Cranberry Orange Muffins

This is a nice winter muffin. 

Good during Christmas thru Valentine's Day.

I had a bag of cranberries in the freezer.

 You'll need 1 cup. Cut them in half.

 Ingredients.

 I use a  microplane to get 1 T of orange zest. 

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They are great. 

 Dry ingredients in one  bowl, wet in another.

 Combine the two but don't over mix.

Stir in the cranberries.

 I'm using heart shaped silicone cupcake molds.

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 Spray with Pam before filling. 

 Not too full (see the line) or they will lose their 

heart shape after baking. I sprinkled some of the

tops with cinnamon sugar. The pink ones.

After baking, let cool 5 minutes. 

They pop right out of the silicone hearts.

 Wash the cups in soapy water or the dishwasher

 and use over and over.

I piled mine into a milk glass bowl as

part of my Valentine kitchen decor.

Then I will stack them and store 

in a glass container.

 The heart shapes were small so I had batter left 

to make two jumbo muffins in glass custard cups.

Store some in the freezer.

But be sure to have one still warm from the oven!

Cranberry Orange Muffins

2-1/2 C flour

1 C sugar

2 t baking soda

Combine in a medium bowl

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1/2 C butter (1 stick), melted

2 eggs

3/4 C orange juice

1 T grated orange zest

Whisk together.

Stir into dry ingredients and mix just until

combined. Do not over mix.

Stir in:

1 C cranberries, cut in half

Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin tins

Sprinkle the tops of some with:

cinnamon sugar

Bake @350 for 20-25 minutes.

Makes 12-15 muffins

Enjoy!