Recipe #42: Cranberry-Orange Muffins with Walnuts

Cranberry-Orange Muffins with Walnuts

I obtained this recipe for Cranberry Orange Muffins from a website called Sally's Baking Addiction. The author has many wonderful recipes, including this one, which produced the best cranberry muffins thus far. I added walnuts to her excellent recipe, which only made them more delicious! The tartness of the cranberries combined nicely with the sweetness from the orange juice, brown sugar and orange glaze. And the walnuts added a nice crunch.

I served these to guests around the Thanksgiving holiday, and they thoroughly enjoyed them. In fact, when I finally found the time to take a photograph, there was only one left!

I would definitely make these muffins again, especially at Thanksgiving time. I rate these 5 out of 5.

Next Up: Cranberry-Wheat Berry Muffins

Recipe #41: Cranberry Muffins

Cranberry Muffins

The recipe in the 201 Muffins book, Cranberry Muffins, was designed to produce a plain muffin with cranberries. I found a recipe called Fresh Cranberry Muffins on the website, My Recipes, that seemed to fit the bill. It was a simple recipe, but unfortunately it produced muffins that were kind of sour and just a little too plain. More sugar might have helped, so once I learned how sour they were, I put a little orange glaze on the top to sweeten them up a bit. It didn't help much. My tasters said they were just "okay," but I didn't really like them myself.

Better luck next time, I guess! I rate these muffins 3 out of 5.

Next up: Cranberry-Orange Muffins with Walnuts