I so wanted to make muffins that were summery and fresh tasting. These hit the mark. I used dried cranberries and soaked them in hot water for 10 minutes to plump them up. Then I squeezed fresh orange juice from an orange that I zested putting both into the muffin mixture. I kid you not, my house smelled so delicious.2
Cranberry Orange Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- orange zest 1 orange
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup orange juice freshly squeezed
- 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with a cooking spray or use muffin paper cups.
- Place dried cranberries into a bowl and cover with hot water for 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together, vegetable oil, sugar, eggs, milk, orange juice, vanilla, and orange zest.
- Slowly add wet ingredient mixture to the flour mixture and mix. (Don't over mix).
- Fold in cranberries carefully.
- Spoon batter into muffin tin cups.
- Bake for 5 minutes on 425 degrees, then lower temperature to 375 degrees and cook for an additional 13-15 minutes.
- Serve & Enjoy.