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Cranberry orange muffins with sugar glaze are on a metal cooling rack. Fresh orange slices and cranberries are lying around.

Cranberry orange muffins

These soft and moist cranberry orange muffins with orange sugar icing are a delicious and easy sweet treat to make for your family and friends.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 236kcal
Author: Anna

Equipment

  • Digital kitchen scale
  • Rubber spatula
  • Stand mixer or hand mixer and a large mixing bowl
  • Muffin pan
  • 12 Muffin liners

Ingredients

For the muffins

  • 200 g flour
  • 7 g baking powder
  • ½ salt
  • 160 g white granulated sugar
  • 90 g unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 30 g vegetable oil such as canola oil
  • Zest of one medium orange
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs at room temperature
  • 100 ml whole milk at room temperature
  • 30 ml orange juice juice of fresh orange
  • 150 g fresh or frozen cranberries
  • 1 teaspoon flour

For the glaze

  • 70 g powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice juice of fresh orange

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180C (355F) and line a muffin tin with 12 muffin liners.
  • Into a mixing bowl, sift the flour, salt, and baking powder. Whisk to combine and set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (you can use a bowl and a hand mixer instead), add the butter and sugar. Beat for 2 minutes or until fluffy.
  • Then, add the oil, orange zest, and vanilla extract. Beat until homogenous in consistency. Scrape the bottom and the sides of the bowl and beat again.
  • Add one egg at a time and beat until well combined.
  • Mix the milk and orange juice in a small bowl.
  • Add the dry ingredients in three parts to the eggs and butter mixture – alternating with the milk mixture, starting and ending with the dry ingredients – while beating on low until a homogenous and silky consistency is reached. The pattern should look like this: dry/milk/dry/milk/dry. Scrape the bottom and the sides of the bowl and mix on low again.
  • Toss the cranberries with some flour and then fold them into the muffin's batter using a rubber spatula.
  • Spread the batter between the muffin liners so they’re ⅔ full. Bake for 25-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool down for 5-10 minutes in the pan. Then, place it onto a cooling rack to cool down completely.
  • When the muffins are at room temperature, whisk the glaze ingredients in a bowl and drizzle on top of the muffins.

Notes

Store these muffins in an air-tight container lined with a paper towel at room temperature for up to 4 days.
Freeze for up to 2 months.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Cranberry orange muffins
Serving Size
 
1 muffin
Amount per Serving
Calories
236
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
10
g
15
%
Saturated Fat
 
5
g
31
%
Trans Fat
 
0.3
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
2
g
Cholesterol
 
44
mg
15
%
Sodium
 
77
mg
3
%
Potassium
 
62
mg
2
%
Carbohydrates
 
35
g
12
%
Fiber
 
1
g
4
%
Sugar
 
20
g
22
%
Protein
 
3
g
6
%
Vitamin A
 
257
IU
5
%
Vitamin C
 
4
mg
5
%
Calcium
 
55
mg
6
%
Iron
 
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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