Cranberry English 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.

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375º F. Spray muffin tins with bakers spray or coat well with shortening or butter and flour, making sure to discard any excess flour from the tins after coating.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Toss together fresh cranberries and 2 teaspoons of flour to coat cranberries in a separate bowl. Set aside. If using dried cranberries, simply skip this step.
• Cream together butter and sugar until lightened in color, about 3 minutes. Add an egg, one at a time, taking care to fully incorporate before adding the other. Mix in vanilla and orange zest.
• Gently fold in flour mixture, alternating with milk. Stir until just combined. Fold in cranberries (fresh or dried) and scoop mixture into prepared muffin tins, filling about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Bake until a toothpick or skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• Prepare orange glaze topping for muffins while the muffins are baking by stirring together until well-combined.
• Once muffins have baked, remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly in the muffin tin. Then, remove each muffin and drizzle with orange glaze. Place onto a plate to finish cooling or serve slightly warm.

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.

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a jumbo muffin pan with 6 jumbo paper liners.
• In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the dry ingredients including the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until well combined.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix together the oil and sugar until well combined. Mix in the eggs one at a time then mix in the vanilla.
• Alternate adding the flour mixture and the buttermilk to the large mixing bowl with the oil and sugar mixing after each addition.
• Stir in the fresh orange zest and 1 cup of the cranberries. Spoon the muffin batter into prepared pan. Press the remaining 1/2 cup of cranberries into tops of each muffin. Sprinkle turbinado sugar on top of the muffins.
• Bake muffins in the middle of your oven at 375 degrees F for about 25-30 minutes (but I'd suggest start checking on them at about 20 minutes) or until golden brown around edges and toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean. Cool slightly, then remove muffins from pan and place on wire rack to finish cooling.

CRANBERRY ENGLISH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in water in a large mixing bowl; let stand 5 minutes.
• Combine milk, sugar, salt, and butter in a small saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring until butter melts. Cool to lukewarm (105 to 115 degrees).
• Stir milk mixture, craisins, and 3 cups flour into yeast mixture; beat until smooth.
• Add 2-1/2 to 3 cups flour to form a stiff dough.
• Turn dough out onto a floured surface, and knead 2 minutes or until dough can be shaped into a ball (dough will be slightly sticky). Place in a well-greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85 degrees) free of drafts, about 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
• Punch dough down, and divide in half. Turn each half out onto a smooth surface heavily sprinkled with cornmeal.
• Pat one half of dough into a circle, 1/2 inch thick, using palms of hands; cut dough into rounds with a 2-3/4inch cutter. (Cut carefully, as any leftover dough should not be reused.).
• Sprinkle 2 baking sheets with cornmeal. Transfer cut dough rounds to baking sheets, placing 2 inches apart with cornmeal side down (one side of dough should remain free of cornmeal). Repeat process with remaining half of dough.
• Cover and let rixe in a warm place (85F), free of drafts, for 30 minutes or until doubled in bulk.
• *Using a wide spatula, transfer rounds to a preheated 360 degree, lighlty greased electric skillet. Place cornmeal side down; cook for 6 minutes. Turn and cook 6 additional minutes. Cool on wire racks.
• To serve, split muffins and toast until lighlty browned. Store muffins in an airtight container.
• * Note: Muffins may be cooked over direct medium-high heat in a skillet. To ease the morning breakfast rush, the muffins can be prepared ahead of time and stored in an airtight container; just split and toast before serving.

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 LEMON MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. (Dry Ingredients)
• In a different bowl whisk the eggs and add the butter and the milk.
• Add the milk mix to the dry mix and fold until wet. DO NOT OVERMIX, THAT IS THE SECRET OF A GOOD MUFFIN.
• Add the lemon juice and the lemon zest and the cranberry sauce. Fold softly.
• Pour in muffin cups (yield a dozen) and cook for 20 to 25 minutes in oven at 350F.
• ( mine took 22 minutes)

CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. Spritz the liners with nonstick spray; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, use an electric mixer on low speed to combine the oil and ¾ cup of sugar. Increase the speed to medium-high and continue mixing for 2 more minutes.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing to combine after each addition.
• Mix in the vanilla extract, the optional orange zest (if using), and the sour cream until smooth.
• With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients. Mix just until the batter is thick and smooth; do not over-mix.
• In a small bowl, toss together the cranberries and the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar so that all of the cranberries are coated.
• Using a spatula or wooden spoon, gently fold the cranberries into the batter.
• Divide the batter evenly between the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle tops with optional coarse sugar, if desired.
• Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• Remove the muffins from the pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 420F (215C). Line a 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and orange zest.
• In a second bowl, whisk together the egg, melted butter, vanilla extract, milk, and orange juice until blended. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture, stirring just combined and everything is evenly moistened. It is ok if the batter is slightly lumpy.
• Using a silicone spatula, fold in the cranberries just until evenly distributed, do not overmix. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan, filling the cups all the way to the top.
• Bake for 5 minutes at 420F (215C), then keeping the muffins in the oven, lower the oven temperature to 350F (180C) and bake for 15-20 more minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean and the muffins are golden on top.
• Transfer the pan to a cooling rack and let the muffins cool for 5 minutes. Remove the muffins from the pan and let cool to room temperature on the rack.

CRANBERRY-CITRUS MUFFIN TOPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and adjust 2 oven racks to the top and bottom halves of the oven. Line 2 baking sheets with greased parchment paper.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda together in a medium bowl.
• Whisk the buttermilk, orange zest, vanilla and egg together in a separate bowl. Toss the cranberries with 1 1/2 tablespoons of the sugar.
• Beat the butter and remaining 1/2 cup sugar together in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes (or in a large bowl if using a hand mixer), scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Adjust the speed to low and add the dry and wet mixtures in alternating batches until just combined. Add the cranberries and fold in using a spatula.
• Spray a 1/4 measuring cup lightly with pan spray. Scoop a level 1/4 cup of batter and scrape out with a rubber spatula onto the baking sheets. Repeat with the remaining batter, spacing the muffin tops about 2 inches apart. Pat the dough into rounded mounds using wet or greased hands. Chill 30 minutes.
• Bake until the muffin tops are slightly golden and can be easily lifted from the baking sheets with a spatula, 18 to 20 minutes. Be sure to keep an eye on these and rotate the baking sheets top to bottom about every 5 minutes or as needed to ensure even baking.
• Let cool in the pan 3 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack until cool to the touch. Stir together the confectioners' sugar and orange juice and drizzle over the muffin tops.

CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.

CRANBERRY BREAKFAST MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine oats, cereal and buttermilk in a large bowl. Let stand 40 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Grease or line 12 cup muffin pan with paper liners.
• Add egg and oil to cereal mixture.
• Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl. Mix well. Add flour mixture to cereal mixture. Stir in cranberries. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in centre of muffin comes out clean.