Cantaloupe Cranberry Muffins Recipes

CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, salt and orange zest. Cut in shortening until crumbly. In a small bowl, combine the orange juice, eggs and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in cranberries and nuts., Fill 18 greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 375° until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 18-20 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing to wire rack. Serve warm.

WINNING CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Sprinkle cranberries with 2 tablespoons sugar; set aside. Sift remaining sugar, flour, baking powder and salt into large bowl. , In another bowl, beat egg, milk and oil. Make a hole in center of dry ingredients; pour in liquid ingredients. Stir just until moistened. Add berries and, if desired, lemon zest. Fill 12 greased standard or 6 greased jumbo muffin cups. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar., Bake at 400° for 18 minutes for standard-size muffins or for 22 minutes for jumbo muffins.

CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease and flour muffin pan, or use paper liners.
• Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
• Beat oil and sugar together until light. Add egg and beat until smooth. Add orange juice and grated zest.
• Add flour mixture and stir just until mixed. Fold in cranberries.
• Fill greased muffin pans 2/3 full. Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 20-25 minutes.

CANTALOUPE MUFFINS WITH PRALINE TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 10 jumbo muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Mix pecans, brown sugar, 1/2 cup flour, and softened butter together in a bowl until mixture is crumbly.
• Beat 1 cup white sugar and oil together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat pureed cantaloupe and vanilla extract into sugar mixture.
• Whisk 1 1/2 cup flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a mixing bowl. Stir flour mixture into cantaloupe puree mixture; gently fold in cantaloupe chunks and lemon zest. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle pecan mixture over the top of each muffin. Continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 10 more minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

GRAND MARNIER CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Combine the orange juice, Grand Marnier, and the oil and set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the flours, sugar, baking powder, salt and orange zest.
• In another large bowl, beat the egg whites until frothy.
• Combine the juice mixture with the beaten egg whites.
• Add the egg mixture and the cranberries to the flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
• Fill muffin pans lined with paper liners, about 3/4 full.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown and puffed.

CRUNCHY-TOP CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine first 6 ingredients.
• In separate bowl, whisk together yogurt, orange juice, oil and eggs; pour over flour mixture. Sprinkle with cranberries.
• Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Spoon batter into greased muffin cups. Fill 3/4 full.
• Topping: Combine sugar with orange peel; sprinkle 1 tsp over batter in each cup.
• Bake at 400 for 25-30 min or until tops are firm to the touch.

CANTALOUPE BREAD

Steps:

• Mix eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla.
• Add pureed cantaloupe to mixture.
• Sift dry ingredients; add to liquid.
• Pour into 2 greased and floured 9x5 loaf pans (or spray them with Baker's Joy).
• Bake 325°F for 1 hour or until done.
• Check after 50 minutes.
• I have also made this into muffins.
• Bake for about 25-30 minutes.

LEMON CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400ºF.
• Stir flour, baking powder and salt together.
• In a separate bowl, stir the sugar and the lemon zest together, and stir into the flour mixture.
• In a measuring jug, mix the lemon juice with the milk and let sit for a few minutes before whisking in the egg and oil.
• Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Stir until ingredients are moistened, then fold in the cranberries.
• Scoop into greased 6-cup jumbo muffin pan and bake 23 minutes, making sure that finished muffins pass the toothpick test.
• I have no idea how long these take in a 12-cup pan.

CANTALOUPE CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• drain the cantaloupe pulp well before measuring out the 1/2 cup, it should not have any visible watery liquid.
• mix with the sugar, egg, yogurt, ginger and cinnamon and combine thoroughly.
• add cranberries.
• incorporate flours and baking powder only until moistened.
• fill muffin tin cups (sprayed with cooking spray)with 1/4 cup of mixture.
• add 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of Granola to the top of each muffin.
• bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.