Cranberry Muffins

Submitted by Boomette

"The sugar garnish is a must on these muffins. From Jean Paré. See the note below if you use fresh cranberries."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 18 muffins

ingredients

• 473.18 ml all-purpose flour
• 118.29 ml sugar
• 19.71 ml baking powder
• 2.46 ml salt
• 2 eggs
• 59.14 ml oil
• 118.29 ml milk
• 236.59 ml whole berry cranberry sauce or 236.59 ml cranberries, chopped
• butter or margarine, melted
• 0.25 ml sugar

directions

1. In a big bowl, mix well flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Make a hole in the center.
2. Beat eggs in a separate bowl to foam them. Add oil, milk and cranberries. Pour in the hole of flour. Stir to wet. The dough will have lumps. Fill the greased muffin cups to 3/4.
3. Bake in a preheated oven of 400 F 20 to 25 minutes. For a loaf it’s about 60 minutes.
4. Garnish : Brush tops of hot muffins with melted butter. Sprinkle with sugar.
5. Fresh cranberry muffins : Use roughly chopped cranberries or whole cranberries instead of cranberry sauce. Add a little bit more milk to soften the dough.

Reviews

[OCMom1]

Definitely a great way to use up that whole cranberry sauce left over from the holiday meals. Muffins turned out great. I skipped the topping. I also used 1/4c cabernet flour for the white which just added more fiber but not sure if it changed the taste any. They were very good.

 

[CJAY8248]

Terrific! I used the whole berry sauce and made the loaf version. It only baked for 50 minutes and was a little darker than I would have liked but that was my fault. The taste and texture were great and I liked the sugar topping. Thanks for sharing. Made for ZWT 6.

 

[Lalaloula]

WOW, these muffins are super delicious! I had some whole berry sauce to use up (it also contained cherries, strawberries, raspberries and red currants) and am very glad that I have found this recipe! The muffins were so moist and yummy! I made a few changes: Instead of all white flour I used half whole spelt flour and because the fruit sauce was so sweet already I only added 2 tbs sugar. Also I skipped the sugar garnish as I loved the muffins just the way they were. THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this super recipe with us, Boomie! Made and reviewed for Everyday Is A Holiday May 2010.

 

[Raichka]

I used fresh cranberries and skipped the sugar garnish. These were just what I wanted, not too sweet and plenty of cranberry taste.

 

[Nimz_]

These were so flavorable and so easy to put together. I used the whole berry cranberry sauce and it worked beautifully. Thanks for a keeper. Made for Geeme 5 Tag Game