Cranberry Streusel Muffins

Submitted by Redsie

"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."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 12 muffins
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Topping

• 2 tablespoons quick-cooking oats
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon water

• Muffins

• 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 cup low-fat milk
• 1⁄4 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

[Reggie's Mom]

Yummy muffins and uses ingredients that you usually have on hand. I used whole frozen cranberries without thawing or cutting and it turned out great. I even used a little more than 1 cup because I love the tang they lend to this. The topping is perfect to provide enough sweetness and crunch. I would have added a little lemon zest but I didn't have any lemons but I bet that would give it a nice zing.

 

[DeliciousAsItLooks]

Very good muffins. I did add 1/2 teaspoon salt to the batter and that was just perfect. I barely had enough of the topping, so I would probably double it next time.

 

[HappyMami]

I really like these muffins, they remind me of a small coffee cake! Super yummy, the only thing I felt it lacked, was some salt. Once I added 3/4 a teaspoon of salt, they were perfect! Thanks for posting!

 

[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.)

 

[andreaadams01]

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!