Cranberry Orange Muffins

Well, it has been a long time since I updated. I've made a lot of food and taken pictures of almost of it, but I just haven't had time to update. Thankfully, my life will be slightly less busy for the next week.

I made these muffins Saturday night and Sunday night - they were just that good!

Cranberry Orange Muffins (makes about 16 muffins)

Ingredients

• 2 c. flour
• 1/2 c. brown sugar
• 1/4 c. sugar
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 3/4 c. milk
• 1/2 c. orange juice
• 1/2 c. oil
• 1 egg
• 1 cup dried cranberries
  
• 2 tsp. orange marmalade
• 1/2 c. chopped pecans (or walnuts, or both!)
  
• 4 tbsp. sugar

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Mix the flour, brown sugar, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a large mixing bowl.
  
• Add the milk, orange juice, oil, and egg into the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix until just moistened.
  
• Stir in the cranberries and marmalade. The marmalade blends in more easily if placed in dollops around the batter instead of in one huge mass.
  
• Fill the muffin cups up 2/3 full or 3/4 full for more "top-heavy" muffins.
  
• Mix the pecans and sugar in a separate bowl and then sprinkle on top of the muffins.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  

This time I lined the muffin cups with liners to make cleanup a bit easier. I would recommend that you don't use them because I think the texture of the muffin turns out better without a liner. Either way, they are delicious!