If you like fruit, I highly recommend giving these zesty cranberry lemon muffins a try. They are tart and just sweet enough to make you feel like you are eating a dessert. Yet, they are balanced to be more hearty and filling than your ordinary sweet muffins.
I chose to use dried cranberries for the chewiness factor, but they could easily be traded for fresh ones. The choice is yours. Add in some nuts if you like for an even more pleasant surprise for your tastebuds. If you want to learn how to make zesty cranberry lemon muffins, keep reading. These are super fast to make!
First, weigh out your cranberries. 
Toss in a bit of flour. 
Next, zest and juice a clean lemon. 
Add all ingredients except cranberries in a bowl and stir. 
Then, fold in your cranberries. 
Finally ready for the oven! 
Bake until golden brown. 
Cool before storing. 
It’s very pretty! 
Happy baking.
If you are still confused on how to make zesty cranberry lemon muffins, check out this brief tutorial. You’ll be zipping down to the store to make these delightful muffins today. And while you are add it, hop on over to the banana muffin recipe and have a fruitastic filled day!
Cranberry Lemon Muffins
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Ingredients
- 2 cups (300g) flour
- 1 cup (160g) dried cranberries
- ¾ cup (180mL) milk
- ¾ cup (150g) sugar
- 2 large (100g) eggs
- ⅓ cup (80mL) oil
- 3 tbs (45mL) zest and juice of a lemon
- 1 tsp (6g) baking soda
- ½ tsp (2.5g) salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F (200C.)
- Grease or line a muffin tin with paper cups.
- Toss cranberries in 2 tbs of the flour, set aside. Zest and juice one lemon.
- In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and zest.
- In a smaller bowl, combine milk, eggs, oil and lemon juice. Pour wet ingredients into dry, mixing until just combined. Fold in cranberries.
- Divide batter equally into each muffin tin, about 3 tbs.
- Bake 16 – 19 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
These were fantastic! Let’s just say my boys and I ate all 12 between the three of us.
I’m so glad you all liked the muffins, Katie! If you want to try something different next time, I added a cup of chopped nuts to the recipe and it went over very well.