Easy Cranberry-Orange Muffins

This simple cranberry-orange muffin recipe combines fruity sweetness from orange zest and orange juice with a nice tartness from the cranberries.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 429 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
• 1 cup cranberries
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 cup orange juice
• 0.75 cup white sugar
• 0.33333334326744 cup vegetable oil
• 0.33333334326744 cup milk, or as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 5 cups of a muffin tin or line with paper liners.

Step 2

Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl until evenly blended. Pour vegetable oil in a 1 cup measuring cup. Add egg and enough milk to fill the cup; stir to combine. Pour oil mixture into flour mixture and mix to combine. Stir in orange juice and orange zest. Fold in cranberries until batter is just combined. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each about half way.

Step 3

Bake in preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.