These beautiful blueberry and cranberry muffins are just the perfect way to celebrate Mother's day all-year-round.
Gorgeous yet simple, delicious and tender, there's everything to love about these Blueberry and Cranberry Muffins. They make such a lovely homemade treat to celebrate Mother's day.
This is an absolutely fool-proof basic muffin recipe. You only need to mix the dry ingredients in one bowl, wet ingredients in another. Mix the two together and the job is done.
The batter is super easy and made with simple ingredients, plus you can have fun create different combinations. Try swapping blueberries for raspberries and strawberries for some more Summer flavors.
If fresh blueberries aren't available, you can use frozen, the flavors won't be compromised and they're available all-year-round. I've used low-fat organic Greek yogurt, but you can easily substitute with the same amount of buttermilk (which makes supermoist muffins), milk or soy milk. All alternatives will deliver yummy and mouthwatering muffins.
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Recipe
Blueberry and Cranberry Muffins
Ingredients
Dry ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 tsps baking powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh orange zest
- 1 cup demerara or granulated sugar
Wet ingredients:
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup low-fat greek yogurt, or milk/buttermilk/soy milk
- ½ cup light olive oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Other:
- 1 cup blueberries
- ½ cup chopped dried cranberries
- coarse sugar for sprinkling, optional
Instructions
- Preheated oven to. Line a muffin tray with lining paper or spray with oil.
- In a large bowl, mix all dry ingredients until combined, about 20 seconds.
- In another bowl whisk the eggs well, until light and fluffy. Mix in yogurt, oil, and vanilla. The mixture will be pale and yellow.
- Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix everything together gently with a spatula. Mix just until all ingredients are combined and avoid to over mix the batter.
- Add in blueberries and cranberries and mix just until combined.
- Pour batter into prepared muffin tins, filling almost all the way to the top. Sprinkle the top with sugar, if you like.
- Bake at 425F/200C for 5 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375F/180C and continue to bake for 20-25 minutes or until lightly golden on top and centers appear set.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and serve.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
Notes
You can substitute yogurt with milk, buttermilk, soy milk.
Nutrition
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Maggie says
Batter was really thick, more like a dough. I added 1/4 cup water so that I could fold in the berries. Having said that, muffins were delicious and flavourful.
Julie McKibbon says
The batter was very thick
Linda says
These are wonderful. The blueberry/cranberry/orange zest combination make an excellent and tasty muffin. I used regular whole milk yogurt because that’s what I had in the fridge. These muffins are very moist and very flavorful. This recipe is definitely a keeper.
Patti says
Wonderful moist muffins.