Best 5 Cranberry Orange Buttermilk Muffins Recipes

BUTTERMILK CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Combine cranberries with 1/4 cup sugar; set aside. Sift together flour, remaining sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. , Lightly beat together egg, buttermilk and orange juice concentrate. Add egg mixture and sweetened cranberries to dry ingredients, stirring just until well-combined. Spoon batter into 18 buttered muffin cups, filling two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in muffins comes out clean, about 25 minutes. , For cranberry butter, puree dried cranberries in food processor or blender. Add sugar, butter and lemon juice; process until smooth. Refrigerate until serving.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Mix in cranberries.
• Whisk together orange juice, sugar, melted butter, egg, and orange zest in a separate bowl. Add orange juice mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened; do not overmix. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned and firm to the touch, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix together powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon orange juice, and orange zest for glaze. Add more orange juice, if necessary, to reach desired consistency. Drizzle glaze over cooled muffins.

JUMBO ORANGE-CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 12 jumbo-sized muffin cups with paper liners.
• Stir flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.
• Combine cranberries, 1 tablespoon sugar, and orange zest in another bowl. Toss until cranberries are evenly coated.
• Beat eggs in a large, separate bowl. Gradually add remaining sugar while beating. Continue beating while slowly pouring in oil. Stir in vanilla. Stir dry ingredients into egg mixture alternately with sour cream. Gently fold in cranberry mixture and 2 tablespoons orange juice.
• Scoop batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 30 minutes. If necessary, turn pans in the oven after 20 minutes.

CRANBERRY ORANGE BUTTERMILK MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F
• Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners or spray generously with nonstick cooking spray. Grease the top of the muffin pan.
• For the streusel, mix all the ingredients together with a fork or your fingertips in a small bowl to make a crumbly mixture. Set aside.
• For the batter, whisk the oil, brown sugar, zest, and egg together in a large bowl. The mixture should be pasty.
• Stir in the vanilla and buttermilk.
• In a large bowl, stir together 2 1/2 cups of the flour, the salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Add to the wet ingredients and blend.
• Fold in the fruit. The use of frozen fruit may help firm up the batter. If not, and the batter seems too loose, add 1/4 cup more flour to make the batter a bit stiffer.
• Using a large ice-cream scoop, fill the muffins cups to the top. Sprinkle streusel topping evenly over each muffin. Place the muffin pan on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 350°F and bake for another 12 to 15 minutes, or until the muffins spring back when pressed lightly.
• Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes before unmolding onto wire racks.

TRULY ORANGE CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Peel orange and place peel in a blender or food processor. Separate the orange into segments and place those in the blender too.
• Add the orange juice to the blender and process until well blended.
• Add the butter and egg and blend again until just blended.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Stir in the orange mixture into the dry ingredients just until moistened (do not overmix).
• Fold in the dried cranberries.
• Fill greased or lined muffin cups two-thirds full.
• Bake at 400 F for 15-20 minutes.
• Cool 5 minutes in tin before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.