Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins

These Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins are the perfect easy fall or winter dessert! An easy one-bowl pumpkin muffin batter with fresh cranberries, these cranberry muffins are moist and flavourful and topped with a dusting of powdered sugar!

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Ok, I’m officially obsessed with fresh cranberries. Seriously – I am baking all the things these days and throwing in handfuls of fresh cranberries to all my favourite cakes and muffins. These Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins are my latest cranberry obsession and I’m so excited to be sharing them with you today!

If you’ve been a reader of mine for awhile you’ll know I love pumpkin almost as much as I love cranberries…I’ve shared SO many of my favourite pumpkin recipes with you in the past (like these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, this Pumpkin Spice Tiramisu, and these Pumpkin Cheesecake Swirl Muffins), but these Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins are my latest favourite way to enjoy my two favourite winter flavours.

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How to make perfect muffins

1. Don’t overmix the batter! This is my TOP TIP for the perfect fluffy muffins! If you’re left with muffins that are closer in texture to hockey pucks, it’s almost certainly because you mixed the batter too vigorously and for too long. Be gentle with the batter once you add the dry ingredients and stir only until the flour just barely disappears. Use a wooden spoon and mix by hand to avoid over-mixing. Making muffins with a stand mixer or a hand mixer almost ALWAYS ensures you’ll over-mix, so making them by hand is the way to go!!
2. Bake quickly! The leavening agent in muffins is usually baking powder (sometimes with baking soda), which acts quickly as soon as the liquid and dry ingredients come together. To get fluffy muffins with the nice dome shape on top, get them in the oven as fast as you can after mixing.
3. Let them cool! No one likes a gummy muffin that’s underdone on the inside. Let the muffins cool until they’re almost room temperature before digging in, since they continue baking on the inside even after they’ve been removed from the oven.
4. Add in your favourite things! Like chocolate chips? Throw in a handful (or three)! Nuts, dried fruit and chocolate make great add-ins to your favourite muffin recipes. Usually 3/4 cup of add-ins for a 12-muffin recipe is a good ration to follow.

Looking for more delicious muffins? You’ll LOVE these Apple Carrot Ginger Muffins and these Best Ever Blueberry Streusel Muffins!

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I hope you love these 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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• Pumpkin Spice Streusel Muffins

• Rhubarb Streusel Muffins

• Raspberry Lemonade Muffins

• Lemon Pistachio Muffins

• Peach Cobbler Muffins

• Best Ever Greek Yogurt Chocolate Chip Muffins

• Apple Carrot Ginger Muffins

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Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins

These Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins are the perfect easy snack or dessert! Made with fresh cranberries and pumpkin, these muffins are moist and flavourful!

Course Baking, Breakfast, Brunch, Coffee Break, Muffins

Cuisine American, Fall, Holiday, North American, Winter

Keyword Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings 24 muffins

Calories 148 kcal

Author Chrissie

Ingredients

• 1 can pureed pumpkin (15 ounce can) NOT pumpkin pie filling
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare muffin tins by lining them with paper liners (24 muffins).

2. In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, eggs, sugar, and vegetable oil until smooth.

3. Add the flour, baking soda, salt and spices and combine with a rubber spatula until no streaks of flour remain.

4. Stir in the cranberries gently.

5. Portion the batter into each of the 24 prepared muffin cups, distributing the batter evenly.

6. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into one of the muffins comes out clean.

7. Cool on a wire rack in their tins for about 10 minutes before removing them from their tins to cool completely.

Recipe Notes

These muffins keep for about 4 days in an airtight container at room temperature. 

Be sure to use real, pure pumpkin puree for this recipe, and NOT pumpkin pie filling. Pumpkin pie filling contains additives like sugar, etc. and will not work in this recipe.

Nutrition Facts

Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins

Amount Per Serving (1 muffin)

Calories 148 Calories from Fat 18

% Daily Value*

Fat 2g3%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Cholesterol 27mg9%

Sodium 176mg8%

Potassium 67mg2%

Carbohydrates 31g10%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 17g19%

Protein 3g6%

Vitamin A 2798IU56%

Vitamin C 1mg1%

Calcium 12mg1%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.