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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast

    Cranberry Orange Muffins

    Modified: Nov 23, 2019 · Published: Dec 8, 2018 by Tasia · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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    A delicious and healthier cranberry orange muffin.  Perfect for breakfast and snacks!

    Cranberry Orange Muffins - delcious and bright. Perfect for all your holiday brunches. #twosugarbugs #thiscelbratedlife #cranberryorangemuffins

    Today I am excited to introduce you to my friend, Kirsten at This Celebrated Life. Kirsten and I met earlier this year and we quickly bonded over our love of food and wine, motherhood and being new bloggers.  I love her sense of style, her honesty and her mad cooking and baking skills.

    She's sharing her recipe for healthier Delicious and Bright Cranberry Orange Muffins.  The tart cranberries are beautifully paired with orange to make a delicious muffin.  These would be a perfect addition to your holiday breakfast and brunch menus.

    My family and I enjoyed making and eating these cranberry orange muffins!  Kirsten says the recipe makes about 16 muffins, but I got 13 from my batch.  I do have a tendency to fill my muffin liners pretty full so your result may vary based on how big you like your muffins.  When I went to bake these I realized I did not have any cardamon in my pantry.   So I learned that a good substitute for cardamon is half cinnamon and half nutmeg, thank you Google. 😉

    Be sure to follow Kirsten on Instagram and at her blog, This Celebrated Life.  Enjoy!

    Cranberry Orange Muffins - delcious and bright. Perfect for all your holiday brunches. #twosugarbugs #thiscelbratedlife #cranberryorangemuffinsFrom Kirsten:

    Good morning everyone!  My name is Kirsten, and I'm the blogger behind This Celebrated Life!  Tasia and I connected this last year over our shared love of baking and all things delicious, and I was instantly drawn to her beautiful baking creations, amazing photography skills and her kind and genuine personality.  I'm so excited and honored to share this recipe with you today!

    I hope you enjoy this recipe and would love to connect with you!  You can follow me on Instagram, Pinterest, and of course find my blog here.

    I feel like cranberries and the unsung hero of the fall baking world.  Every time fall rolls around, I make my way down a pumpkin everything rabbit hole, and don't emerge until Christmas haha!

    Cranberry Orange Muffins - delcious and bright. Perfect for all your holiday brunches. #twosugarbugs #thiscelbratedlife #cranberryorangemuffins

    So this year I wanted to give this fun little berry some attention! These cranberry orange muffins are so delicious, and secretly way healthier than your average muffin.  The tartness and natural sweetness of the cranberries allows for way less sugar, especially combined with the bright flavor of the orange zest! You can find fresh cranberries in the store between October and December, but if you want to make these muffins in the off-season, frozen cranberries will do the trick.

    Cranberry Orange Muffins - delcious and bright. Perfect for all your holiday brunches. #twosugarbugs #thiscelbratedlife #cranberryorangemuffins Cranberry Orange Muffins - delcious and bright. Perfect for all your holiday brunches. #twosugarbugs #thiscelbratedlife #cranberryorangemuffins

    The super secret weapon of this healthy muffin recipe? Spices!  Cinnamon and cardamom are both sweet tasting spices, with no impact on the nutritional content.

    Cranberry Orange Muffins - delcious and bright. Perfect for all your holiday brunches. #twosugarbugs #thiscelbratedlife #cranberryorangemuffins

    In an effort to make a healthy muffin recipe, I also replaced half of the butter with coconut oil, to reap the benefits of this super healthy fat.  The coconut taste doesn't actually come through at all, so if you don't love coconut, fear not!  On the other hand, if you prefer to use all butter (or all coconut!), go for it!

    Cranberry Orange Muffins - delcious and bright. Perfect for all your holiday brunches. #twosugarbugs #thiscelbratedlife #cranberryorangemuffins

    Recipe shared with Meal Plan Monday

    Cranberry Orange Muffins - delcious and bright. Perfect for all your holiday brunches. #twosugarbugs #thiscelbratedlife #cranberryorangemuffins
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    Cranberry Orange Muffins

    A delicious and healthier cranberry and orange muffin perfect for breakfast and snacks!
    Servings 16 muffins
    Author Kirsten ~ This Celebrated Life

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups all-purpose flour
    • ¾ cup granulated sugar
    • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon cardamom
    • Grated zest of one orange
    • 1 large egg
    • ¼ cup unsalted butter melted
    • ¼ cup coconut oil melted
    • ½ cup orange juice
    • 1 ½ cups cranberries fresh or frozen
    • ¼ cup pecans chopped

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and grease a muffin tin.
    • Whisk together the dry ingredients, flour through cardamom and set aside.
    • Combine the wet ingredients, stirring until the batter just comes together.  The batter will be thick.
    • Gently fold in the cranberries and pecans and distribute the batter into the muffin tin.
    • Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the muffin tops spring back when touched.

    Notes

    Recipe created by Kirsten at This Celebrated Life
    My yield was 13 muffins for this recipe.

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    1. Jenna says

      December 10, 2018 at 6:43 pm

      Thank you for sharing, Tasia and Kirsten - these look great!

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      • Tasia says

        December 10, 2018 at 9:46 pm

        Thank you Jenna! You'll have to let me know if you make them. 🙂

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