CRANBERRY CRUMB MUFFINS
CRANBERRY MUFFINS WITH A SUGAR CRUMB TOPPING.
SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER | QUANTITY: 12 INDIVIDUAL CUPS
LISTS
GROCERY LIST:
2 sticks | Unsalted Butter
1 large | Egg
½ cup | Buttermilk
1 cup | Light Brown Sugar (packed)
¾ cup | Granulated Sugar
3 cups & 1 ½ tablespoons | All-purpose Flour
1 ¼ teaspoons | Kosher Salt
2 teaspoons | Baking Powder
1 teaspoon | Vanilla Extract
1 ½ cups | Cranberries
1 large | Orange
KITCHENWARE:
12-cup Muffin Pan
Hand Mixer
Small Mixing Bowl, Medium Mixing Bowl & Large Mixing Bowl
Measuring Spoons & Cups, Sieve (fine mesh strainer) & Rubber Spatula
Paper Muffin Cups or Parchment Paper
PREP
Helpful tips!
Let butter and eggs come to room temperature by leaving out for about 1 hour*.
Let buttermilk come to room temperature by leaving out for about 30 minutes*.
When measuring flour, don’t pack the flour or you will end up adding more flour into the mixture and risk having drier muffins. Instead, use a large spoon to scoop flour into measuring cups and level off with the handle of the spoon.
Don’t sift kosher salt. It’s usually not fine enough to get through the sieve.
*Dependent on the temperature of your home
BAKE
TOPPING:
1 stick | Unsalted Butter
½ cup | Light Brown Sugar (packed)
¼ cup | Granulated Sugar
¼ teaspoon | Kosher Salt
¾ cup | All-purpose Flour
MUFFINS:
1 ½ cups | Cranberries
1 ½ tablespoons | All-purpose Flour
2 ¼ cups | All-purpose Flour
2 teaspoons | Baking Powder
1 teaspoon | Kosher Salt
1 stick | Unsalted Butter (room temperature)
2 teaspoons | Orange Zest
½ cup | Light Brown Sugar (packed)
½ cup | Granulated Sugar
1 large | Egg (room temperature)
1 teaspoon | Vanilla Extract
1 tablespoon | Orange Juice
½ cup | Buttermilk (room temperature)
Melt butter for the topping in a small pot over low heat. Mix frequently, making sure not to brown or boil butter. Once melted, remove from heat.
Make topping by mixing sugars and salt in a medium bowl with a fork. Add warm, melted butter and mix until combined. Add flour and toss with fork until large clumps form. It should look crumbly and slightly wet. Set aside.
Wash and dry cranberries. Toss with 1 ½ tablespoons flour in a small mixing bowl and set aside.
Keeping ingredients separate, zest and juice orange and set aside.
Preheat oven to 375° F and place rack in the center of the oven.
Line a 12-cup muffin pan with muffin cups or cut out 12 large squares from parchment paper to create your own muffin cups. Set aside.
Sift remaining flour and baking powder in a medium bowl. Add salt, mix and set aside.
Using a hand mixer, beat butter, orange zest and sugars in large bowl until light and fluffy, about 2-4 minutes. Add egg, vanilla extract and orange juice beating until well blended.
Add ½ flour mixture, blending until combined. Add ½ buttermilk, blending until combined. Add remaining flour mixture, blending until combined. Add remaining buttermilk, blending until combined. Batter should be thick.
Gently fold in flour coated cranberries using a rubber spatula.
Evenly distribute batter between 12 prepared muffin cups. Evenly sprinkle sugar crumb topping on top of muffins. Bake for 20 minutes. Rotate pan and bake for an additional 10-13 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean and the topping is a deep golden brown. Allow muffins to slightly cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto wire rack. Leaving hot muffins in the muffin pan too long will trap moisture and result in a very soggy muffin.
Serve with butter and store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature.
