Back at the Bakery

Once I'm able to turn the calendar page from August to September and the days begin to get just a tiny bit shorter, my desire to bake again awakens. Hot ovens don't work well with temperatures edging past 100 here. Needless to say, there's always a long list of baked goods the family wants to see emerge from the oven: Peanut Butter and Jelly bars, Banana Bread, scones and muffins - (we can never keep muffins in the house).

The first batch of muffins on the list - Cranberry Orange. Yum! You can almost kid yourself into thinking these are healthy. 😉 My favorite recipe is from A Kitchen Addiction.

Cranberry Orange Muffins 

Ingredients

ü  2 cups flour

ü  1/3 cup sugar

ü  1/3 cup brown sugar

ü  2 tsp. baking powder

ü  1 tsp. baking soda

ü  ½ tsp. salt

ü  ½ tsp. cinnamon

ü  ½ cup milk

ü  ¼ cup orange juice

ü  ½ cup butter, melted and cooled

ü  2 eggs, room temperature

ü  2 tsp. vanilla extract

ü  zest of one orange

ü  1 ¼ cups cranberries

ü  coarse sugar for topping

Preheat oven to 350. Line muffin tin with cupcake liners. I love these.

Wisk together flour, sugars, baking powder, salt, baking soda and cinnamon.

In a separate bowl, whisk together milk, orange juice, eggs and vanilla. Add wet

ingredients to dry and stir until mixed together. Add in melted butter and stir.

Gently fold in orange zest and cranberries. 

Divide batter into muffin cups. Sprinkle with coarse sugar.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool completely on wire rack. 

Happy Baking!