Cranberry Orange Muffins for Christmas Morning
 
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These orange cranberry drizzle muffins make for the perfect, cosy breakfast on Christmas morning.
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • Zest of 1 orange (organic if possible)
  • ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup honey
  • ½ cup milk (whatever milk you like)
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • pinch allspice (optional)
  • ¾ cup dried cranberries
  • For the Drizzle:
  • Juice of 1 orange
  • 1 tbsp honey
Method
  1. Preheat your oven to 350F/175C and line your muffin tin with liners
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and orange zest, set aside
  3. In a large bowl, whisk cream the butter until smooth. Use a stand mixer if you have one, otherwise an electric hand whisk will do the trick! Once the butter is smooth, add the egg, honey, milk, cinnamon and allspice
  4. Mix in the flour until JUST combined (overmixing makes dry, tough muffins, no good!). Finally, fold in the cranberries.
  5. Spoon the muffin mixture into the muffin tins, and pop in the oven for about 15-18 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean
  6. While the muffins are baking, prepare the orange-honey drizzle: juice the orange you zested into a small sauce pan. Add the honey, and gently warm through and stir together
  7. When the muffins are baked, remove from the tin and place to cool on a wire rack. Using a toothpick, poke a few little holes through the top of each muffin. Carefully spoon a little of the honey-orange drizzle over each muffin until all the drizzle has gone
Recipe by Emma's Little Kitchen at https://www.emmaslittlekitchen.com/orange-cranberry-drizzle-muffins-for-christmas-morning/