Cranberry Orange Muffins

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So, this is a recipe courtesy of Me. You’re welcome. I like these a lot, but I love muffins (I give them an 8). These can be a bit like a biscuit texture depending on the flour moisture, etc.  I prefer that. Anyway, I have my original and some of my changes in parentheses.

Cranberry Orange Muffins
1/3 cup canola oil
1/3 cup sugar (I cut this down to 1/4 cup)
1/3 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
1/3 cup buttermilk
zest of 1 orange
2 eggs
1/2 tsp, salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour (I use half almond flour)
1 cup cranberries (I use 1 1/2 cups in mine)

Almond streusel, optional

So, you put the wet ingredients together and add dry. Right before it is all stirred together *use a wooden spoon, btw* I add the orange zest and cranberries so they distribute evenly right as the batter is done mixing. Don’t overmix. Bake at 400 for 12-20 minutes. This makes 12 small or 6 large muffins, and I often use the almond streusel from the blueberry muffin recipe I blogged about a year ago to put on top (and even the bottom of the muffin as well).

Comments

  1. thejohnmfamilyDecember 3, 2018 at 6:52 PM

    So, I used 3 Tbs of sugar and they are plenty sweet. increase the almond flour a tad. They get dark on top, but don't underbake them.

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  2. thejohnmfamilyDecember 4, 2018 at 8:43 AM

    So, honestly, I think 2 T of sugar would be fine in these. Also, these are more cake like than they used to be, and I think it might be good to try with just 1 egg next time. I like them more like scone texture.

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  3. thejohnmfamilyDecember 8, 2021 at 12:40 PM

    I did 2 1/2 T sugar per batch and just 1 egg and 1 1/4 cups almond flour and 1 cup white flour and it was great.

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  4. thejohnmfamilyNovember 12, 2022 at 12:36 PM

    So, olive oil works great, I think you could go down to 2 T. sugar, and I would do half almond flour, half white flour, and add an extra 1/4 cup white flour if you want them to be more like a biscuit.

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  5. thejohnmfamilyJuly 11, 2023 at 8:08 PM

    2 T. sugar is fine and I do 1 1/4 cup white flour and 1 cup almond flour

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