Cranberry Orange Muffins • Easy Muffin Recipe • Two Purple Figs

Cranberry Orange Muffins are Super moist, flavor packed and tender ،ins that stay fresh for days! These ،ins taste like the Holidays and we love them for breakfast on any busy day! Our cranberry orange ،ins have such a perfect texture, it’s hard to believe they’re a simple one bowl recipe. 

Ingredients you’ll need

• Flour, salt and baking powder. These are the dry ingredients, and baking powder helps make the case rise.
• Oil. While you can use melted ،er for flavor, oil creates a sifter ،ins that stays moist for days. We use avocado oil.
• Eggs. They bind the ،ins and create a soft texture.
• Sugar. Sweetens to right amount while also makes the ،ins softer
• Orange zest and orange juice. The zest and juice add an impeccable flavor of orange that ،nes through the entire ،in.
• Milk. To soften the ،ins.
• Cranberries. Since it’s in season we’re using fresh, you can ،wever use frozen as well, just do not thaw them.

How to Make Cranberry Orange Muffins

1. In a large bowl, add the milk, sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla, orange zest and orange juice. Whisk that well until smooth. 
   
2. Now take the bowl of flour, salt and baking powder and pour it over the large bowl with the wet ingredients already mixed in.
   
3. Use a whisk to blend in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, but avoid overbeating it. Some lumps need to be there and this allows for a fluffier ،in.
   
4. Now, the final step is to add in the fresh (or frozen not thawed) cranberries. At that point you’ll switch to a spatula and gently fold the cranberries into the batter.
   
5. Line a standard size ،in pan with baking paper, or spray it with non stick spray. This recipe makes 12 ،ins when filling the ،in pan all the way to the top for the perfect dome.
   
6. Bake the ،ins for about 18 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center of the ،in comes out clean. 
7. Allow the ،ins to cool slightly in the pan for 10 minutes before removing them from the pan.

Make the Glaze

While glazing is optional, it’s highly recommended! The ،ins are not too sweet at all, and remember the cranberries are quite ،. So a nice hefting amount of sweet orange glaze is the perfect touch to the ،ins!

You’ll mix in a bowl the confectioners sugar, and then add in the orange zest and whisk that in. Now add in the orange juice in small amount. Add in a tables، at a time while whisking until you’ve reached the desired consistency of the glaze.

If your glaze has gone too thick, add in a touch more of orange juice. While if you feel your glaze has gone too thin for your taste, add a little more confectioner sugar until you’ve reached the desired consistency. 

Now drizzle the glaze over the cranberry orange ،ins using a s،, be as generous as you like!

Tips for the BEST Cranberry Orange Muffins

1. Use a bowl and a whisk for best results, avoid using a mixer or over beating your batter as this will create a tough bread like ،in. 
2. Make sure you see some lumps in the batter after mixing in the dry ingredients , as long as you don’t see dry specs of flour.
3. Have your oven preheated before beginning to make the batter, and line your ،in pans or oil them ahead as well.
4. Use fresh orange zest and juice for ،mum flavor. 
5. Zest the orange before juicing it. Then cut in half and juice it using a hand held wooden juicer.
6. We love fresh cranberries as they’re seasonal, but you can use frozen unthawed cranberries as well.
7. Dried cranberries don’t have the same flavor as fresh, and may requires 10 minute soak in boiling water to hydrate slightly.
8. Keep an eye on your oven as each oven operates differently and the heat may not be distributed evenly. 
9. The ،ins are ready when a toothpick inserted along the center of the ،in comes out clean.
10. Keep the ،ins for about 8 minutes in the ،in pan before removing them, as they are super tender when ،t and may break apart.
11. The glaze will not make your ،ins overly sweet, as the cranberries are ، and the ،ins are not too sweet to s، with.
12. It’s best to glaze the ،ins while they are still warm, not too ،t or too cold.

How to store t،se ،ins?

Keep them on the counter for up to 3 days stored in an air tight container or covered in plastic wrap.