Cranberry Orange Granola Crumble Topped Muffins Recipes

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F (218°C). Spray a 12-count muffin pan with nonstick spray or line with cupcake liners. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on high speed until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Add the granulated and brown sugars and beat on high until creamed, about 2 full minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Add the eggs, yogurt, and vanilla extract. Beat on medium speed for 1 minute, then turn up to high speed until the mixture is combined and uniform in texture. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Then, beat in the orange zest until combined.
• In a large bowl, toss together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and slowly mix with a whisk. Add the orange juice and milk, gently whisking until combined and little lumps remain. Fold in the cranberries with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin pan, filling them all the way to the top. Top the batter with an additional cranberry or two, for looks if desired. (I like the pop of color on top of the muffins in doing this.) Bake for 5 minutes at 425°F (218°C), then keeping the muffins in the oven, lower the oven temperature to 350°F (177°C) and bake for 18-20 more minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. The total times these muffins take in the oven is about 23-25 minutes.
• While the muffins are cooling for a few minutes, make the glaze by whisking the glaze ingredients together. Drizzle over warm muffins. Allow to briefly cool before serving.

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS WITH STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F degrees and line standard muffin pan with paper liners and set aside.
• To make the crumb topping in a small bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and cinnamon, add melted butter and stir with a fork until crumbly, and place in the fridge until ready to use.
• To make the muffins in a large bowl stir together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together egg, orange zest, and granulated sugar until combined. Whisk in yogurt, orange juice, and oil (mixture should be pale yellow).
• Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients and whisk everything together.
• In a small bowl sprinkle 1 ¼ cup cranberries with 1-2 tablespoon flour and toss them until all berries are coated with a thin layer of flour and then fold them really gently in the batter.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins, filling about 2/3 of each cup. Cover generously with streusel topping. Stick a few cranberry halves on each muffin.
• Place them in the oven and reduce the heat to 375F, bake about 18-20 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

CRANBERRY ORANGE GRANOLA CRUMBLE TOPPED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Soak the cranberries in the juice overnight, I added the zest to the jar also.
• (one jar with a lid, I save a PB jar for this use) The next day-- preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Spray either 6 large muffin baking cup pan or 12 small muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Make the topping, combine flour, cinnamon and sugar, cutting in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the granola, soaked canberries and juice and applesauce.
• Set aside for 5 minutes, or until cereal is softened.
• Once cereal is soft, add the oil and the vanilla, place the oil in the jar to remove all flavor if desired.
• Stir together flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl and set aside.
• Add the flour mixture to the cranberry mixture, stirring until combined, you will need to add the soy milk to make it not such a stiff dough, you may need up to 1/4 cup or more.
• Divide the mixture to muffin cups evenly.
• Sprinkle the muffins evenly with the topping.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• Place on cooling rack, cover with a tea towel for 5 minutes.
• After the five minutes, run a butter knife around the muffins, then remove very carefully, they are very soft and delicate.
• Cool completely, place in tupperware lined with a paper towel.
• Freeze after 1-2 days, wrapped in plastic wrap.
• Tip: If you have no fresh oranges, cranberry orange juice (Minute Maid, I think) is a wonderful substitute or even OJ prepared from concentrate, but I prefer fresh as I like the zest added to these.

CRANBERRY CRUMB MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with liners.
• Prepare the crumb mixture: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Add the butter, and stir to combine.
• Prepare the muffins: In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Add the cranberries and pecans, and gently toss to combine.
• In a small bowl, mix together the sour cream and the milk. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• Fold the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Fold in the sour cream mixture. Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups. Squeeze the crumb mixture to create clumps of varying size, and sprinkle evenly over the tops. (It's OK if some of the crumb mixture lands on the tray.)
• Bake the muffins until they are puffed and set, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 26 to 30 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.