Cranberry Orange Cream Cheese Muffins
Cranberry orange muffins are a delicious Fall inspired muffin. They're bursting with cranberry and orange flavor with a sweet icing drizzled over the top.
Servings 18 muffins
Calories 308kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
- 2 teaspoons orange zest 1 orange
For the Icing
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Grease or line a muffin tin with paper cups and set aside.
- Using a hand mixer cream butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.
- In another bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt until combined.
- Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients just until mixed.
- Fold the cranberries and orange zest then divide the batter (I use an ice cream scoop) into the muffins tins.
- Bake for 20 -25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- In a small bowl add the powdered sugar and milk until combined.
- Once muffins are cooled drizzle icing over the top of muffins.
- Store in an airtight container.
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Notes
If you want the icing a little thinner add a touch more milk until your desired consistency.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 308kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 238mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g
