Cranberry Muffins with Crumble Topping

The holidays are a time of intense concentration on all things food. I spend a lot more time experimenting in the kitchen with new recipes and eating this time of year than at any other.

I love the tart flavor of cranberries and get so disappointed they’re limited to certain times of year. Cranberries went on sale after Thanksgiving and I decided it was time to stock up because there had to be something I could make using the cranberries.

I definitely have an affinity for cooking the sweeter things in life versus the savory. Since I know my strengths lie in baking, I decided to create a muffin recipe for the cranberries.

After a quick inventory of my kitchen, I decided that muffins would be the way to go and to counteract the tart flavor of the cranberry I’d use some apples and a crumble topping to sweeten things up and balance the flavors out. Thus, the cranberry muffins with crumble topping was born!

Cranberry Muffins with Crumble Topping

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Cranberry Muffins with Crumble Topping

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword cranberry, muffins

Servings 24

Calories 175 kcal

Author Live Love Texas

Ingredients

• 2 cups shredded peeled apples (2 medium apples)
• 1.5 cups sugar
• 2 cups cranberries fresh, chopped
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• zest of orange or tangerine
• 1/2 tsp salt

Crumb Topping

• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp butter

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Lightly grease 9×13 baking dish, muffin pan, or loaf pan and set aside.

3. In a mixing bowl, coat apples and cranberries with white sugar and set aside.

4. Meanwhile in a separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.

5. In a separate bowl, eggs, applesauce, and vanilla.


6. Combine the egg mix with the flour mix until moistened.

7. Gently combine apple/cranberry mix until combined.

8. Pour batter into greased dish.

9. In a small bowl, combine crumb topping ingredients. The mixture will be coarse and chunky. Evenly distribute topping over batter.

10. Bake for 15-18 minutes in preheated oven or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Nutrition Facts

Cranberry Muffins with Crumble Topping

Amount Per Serving

Calories 175 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Fat 6g9%

Saturated Fat 1g5%

Cholesterol 16mg5%

Sodium 169mg7%

Potassium 104mg3%

Carbohydrates 28g9%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 16g18%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 60IU1%

Vitamin C 1.6mg2%

Calcium 37mg4%

Iron 0.8mg4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

For more fruit-filled dessert ideas, check out this Cherry Blueberry Crisp with Walnut Streusel Topping recipe.

What’s your favorite recipe you’ve created out of leftover ingredients?