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Chocolate Cranberry Orange Muffin Recipe

Recipe by becky

  • Total TimeAbout 1 hour
  • Yield12 muffins 1x

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

Ingredients

Scale

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, at room temperature
100 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. Dot the tops with the reserved cranberries, nuts, and chocolate.

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

 

  • Prep Time: 25 minutes
  • Cook Time: 22-24 mintues
  • Category: Muffins
  • Method: Oven
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