Cranberry Orange Muffins

It's Muffin Monday and I'm firmly in fall mode so I chose these Cranberry Orange Muffins from Taste of Home. I really wanted to use fresh cranberries but wasn't able to get them so I used dried instead.

I didn't get any process shots this time around because I had two other recipes I was working on at the same time.  I used a food processor to cut the shortening into the dry ingredients because it was going to make clean up much easier.

 

Since my guys are both allergic to tree nuts I omitted the pecans called for in Ronni D's recipe.  Sometimes I'll use crushed Rice Krispies in place of nuts but I didn't have any on hand. 

 

I filled the liners with a large cookie scoop and got 12 muffins. I sprinkled the tops with turbinado (raw) sugar before baking.

 

I love the cranberry and the orange together, the beautiful crumb inside and the crunchy sparkly top. They were great as is, but I also like them split and griddled with a bit of butter. 

Thanks so much to Stacy for hosting #MuffinMonday and to all the other awesome bloggers who shared recipes today, be sure to go check out what they made using the links down below!

 

 

Cranberry Orange Muffins

Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 2 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped dried cranberries
• Turbinado sugar for sprinkling on top

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, salt and orange zest. Cut in shortening until crumbly.
2. In a small bowl, combine the orange juice, eggs and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in cranberries.
3. Fill 12 greased or paper-lined muffin cups 3/4 full. Sprinkle the tops with Turbinado sugar. Bake at 375° until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
4. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing to wire rack.

Notes

Source:  https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/cranberry-muffins/

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• Cranberry Orange Muffins from Jolene's Recipe Journal
• Peach Jam Muffins from Food Lust People Love
• Pecan Butterscotch Muffins from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Pumpkin Stout Raisin Muffins from Passion Kneaded
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