This is based on a muffin recipe by Mark Bittman; I tweaked it to use some orange juice and — shocker — some Crasins. These are so good for breakfast, brunch, or even a snack! The Mickey Mouse muffin pan is not required, but certainly adds some cuteness. It does not, however, convince the Kiddo to eat any; your mileage may vary. Recipe made one dozen Mickey muffins.
Cranberry orange muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup cornmeal
- 1/2 cup sugar, or to taste
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup milk, plus a little more if needed
- 1 cup Crasins, fresh cranberries or frozen cranberries (no need to defrost first)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F
- Mix dry ingredients together, then either mix egg through milk separately or in a well in the middle of the dry ingredients (my preferred method). Add in berries and gently fold everything together till it’s just barely incorporated; lumps are your friends
- Bake in a well greased or paper lined muffin pan for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick in the middle comes out clean. Cool in a metal or glass pan pan for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack, longer for a silicone pan (wait for silicone to be cool to the touch for best results)
mmm, cranberry orange muffins. they sound wonderful + the mickey shapes are just too cute!