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Soft and buttery Cranberry Orange muffins that are quick and easy.  This muffin is perfect for breakfast, brunch, or anytime!
A soft and buttery Cranberry Orange muffin that is quick and easy. This muffin is perfect for breakfast, brunch or for any occasion. | Hostess At Heart

Baking bread for the Holidays is such a special thing for me.  When I think about a holiday bread, I am not going fruitcake.  It’s good for a nanosecond and then I am over it.  No, I want soft and buttery Cranberry Orange Muffins.  These muffins are just as good for breakfast as they are with my Thanksgiving turkey or Christmas goose.  O.k. I have never had a Christmas goose, but you get the idea.

A soft and buttery Cranberry Orange muffin that is quick and easy. This muffin is perfect for breakfast, brunch or for any occasion. | Hostess At HeartI found this recipe baked as a beautiful loaf of cranberry walnut bread.  However, I knew that we wouldn’t be able to get through all of it before it was no longer edible.  I turned it into muffins.  Muffins are wonderful for breakfast or brunch, and they can be put in the freezer and taken out as you need them. I love making them for company because they’re just a special treat that says you appreciate the people at your table.

A soft and buttery Cranberry Orange muffin that is quick and easy. This muffin is perfect for breakfast, brunch or for any occasion. | Hostess At HeartOne of the things that I have learned about making muffins is that they turn out better if I mix them by hand.  Over mixed bakery can be tough, or you can have little tunnels throughout the crumb.  That’s from over mixing.

This recipe called for butter, cut into small pieces and then stirred into the dry ingredients.  I treated this like I do my pie crust.  I cut my butter into pea-sized pieces, and then just dropped them into my dry ingredients, coating them, not blending it in.  The wet ingredients are stirred only until they are incorporated, and I gently folded my orange and cranberries into the batter.

A soft and buttery Cranberry Orange muffin that is quick and easy. This muffin is perfect for breakfast, brunch or for any occasion. | Hostess At HeartHeavens people, these muffins are buttery soft and delicious.  They are perfect for breakfast, brunch or any occasion.  Take them to work over the holidays and you may get a raise!  Freeze them and pull them out when you want a special treat.

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Cranberry Orange Muffins Recipe
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

A soft and buttery Cranberry Orange muffin that is quick and easy. This muffin is perfect for breakfast, brunch or for any occasion.

Course: Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine: Bread
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 206 kcal
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Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 cup butter cut into pea-sized pieces
  • 3/4 cup orange juice
  • zest of 1 orange
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 cup chopped cranberries
  • 1/2 cup walnuts chopped (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line or grease a muffin tin.
  2. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. Whisk ingredients together.
  3. Drop butter into dry ingredients, and lightly stir to coat.
  4. Add orange juice, zest, and egg. Mix until just combined Fold in cranberries and walnuts.
  5. Fill muffin pan 3/4 full. (Ice cream scoop)
  6. Bake at 375 degrees F for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  7. Remove the muffins from the pan and cool completely.
  8. Store covered, or freeze in a reclosable plastic bag.
  9. Alternately, Bread can be baked as a loaf in an 8 1/2x 4 1/2 pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 60 to 75 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes and then remove to cool completely on a wire rack.
Recipe Notes

Adapted from Allrecipes.com

Nutrition Facts
Cranberry Orange Muffins Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 206 Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7g 11%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Cholesterol 23mg 8%
Sodium 237mg 10%
Potassium 107mg 3%
Total Carbohydrates 31g 10%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugars 14g
Protein 3g 6%
Vitamin A 3.5%
Vitamin C 10.7%
Calcium 2.2%
Iron 6.9%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

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  1. Your recipe comes at the right time Julie. I recently had something similar but it came from a boxed mix. It was awful and tasted artificial. Yours look moist, fresh and I am sure delicious. I will have to make these for my friend who was trying to save time :)
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  5. Gorgeous muffins, I made a similar loaf last year with cranberries and orange peel/juice, just delicious! Yours look beautifully moist. I also like the dramatic effect of your pictures, from darkness to light featuring the muffins.
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    • Thank you Loretta! I have just been craving cranberry orange bread, and enjoyed them for breakfast! It's been cloudy here for the last 2 to 3 weeks. Not uncommon, and it makes taking pictures a bit easier.
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  9. Julie, these muffins sound incredibly moist, delicious and comforting! Definitely saving this for the very near future ... such as as soon as I can gather all the ingredients! Mmm ... I can almost smell them baking now! [sigh]
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  11. Your photos are so beautiful and inviting. I love this flavor combination and will definitely have to try the recipe soon. I usually try and take some baked goods into work every now and again, but I'm sure these would be all gone before I could even think of pacing them up.
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  12. I think that muffins are just so very lovely! I know what you mean about not finishing the loaf. It's so nice to even freeze some of the muffins and enjoy at a later date as a special breakfast treat. A perfect holiday muffin, Julie!
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  13. How interesting to hAve the butter cut in dice for moistness. Love orange and cranberry together and must make these! If I wasn't so busy up to my elbows in flour baking yesterday for a breakfast meeting this morning, I would have read this and made them already!!!
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  15. Orange and cranberry is such a classically delicious holiday combination. I really love that you can see all the flavors in the muffins that have been split in half. Just gorgeous!
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  19. These look like they would just melt in your mouth! I love the combination of flavors. They would be perfect for Christmas morning. Thanks for sharing them, Julie, and also the tips for not overstirring.
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    • Thank you Shari! I always read about not over mixing, but I learned in my bread class that the worm tunnels are from over mixing. These muffins would absolutely be perfect for Xmas morning!
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  21. Gah, Julie. So sorry for the delay in visiting! These are beautiful. I have been so tempted by cranberries this season! A fruit I usually ignore completely due to memories of them just being so bitter. Time to give them another try. Thanks for joining us at #SaucySatudays
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