Easy Cranberry Orange Muffins

These moist cranberry orange muffins are tangy, sweet, and bursting with tart cranberries and fresh orange zest for a bright-flavored festive treat.

• 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

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

Step 2

Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl until evenly blended.

Step 3

Pour vegetable oil in a measuring cup. Add egg and enough milk to fill the cup; stir to combine. Pour oil mixture into flour mixture and mix to combine.

Step 4

Stir in orange juice and orange zest. Fold in cranberries until batter is just combined.

Step 5

Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each about 1/2 way full.

Step 6

Bake in preheated oven until tops are golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.