ORANGE-CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Orange-Cranberry Muffins image

The flavors were just like the delicious, tangy McDonald's® orange-cranberry muffins and looked just as pretty! Much better since I put this together with my youngest of 4 kids.

Provided by mommabrox7

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Cranberry Dessert Recipes

Time 30m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
2 large eggs
⅓ cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup fresh cranberries
½ cup pulp-free orange juice
1 ½ tablespoons grated orange zest

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 397 calories, Carbohydrate 61.8 g, Cholesterol 62 mg, Fat 14.1 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 5.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 339.3 mg, Sugar 36.1 g