cups.
• Bake at 400F for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

CRANBERRY CHOCOLATE ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
• Place cranberries, orange zest, and baking soda in a bowl. Pour boiling water on top. Let stand at room temperature for 5 minutes.
• Mix brown sugar, oil, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Add the cranberry mixture and beat well.
• Stir flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl; stir into the cranberry mixture until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips gently. Spoon batter evenly into the prepared tin.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and tops spring back when touched, 20 to 25 minutes.

DRIED CRANBERRY AND ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400º. Butter twelve muffin cups and edges surrounding the cups.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, stir together buttermilk, oil, egg, vanilla, and orange peel. Make a well in the center of dry ingredients; add milk mixture and stir just to combine. Stir in cranberries and nuts.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of one muffin comes out clean.
• Remove muffin pan to wire rack. Cool for 5 minutes before carefully removing muffins from cups; finish cooling on rack. Serve warm or cool completely and store in airtight container at room temperature.

CRANBERRY, ORANGE, & WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. arranging a rack in the center of the oven. Generously grease 12 muffin cups. Remove zest from the oranges. Mince the zest and measure out 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon. Squeeze the juice from the oranges and reserve 2/3 cup.
• In a medium bowl, toss together the cranberries, nuts and reserved orange zest. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and the 2/3 cup sugar and whisk together.
• In a medium bowl, combine the reserved orange juice, melted butter and egg. Whisk until blended. Pour the liquid over the flour mixture and stir lightly 3 or 4 times with a rubber spatula, to combine. Add the cranberry-nut mixture and distribute evenly, using as few strokes as possible (the batter will not be perfectly smooth).
• Quickly divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle a pinch of the 1 teaspoon sugar over the top of each muffin. Bake 25 minutes in preheated oven or until golden. Let muffins rest in pan for about 2 minutes. Using a blunt knife, ease the muffins out onto a wire rack and let cool 15-20 minutes.

CAKE MIX CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat the top and inside cups of a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Put 1/4 cup almonds in the bowl of a food processor. Process until very fine and the nuts are the texture of cornmeal. Add the cake mix, yogurt, eggs, oil, 1/4 cup water and the remaining 3/4 cup whole almonds. Pulse until no bits of dry cake mix remain and the nuts are coarsely chopped Add 1/4 teaspoon of zest and the orange juice to the batter with the cranberries. Pulse two or three times to just combine the fruit.
• Divide the batter between muffin cups and bake until the tops are lightly browned and spring back to the touch, 18 to 20 minutes.
• Cool 10 minutes in the pan then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. In a small bowl whisk the powdered sugar, hot water and remaining 1/2 teaspoon zest until glossy and smooth. Adjust the consistency of the glaze with the remaining water, a few drops at a time until just loose enough to drizzle. Spoon over the cooled muffins. Let stand a few minutes for the glaze to harden.

CRANBERRY ORANGE BUTTERMILK MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F
• Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners or spray generously with nonstick cooking spray. Grease the top of the muffin pan.
• For the streusel, mix all the ingredients together with a fork or your fingertips in a small bowl to make a crumbly mixture. Set aside.
• For the batter, whisk the oil, brown sugar, zest, and egg together in a large bowl. The mixture should be pasty.
• Stir in the vanilla and buttermilk.
• In a large bowl, stir together 2 1/2 cups of the flour, the salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Add to the wet ingredients and blend.
• Fold in the fruit. The use of frozen fruit may help firm up the batter. If not, and the batter seems too loose, add 1/4 cup more flour to make the batter a bit stiffer.
• Using a large ice-cream scoop, fill the muffins cups to the top. Sprinkle streusel topping evenly over each muffin. Place the muffin pan on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 350°F and bake for another 12 to 15 minutes, or until the muffins spring back when pressed lightly.
• Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes before unmolding onto wire racks.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE TEA BREAD MUFFINS W/ ORANGE CREAM CHEESE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bake pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan 8-10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring occasionally,.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Pulse cranberries and sugar in a food processor 3-4 times or just until chopped.
• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, beating until well blended. Gradually add flour mixture alternately with orange juice, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in cranberry mixture and pecans.
• Place baking cups in miniature muffin pans; coat with cooking spray. Spoon batter into baking cups, filling completely.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean. Remove from pans to a wire rack. Spoon Orange Cream Cheese Glaze over warm muffins.
• Orange Cream Cheese Glaze: Beat one 3 oz. package of softened cream cheese at medium speed until creamy. Add 1 tablespoons orange juice and 1/4 tsp of vanilla; beat until smooth. Gradually add 1 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar, beating until smooth.

JUMBO CRANBERRY-ORANGE-NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees for a 6 cup muffin pan or 375 degrees for a dark, non-stick muffin pan.
• Grease bottoms of jumbo muffin pan with vegetable shortening.
• Prepare orange zest in a large bowl. Beat orange zest, milk, oil and egg with a wire whisk until well mixed. Using a large spoon, blend four, sugar, baking powder and salt and add all at once to liquid mixture, stirring just until flour is moistened. Batter will be lumpy; do not overmix.
• Wash 1 cup cranberries. Put in blender on Chop (lowest setting) for 2 seconds ONLY. Fold in cranberries and nuts into muffin batter. Divide among 6 jumbo juffin cups.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes until a round toothpick pressed in the center of the muffin comes out clean. Let muffins cool about 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Serve warm with butter.