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Chocolate Cranberry Orange Muffin Recipe

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Chocolate muffins filled with cranberries, pecans, orange zest, and white chocolate chips, plus a crunchy streusel topping.

Ingredients

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Streusel topping:

45 grams dark brown sugar (3 tablespoons, packed)
12 grams cocoa powder (2 tablespoons)
20 grams all-purpose flour (2 tablespoons)
15 grams chopped pecans (2 tablespoons)
30 grams unsalted butter (2 tablespoons), cold and cubed
Zest of 1/2 orange

Muffins:

160 grams all-purpose flour (1 1/4 cup), plus 1 teaspoon for coating the cranberries
35 grams cocoa powder (1/4 cup)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 large egg
105 grams granulated sugar (1/2 cup)
120 milliliters whole milk (1/2 cup)
45 milliliters canola oil (3 tablespoons)
Zest of one large orange
100 grams fresh or frozen cranberries (1 cup)
30 grams coarsely chopped pecans (1/3 cup)
85 grams white chocolate chips (3 ounces; about 1/2 cup)

Instructions

Streusel topping:

In a small bowl, whisk together brown sugar, cocoa powder, flour, and pecans.

A bowl containing ingredients for chocolate cranberry orange muffins

Cranberry muffin ingredients in a bowl

Add the orange zest and whisk to combine.

Orange zest in a bowl with cranberry muffin ingredients

Dry muffin ingredients in a bowl

Add the cold butter. With your fingertips, rub the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.

Butter in a bowl with dry muffin ingredients

Butter crumbled into flour and cocoa powder in a bowl

Refrigerate the streusel topping while you prepare the muffins.

Muffins:

Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper or silicone baking cups. Preheat oven to 350° F / 175° C.

Silicone muffin liners in a pan

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Whisk in a bowl with muffin ingredients

In a separate bowl, whisk together egg, granulated sugar, milk, canola oil, and orange zest.

Eggs and whisk in a bowl

In a small bowl, combine cranberries with 1 teaspoon flour, and toss with a fork.

Cranberries and flour in a bowl

With a rubber spatula, fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Do not overmix. (Batter will be lumpy.)

Chocolate muffin batter and spatula in a bowl

Fold in the cranberries, white chocolate chips, and chopped pecans, reserving a few of each for the tops of the muffins.

Chocolate, nuts, cranberries, and chocolate muffin batter in a bowl

Cranberry muffin batter in a bowl

With a teaspoon, spoon the batter into prepared muffin tin.

Chocolate muffin batter in silicone liners

Sprinkle with the streusel mixture.

Streusel topping in a bowl

Chocolate muffins with streusel topping in muffin cups

Bake in preheated oven for 22-24 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Baked chocolate cranberry muffins on a wire rack

Serve immediately. Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two days.

Looking down at a chocolate muffin with orange zest on top, next to a bowl of red cranberries

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