Cranberry Eggnog Coffee Cake Muffins Recipes

OVERNIGHT CRANBERRY-EGGNOG COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. In a small bowl, whisk eggnog, sour cream and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, orange zest, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with eggnog mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in cranberries. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. For streusel, in a small bowl, mix sugar, flour, butter and cinnamon until blended. Stir in pecans; sprinkle over batter. Refrigerate, covered, at least 8 hours or overnight. , Preheat oven to 350°. Remove pan from refrigerator while oven heats. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 20 minutes., For glaze, in a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar and eggnog until smooth; drizzle over cake. Serve warm.

CAKE MIX CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat the top and inside cups of a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Put 1/4 cup almonds in the bowl of a food processor. Process until very fine and the nuts are the texture of cornmeal. Add the cake mix, yogurt, eggs, oil, 1/4 cup water and the remaining 3/4 cup whole almonds. Pulse until no bits of dry cake mix remain and the nuts are coarsely chopped Add 1/4 teaspoon of zest and the orange juice to the batter with the cranberries. Pulse two or three times to just combine the fruit.
• Divide the batter between muffin cups and bake until the tops are lightly browned and spring back to the touch, 18 to 20 minutes.
• Cool 10 minutes in the pan then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. In a small bowl whisk the powdered sugar, hot water and remaining 1/2 teaspoon zest until glossy and smooth. Adjust the consistency of the glaze with the remaining water, a few drops at a time until just loose enough to drizzle. Spoon over the cooled muffins. Let stand a few minutes for the glaze to harden.

CRANBERRY-EGGNOG MUFFINS

Steps:

• Prepare the muffins: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Mist a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray. Warm the cranberries and rum in a small saucepan over medium heat, then remove from the heat and let steep 5 minutes. Drain.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, brown sugar and salt in a medium bowl.
• Whisk the butter, eggnog, eggs and vanilla in another bowl. Gently fold into the flour mixture. (The batter will be lumpy; do not overmix.) Fold in the cranberries. Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups.
• Make the topping: Mix the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter, salt and brown sugar in a bowl with your fingertips until it looks like wet sand. Sprinkle generously over the batter.
• Bake until the muffins are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool slightly in the pan, then carefully remove to a rack.

CRANBERRY EGGNOG MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk the first 5 ingredients. In another bowl, whisk egg, eggnog and melted butter until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened., Spoon 1 tablespoon batter in bottom of each of 12 greased or paper-lined muffin cups. Drop 1 teaspoon cranberry sauce into center of each; top with remaining batter and cranberry sauce. Cut through batter with a knife to swirl., Bake 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

STREUSEL-TOPPED CRANBERRY COFFEE CAKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
• In large bowl, beat granulate sugar and oil with electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Add sour cream, vanilla and eggs; beat on low speed until well combined.
• In medium bowl, stir together 2 cups flour, the baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon with mixer running on low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture until combined.
• Fill each muffin cup with 1 heaping tablespoon batter. Top each with 1 tablespoon cranberry sauce. Divide remaining batter evenly among muffin cups, covering cranberry sauce (no need to completely cover).
• In small bowl, mix streusel topping ingredients with fingers until crumbly; sprinkle evenly over batter in cups.
• Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm or cooled.

CRANBERRY EGGNOG MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix cranberries and 2 tbsp sugar together, set aside.
• Mix the dry ingredients together, then in separate bowl mix eggnog, butter, eggs, and extract together and add to flour mixture. Do not over mix.
• Fold in cranberries and drop into greased muffin cups.
• Streusel:.
• Mix dry ingredients together and then cut in the butter till well incorporated, then mix in nuts.
• Sprinkle over tops of muffins.
• Bake in preheated oven at 400°F.
• Bake approx 15-20 minutes, just till tops are set.
• Do not over bake or the muffins will dry out.