I’ve come to realize something about myself and my relationship with Pinterest. I’m very impressionable. I see the picture and immediately, I must have, do, see, eat, create whatever has been pinned. Such is the case with these Cranberry Orange muffins. I didn’t even know I was craving both cranberries and oranges until I came across this pin. I’ve also come to realize that I tend to need immediate gratification. Unfortunately, these had to wait a bit, as I was out of oranges {we had been keeping a bag around the house lately, ironically}.
The details:
You can find the recipe here at Bakingdom
The taste:
A-mazing. These muffins were very moist and tender. The orange flavor was very mild. I would have liked to see a more pronounced orange flavor…which leads me to..
The Spin:
Instead of reducing the orange juice and sugar as stated in the recipe, I made a sugar/orange juice glaze. Remove muffins from oven and let cool for 5-10 minutes. Dip tops in glaze and place on cooling rack to cool completely.
Glaze:
1 cup of powdered sugar
3-4 tbsp fresh orange juice or more as needed for desired consistency.
1 tsp finely zested orange peel
1 tsp vanilla
Mix and thin with more orange juice as needed.
After glazing the muffins definitely had a kicked-up orange flavor and the glaze sealed in the moisture and made these muffins even better the following day. Love, love, love this pin and recipe!
