Lyndsey These cranberry orange muffins are a must try recipe. Incredibly moist, bursting with pops of fresh cranberry, with a bang of orange with every bite.
If you ask my family, I am not the biggest fan of sweets. But… sweets that aren’t overly sweet and include fruit are some of my go to favorites! These cranberry orange muffins are nothing short of amazing, and are the perfect treat, snack or breakfast for me. My kid even loved this cranberry orange muffin recipe, and let me tell you, she knows sweets.
Pair these incredible muffins with a nice mimosa in the morning, and you have the perfect start to your day.
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Ingredients
- Oranges
- Cranberries
- Salted Butter
- Granulated Sugar
- Light Brown Sugar
- Eggs
- Plain Greek Yogurt (low-fat)
- Vanilla Extract
- Flour
- Baking Soda
- Baking Powder
- Cinnamon
- Salt
- Milk
- Powdered Sugar
- Orange
- Salted Butter
- Muffin Pan
- Cupcake Liners
- Cooking Spray
- Sugar Crystals (optional)
- Mixer
About the Cranberry Orange Muffin Recipe
Oranges
Any regular sized oranges will do, but blood oranges (in my opinion) have an absolutely amazing flavor that you can’t beat! They are so sweet and provide a wonderful orange flavor. It’s not necessary to use these, but it can be a benefit!
Cranberries
You will want to use fresh cranberries for this recipe. The flavor and texture is just what this recipe needs!
Eggs & Butter
The eggs and butter need to be at room temperature. Be sure to remove these from your refrigerator in advance to let them come to temp.
Plain Greek Yogurt
You can use low fat or whole fat Greek Yogurt. The whole fat has a creaminess to it, but I used low fat because I find it’s easier to get your hands on. The stores near me are usually out of whole fat Greek Yogurt.
Sugar Crystals
The sugar crystals are entirely optional, and would be just for topping on the muffins. They add a little extra sweetness (which my husband enjoys), and the sugar topping helps to keep more of a crust when storing the muffins.
Orange Glaze
Be sure to let your muffins cool completely before adding the orange glaze. If the muffins are still warm, the glaze will get thin and run right off.
Check out the recipe below. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions in the comments below!
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Amazing Cranberry Orange Muffin Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Muffin Pan 12 cup muffin pan
- 12 Muffin/Cupcake Liners
- 1 Mixer
- 1 Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
Muffin Ingredients
- 1 Stick Salted Butter room temp
- 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Light Brown Sugar packed
- 2 Eggs room temp
- 1/2 Cup Plain Greek Yogurt
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 Oranges zested and juiced (keep zest and juice separate)
- 1 3/4 Cups Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 2 Tbsp Juice From Orange
- 2 Tbsp Milk
- 1 1/2 Cups Fresh Cranberries plus extra for topping
Orange Glaze
- 1 3/4 Cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 Orange zested and juiced (keep zest and juice separate)
- 1/4 Cup Juice From Orange
- 1 tsp Salted Butter melted
Instructions
Muffins
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Add muffin/cupcake liners to your muffin pan and spray the liners with non stick spray. (I prefer olive oil spray).
- In your mixing bowl for your mixer (or large bowl if using a hand mixer), use a paddle attachment to beat the butter on medium-high speed until smooth and creamy.
- Add the granulated and brown sugar to the butter, and mix on medium-high until creamed.
- Add the eggs, yogurt, orange zest and vanilla extract to the bowl and mix on low for about 1 minute. Turn your mixer to high and continue mixing until well combined. Your butter will likely appear clumped in this mixture, which is fine.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Stir to combine.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing with the paddle attachment on the lowest setting. Allow this to mix on low until just combined.
- Add the milk and orange juice to this mixture and continue mixing on low until combined. Some small lumps in this mixture is fine, you don't want to overmix it.
- Scrape the paddle attachment to conserve all batter, and remove your bowl from the mixer. Add in the cranberries and fold into the batter with a wooden spoon.
- Add the batter into the muffin pan, filling each liner to the level of the pan itself. Once the muffin liners are filled, take your extra cranberries and add 2-3 cranberries on top of each muffin. You can slightly push these into the batter, but not too far. Sprinkle the tops of the batter with sugar crystals (if desired).
- Place in the oven and bake at 425°F for 8 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350°F, leaving the muffins in the oven, and bake for another 15-18 minutes. A toothpick should come out clean when inserted into the center of the muffins.
- Allow the muffins to cool completely. While the muffins are cooling, you can make the glaze for topping.
Orange Glaze
- Zest and juice your orange, keeping the zest and juice separated.
- In a small-medium bowl combine the powdered sugar, orange zest, and juice from the orange. Use a whisk to combine the ingredients until smooth and no clumps remain (outside of the zest itself).
- Add the melted butter and whisk together again until smooth and combined.
- Pour the glaze over the cooled muffins. If the glaze has become too thick, you can heat in the microwave for 10 seconds, or place the bowl in shallow warm water.
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These muffins sound amazing! Thank you for sharing your recipe.
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There is just something about cranberry-orange. And the fresh cranberries would make all the difference! Pinning. Visiting from Gma’s Photo Generic linkup.
There really is, this is one of my favorite flavors! Thanks so much for pinning!
One of my favorite holiday flavor combinations! Love the addition of the orange glaze!
Thank you! I hope you give them a try!
Pinned this immediately as I love a muffin and orange so this is superb.
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Thanks so much for pinning! These muffins are amazing, I hope you try them!
I’m pinning this for sure. These muffins are going to be hit with the family!
Thank you so much! If you try them, let me know what you think!
These sound good and look amazing. I am going to give them a try. I love baking with oranges and lemons. #MMBC
I love baking with oranges and lemons as well. I also love regular cooking with lemons too! Let me know what you think of them. 🙂
I’d happily enjoy anything with orange! These muffins are so pretty and perfect with a cup of tea! Thank you so much for joining Fiesta Friday party! Hope to see you next week!
Thank you! They would be perfect with some tea!