These Cranberry Orange Muffins are packed with tart cranberries and zesty orange flavour and they make the perfect sweet treat or snack! They’re the perfect recipe for beginning bakers because they’re easy to make with simple ingredients!
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If I had to pick one thing to bake over anything else, it would always be muffins. There’s just something so simply satisfying about whipping up a batch of muffins on a cold or rainy day – muffin recipes are always easy, quick to bake, and they always just taste so good with a hot cup of coffee or tea. It just doesn’t get any better. And these Cranberry Orange Muffins? They’re my new favourite!
I’ve already told you the crazy story about how I filled my freezer with fresh cranberries after a recent trip to Austria (fresh cranberries aren’t available in Romania where I live). I’ve been having tons of fun making all my favourite cranberry recipes again, like this Mulled Cider Cranberry Sauce, or this Slow Cooker Apple Cranberry Orange Cider, and these Cranberry Orange Muffins just had to be next!
Looking for even MORE muffin recipes? Try my most popular recipe ever, these Best Ever Banana Muffins!
These Cranberry Orange Muffins are crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside. They bake up perfectly every time and I just know they’ll become one of your favourite muffin recipes!
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I hope you like these Cranberry Orange Muffins as much as we do! Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite muffin recipe? I’d love to know!!
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Cranberry Orange Muffins
These Cranberry Orange Muffins are packed with tart cranberries and zesty orange flavour and they make the perfect sweet treat or snack! They're the perfect recipe for beginning bakers because they're easy to make with simple ingredients!
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
- zest of one large orange
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
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Add the flour, baking powder, salt, white sugar, and brown sugar to a large bowl and whisk to combine.
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Add the cranberries and orange zest to the bowl and toss to coat with the flour mixture.
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In a large pyrex or glass liquid measuring cup, add the egg, milk and vegetable oil., whisking them together with a fork.
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Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and combine with a rubber spatula just until the flour disappears.
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Scoop the batter into the muffin cups (filled about 2/3 full) and bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 19-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of one muffin comes out clean.
Krysta says
January 29, 2018 at 11:38 pmThe ruling on the field at our place is
Curtis: has had 3 (they came out 20 min ago) and says they are good and taste cakey.
Josiah: likes them and ate a whole one despite witnessing me add the orange peel *GASP!*
Sammy: wolfed it down without water lol
Chrissie says
January 30, 2018 at 12:15 pmHaha! Glad the family loved them! Thanks for the kind words!
Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness says
February 3, 2018 at 8:29 pmCranberry and orange is such a good combo!! I love muffins that are crisp on the outside and soft on the inside 🙂
Chrissie says
February 6, 2018 at 12:08 pmThanks so much! Me too 🙂
Jenn Wiebe says
February 19, 2018 at 6:52 pmNext time I would make a triple batch! Delicious!! MADE The these muffins this morning – realized after the fact that I didn’t have egg, so I used a quarter cup of applesauce instead. I also subsituted oatmeal after 1 cup of flour. They turned out perfectly. Also I used lemon extract cause I was craving lemon cranberry like yu wouldn’t believe (preggo) really great recipe thanks!
Chrissie says
February 21, 2018 at 7:52 amI’m so glad you liked these muffins! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment! 🙂
Jess says
September 16, 2018 at 11:02 pmDelicious! We made them with 1/4 cup orange juice 1/4 cup milk, and used half whole wheat flour. So tasty! Will make again.
Chrissie says
October 1, 2018 at 6:46 amSo glad you liked them!
Vanessa says
October 1, 2018 at 4:53 amHi! These look delicious. Wondering if it would make much of a difference if I substituted the milk for almond or other milk alternative?
Chrissie says
October 1, 2018 at 6:20 amI often bake these with dairy-free milk and they turn out well. I usually use Oat milk or Soy milk.
Pat says
November 17, 2018 at 10:19 pmI loved the combination of orange zest and cranberry. Perhaps it’s my oven, but they definitely needed a longer time in the oven. I did use frozen cranberries and this might be why.
I used almond flavouring and that gave the berries a real boost.
P.s. do you miss Canada
Chrissie says
November 26, 2018 at 5:03 pmGreat idea on the almond flavouring! And yes, we do miss Canada 🙂
Mae says
December 1, 2018 at 8:39 pmWOW! Just made these not even an hour ago and they are AMAZING! flavor is strong and delightful (i may have done too much zest but I’m not complaining). Also, I used whole wheat flour instead of the all-purpose flour suggested AND added Pecans!!! I’m pumped for breakfast every day this week.
Chrissie says
December 5, 2018 at 5:53 pmSo glad you liked them!! 🙂
Julie says
December 31, 2018 at 3:04 pmDelicious & so quick to make!