I like to bake with cranberries in any form fresh, frozen or dried. Fall means adding little cranberries in everything for me. I like the tart cranberries gives their ultimate taste and flavor when they are baked. For cakes and muffins I like to use fresh or frozen. For cookies and bread I like to use dried cranberries. I have to try tart and pie with cranberries that is my do list. Similarly they are in their best form when you mix with alcohol. I made cranberry orange muffins with orange crumble topping using frozen cranberries from Cape Cod Select Premium Cranberries
I received two packets as sample from them for their holiday recipe challenge. They are going to select and try few recipes if they select winner get some prize. I don’t know I am going to win their challenge. But I already win the recipe challenge according to my daughter and hubby. He is usually acts as tester only test few bites and declare it is good or bad. He told it is excellent hard to get excellent word from him. You can find Cape Cod Select Premium Cranberries from these stores look at frozen sections.
Earlier I tried Cranberry coffee cake which I love it, one of the best recipes which I got from my grocery store’s recipe list. Initially plan to make cranberry pound cake, but later changed the idea to make this cranberry orange muffins with orange crumble topping. Trust me these are best and addictive fell in love with them. I am going to make it more often.
This is my own recipe adapted from various sources. Now I found a secret ingredient to make the muffin soft, it is sour cream. When I add the muffin stay soft. I used orange along with cranberries as their union is always perfect. I used orange juice and orange zest both in the batter as well as crumble. I decide to cut big cranberries into two and small one used just as such. This step doesn’t do any harm and cranberry doesn’t bleed. If you don’t want those steps simply skip it.
Give it a try you will like it. You need these ingredients to make these delicious muffins.
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Delicious cranberry orange muffins with orange crumble topping
Ingredients
- 1 cup (130g) all purpose flour
- ½ cup (100g) sugar
- 1 teaspoon (3g) baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup (72g)Cape Cod Select Premium Frozen Cranberries+8 cranberries
- ¼ cup butter (56.5g) melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoon (33g) milk
- 2 tablespoon (24g) orange juice (freshly squeezed)
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- ¼ cup (62g) sour cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- ¼ cup (50g) sugar
- ¼ cup (32.5) all purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter melted
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F and line the muffin tin with liner.
- In a bowl first make orange crumble topping by adding orange juice, sugar, all purpose flour, ground cinnamon, orange zest and melted butter and stirring until crumbly and set aside.
- In a large bowl add flour, sugar, and baking powder, salt and mix well.
- To this add cranberries (I cut the big ones into half and small ones as such) orange zest and combine everything.
- In a medium bowl add egg, melted butter, milk, orange juice, sour cream and vanilla extract and mix well.
- Add egg mixture to the flour mixture and combine make sure not to over mix even the bits of flour is there that is fine.
- Transfer batter into prepared muffin tin.
- And then sprinkle with orange crumble topping
- Place a cranberry on the top of each muffin.
- Bake at 375F for 18 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
Notes
Author: Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy)
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Disclosure: I received the samples from Cape cod select however all the opinion are mine.
3This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Suja Manoj says
Perfect for the season,looks yummy
veena says
Lovely presentation and this is so opt for the season! yum!
Swapna says
How many eggs to add not specified in the recipe I think but very good recipe
Swathi says
Thanks for notifying me , 1 egg in the recipe yes it is delicious give it a try
Michelle @ Vitamin Sunshine says
Those cranberries look amazing! I love them in everything this time of year.
Lisa | Garlic & Zest says
I love cranberry and orange together -- it's such a great combination. Also, the whole cranberries when baked in a muffin, turn tart and jammy. Fabulous!
Luci {Luci's Morsels} says
These muffins look so scrumptious! They would definitely get me out of bed in the morning!
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Kim @ Three Olives Branch says
I am a lover of crumble topping, so this looks amazing! And cranberries make me so happy. I have to make these soon!
Stephanie@ApplesforCJ says
These muffins look delicious. I'm also a big fan of baking with cranberries in the Fall.
Summer says
Yummy! Love the bright colour too ♥