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Healthy & Delicious: Orange-Cranberry Muffins Recipe

Healthy & Delicious: Orange-Cranberry Muffins Recipe
  • Category

    Breakfast and Brunch

  • Cusine

    American

Ingredients

2 cups flour, plus 1/2 tablespoon, divided

1 cup sugar, plus 1 tablespoon, divided

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons grated orange rind

3/4 cup orange juice

1/4 cup canola oil

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1 cup dried cranberries, or 2 cups fresh cranberries, chopped

1/3 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

Cooking spray

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray two eight-cup muffin tins with cooking spray. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together 2 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Make an indentation in the middle. In a large glass measuring cup, mix orange rind, juice, oil and egg. Pour mixture into flour indentation and stir until everything is just combined. In a small bowl, stir dried cranberries, toasted walnuts, and remaining 1/2 tablespoon flour. Stir into batter. Divide batter evenly among muffin tins. Sprinkle with reserved 1 tablespoon sugar. Bake 15 minutes. Remove from tins and cool on a wire rack.