The Best Cranberry Orange Muffins
Cuisine: Baking
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Serves: 12 muffins
 
These cranberry orange muffins are simply perfect! The only cranberry orange muffin recipe you'll ever need.
Ingredients
Cranberry Orange Muffins
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs, at room temperature
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp. almond extract
  • ½ tsp. orange extract
  • ½ cup sour cream, at room temperature
  • 1 tbsp. orange zest, from two oranges
  • ¼ cup orange juice
  • ⅓ cup milk, at room temperature
  • 1½ cups fresh cranberries
Streusel Topping
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup flour
  • ¼ tsp. cinnamon
  • ¼ cup melted butter
Orange Glaze
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp. orange juice
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees and place 12 tulip muffin liners into a muffin tin.
  2. Start by making your batter. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
  3. Using a stand mixer or a hand mixer and large bowl, cream together the butter and the brown and granulated sugars. Then add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Then add the vanilla, almond, and orange extracts and beat again. Scrape down the sides of the mixer, then add your sour cream and orange zest and beat to combine.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix for a minute or two as it starts to combine, drizzling in the milk and orange juice while the mixer is running. Beat until JUST combined, do not overmix!
  5. Fold in the fresh cranberries and set the batter aside.
  6. Make the streusel topping by mixing together the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Then add in the melted butter and mix until the streusel is the consistency of wet sand.
  7. Divide the batter in between the muffin liners and top with the streusel topping.
  8. Bake the muffins at 425 degrees for 5 minutes, then decrease the oven temperature to 350 for about 20 minutes.
  9. When the muffins have cooled, whisk together a simple glaze of powdered sugar and orange juice and drizzle over them.
  10. Enjoy!
Recipe by For the Love of Gourmet at https://fortheloveofgourmet.com/the-best-cranberry-orange-muffins/