Description
Transform your leftover cranberry sauce into moist, flavorful coffee cake muffins that are perfect for breakfast, snack time, or dessert. This easy-to-make recipe combines common ingredients with cinnamon-spiced cranberry sauce, resulting in tender, lightly sweetened muffins that bring a delightful twist to your kitchen routine while minimizing food waste.
Ingredients
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Wet Ingredients
- 1 cup leftover cranberry sauce
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup melted butter or oil
- 1/2 cup milk or buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (or gluten-free flour blend for gluten-free option)
- 3/4 cup sugar (brown sugar preferred)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Prepare Your Ingredients: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a muffin tin with paper liners or grease well. Measure out dry and wet ingredients separately to simplify mixing.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon until evenly combined for consistent rising and flavor.
- Combine Wet Ingredients: In another bowl, beat the eggs. Add melted butter or oil, milk or buttermilk, vanilla extract, and leftover cranberry sauce. Stir gently until blended without overmixing.
- Incorporate Wet and Dry Mixtures: Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold together gently with a spatula just until combined. Some lumps are okay and help keep muffins tender.
- Fill and Bake: Spoon the batter evenly into the muffin cups, filling about two-thirds full. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool and Enjoy: Let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely, or enjoy them warm for a cozy treat.
Notes
- Use room temperature ingredients for even mixing and better rise.
- Do not overmix the batter to avoid dense muffins.
- Test doneness by inserting a toothpick; it should come out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
- Adjust sugar based on the tartness of your leftover cranberry sauce.
- For extra texture, add a streusel topping made from flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter before baking.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1.5g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 45mg