Cranberry Streusel Muffins

Redsie's Note:

I love cranberries! And now, we can get them all year-round! You can use fresh or frozen cranberries (and you don't even need to thaw them!!). These are also wonderful with some chocolate chips added to the batter.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 12.0 muffins

Topping

• 2 tablespoons quick-cooking oats
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon water

Muffins

• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup low-fat milk
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup coarsely chopped cranberries
• 1 1⁄3; cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with Pam.
2. Make topping: in a small bowl, stir together oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, oil and water until the mixture is crumbly. Set aside.
3. Make muffins: in a large bowl and using a whisk or electric beaters, combine sugar, milk, oil, egg and vanilla. With a wooden spoon, stir in the cranberries.
4. In another bowl, stir together flour and baking powder. With a wooden spoon, stir the mixture into the cranberry mixture just until everything is combined. Divide the mixture among the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle topping evenly over top.
5. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until a tester inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out dry.

Reviews

[Naomi Up North]

YUM! This recipe is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I was trying to replicate something I fell in love with at a local coffee shop once. I followed this recipe - except I doubled the streusel like other reviewers suggested, and used butter in the topping instead of oil. Delicious! Update: Made this again and substituted applesauce for 1/2 of the oil. Didn't notice the difference! Still moist and chewy. (But... I chopped the cranberries finer this time and didn't like that as much. Halved or quartered berries deliver better flavor.)

[Criseyde'sMom]

Yum! I love the how tangy the cranberries are in this! I would probably double the struesel recipe next time. Thanks for a great recipe!

[Babbsy]

I added in chopped pecans and these were so delicious! I made a piggie of myself and had 3 with my coffee! DH was right behind me grabbing for another one as he went out the door for work! Great muffins that we will enjoy time and again!