Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Streusel Muffins
Scrumptious, soft muffins made with fresh cranberries and white chocolate chips. These tasty muffins are also topped with sweet cranberry streusel.
I hope you are having a nice holiday season because over here, my head is spinning. Seems like between family craziness, work craziness, school craziness, looking for a new house, and my little man starting a new school, I’m pulled in a hundred different directions. I can’t wait to get a little break, which I’m hoping will come soon, very soon. Meanwhile, an afternoon coffee break is a must, I can’t survive the day without a couple of cups of coffee. You know what goes great with coffee? Muffins! It’s been a while since I had a homemade, fresh-from-the-oven muffin.
Little man dug up a bag of cranberries that I had in a fridge and was begging for me to open them so he could eat them. Hmmm, I guess he never actually had a fresh cranberry without it being in a baked treat or sweetened in any way. I gave him a couple of chances to back out but he was very much set of having some cranberries. So I gave him one to try and he looked at me like I was “Scrooge McDuck.” I told him that he could have more if he wanted but he should start with one. He didn’t need any more…
So instead, I offered to bake some muffins with cranberries and throw on some streusel since he was still a little hesitant after the fresh cranberry taste. Streusel always sweetens the deal. I threw in some minced dried cranberries into streusel too. Muffins came out awesome and that streusel definitely put them over the top.
Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Streusel Muffins
Ingredients
- Muffins:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 4 Tbsp melted butter
- 1 egg
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Dash of salt
- 1 1/4 cup fresh whole cranberries
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
- Streusel:
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp white sugar
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 2 1/2 Tbsp melted butter
- 2/3 cup dried cranberries minced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and grease a muffin pan with some baking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk egg, sugar, melted butter, sour cream, vanilla and milk.
- Sift in flour, salt and baking powder. Whisk together until smooth.
- Fold in cranberries and white chocolate chips.
- Fill the muffin pan cups ¾ full with muffin batter and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar, white sugar and flour. Mix well until all ingredients are incorporated evenly.
- Pour in melted butter and carefully fold it in with a large fork. You will want to be careful so you don't over-mix. Streusel should look like large crumbs and not paste.
- Fold in minced, dried cranberries into streusel crumbs.
- Sprinkle about two tablespoons of streusel on top of each muffin.
- Bake for 27-30 minutes (Do a toothpick test to check if they are done. Tip: insert the toothpick in the batter part and try not to hit a cranberry).
Nutrition
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i have made this recipe in the past. I wanted to do it in a paper cup which seems to be widely available. Iam wondering if i need to follow the same directions about filling it 3/4 full or should i add a little extra to each cup as its a bit taller than a muffin tin. i would love tohear from you on this !Thank you.
I’m so glad you’re making the recipe again! If you’re using a paper cup that’s a bit taller than a standard muffin tin, you can definitely add a little extra to each cup—just keep in mind that the batter may take a bit longer to cook through if the cups are filled higher. I would still recommend leaving a little room (around 3/4 full or just slightly more) to give the batter space to rise. Keep an eye on them while baking, and you may need to adjust the baking time accordingly. I’d love to hear how they turn out for you!
I do not have fresh cranberries can I use dried cranberries
Yes, you can rehydrate them in some cranberry juice for a few hours then drain and dry them off you could also use a little extra since they will be smaller.
They muffins are absolutely delicious! I have made them a minimum of seven times, and the eight is about to be made for co-workers’ treat tomorrow morning. Thank you for sharing Lyuba . . .
You are so welcome, Heather! I am really glad you liked them!
Quite literally THE BEST muffins I’ve ever had. My daughter didn’t like the cranberry so I changed it out (after I made the cran &what choc) for just chic chips. Delish!
Wow! What a compliment! Thank you so much! I am so glad you liked them, Micki!
Can frozen cranberries be used? I have bags and bags of them from last year !
I haven’t tried baking with frozen cranberries but I don’t see why not. Just let them defrost first and make sure there is no extra liquids when you’re adding the cranberries. Fold them gently.
I hope you enjoy it!
I am glad you made more than one. Great flavors and textures.
Me too 🙂 Thank you, Amy!!