Dark Chocolate Cranberry Orange Muffins Food

CRANBERRY CHOCOLATE ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
• Place cranberries, orange zest, and baking soda in a bowl. Pour boiling water on top. Let stand at room temperature for 5 minutes.
• Mix brown sugar, oil, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Add the cranberry mixture and beat well.
• Stir flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl; stir into the cranberry mixture until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips gently. Spoon batter evenly into the prepared tin.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and tops spring back when touched, 20 to 25 minutes.

DARK CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 and line 4 muffin cups with liners.
• In a small bowl, stir together the butter and sugar very well. Add the egg and orange zest, and stir until it's incorporated.
• Next, sprinkle the flour, baking powder and salt on top. Stir a few times, then add the buttermilk. Stir just until combined, do not over mix. Finally, stir in the cranberries and dark chocolate chips.
• Divide batter between 4 cupcake liners and bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the tops spring back and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Mix in cranberries.
• Whisk together orange juice, sugar, melted butter, egg, and orange zest in a separate bowl. Add orange juice mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened; do not overmix. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned and firm to the touch, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix together powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon orange juice, and orange zest for glaze. Add more orange juice, if necessary, to reach desired consistency. Drizzle glaze over cooled muffins.

CHOCOLATE CHIP CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, coarsely chop cranberries.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, milk, oil, orange zest and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture, just until combined. Fold in chopped cranberries and chocolate chips. Do not overmix.
• Spoon batter into greased or lined (with paper liners) muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until puffed, golden and a tester inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.

ORANGE & CRANBERRY-NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Grease a 12 cup muffin pan.
• In a bowl, stir together cranberries, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and orange peel.
• In a larger bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and the rest of the sugar.
• Add oil, orange juice, and eggs all at once to the flour mixture and stir until moistened.
• Fold in sugared cranberries and nuts.
• Pour batter into muffin pan, evenly dividing batter between cups.
• Bake at 400F for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

STARBUCKS COPYCAT CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Set aside 1 tablespoon sugar. Combine flour, remaining sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
• Combine rind, juice, oil, and egg in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Fold in cranberries and walnuts. Spoon batter into 16 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle evenly with reserved sugar. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until the muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Run a knife or spatula around outer edge of each muffin cup. Carefully remove each muffin; place on a wire rack.

DARK CHOCOLATE & ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Line muffin tin with paper.
• Place the flour, baking powder, sugar, orange zest, and chocolate in a large bowl and mix to combine.
• In another smaller bowl, combine the yogurt, butter, eggs and orange juice until well blended.
• Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and mix until just combined.
• Spoon the batter carefully into the prepared muffin tin.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the tops are golden and cooked when tested with a skewer.
• Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes. They are ready to serve straight away.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Set oven to 400°F.
• Line muffin cups with paper baking cups.
• In a bowl, blend together melted butter and brown sugar using a wooden spoon.
• Whisk in eggs, one at a time.
• Stir in vanilla, milk and orange juice.
• In another bowl, combine the flours, orange peel, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• Make a well in the dry ingredients, and pour in orange juice/milk mixture.
• Blend JUST until combined.
• Gently stir in cranberries.
• Divide batter between prepared muffin tins.
• Bake for 22-25 minutes, or until muffins test done.
• Turn out on a cooling rack.
• Note: These muffins freeze beautifully.