Cranberry Cream Cheese Streusel Muffins with Orange Glaze
I have decided that there are two kinds of Baby Moms — the ones who tote their babies all around town like nothing has changed, and the ones who start living in PJs and hiding out at home to the point that the outside world becomes almost frightening.
Wanna guess which one I am?
Siiiiiiiiiiiigh.
The other day, I ventured on my porch to collect some UPS packages, and I’m pretty sure a few of the neighbors applauded.
Then I ran back inside because the sunlight was making smoke rise from my skin.
My shopping lists have become more detailed than ever, which is what happens when you depend on your husband to do the shopping. Items are described by size, location, and exact writing on the label. My lists are basically novels nowadays, minus the cover and binding which ACTUALLY isn’t a bad idea. Men are hairy and sweaty and large handed, which can be rough on notebook paper sometimes.
Also, I basically live on PB&J and frozen bean burritos. I hear that there are burgers and salads and things in the outside land, but my memories are so vague that I can’t be sure.
So the other day, I decided to really live on the edge and make muffins. These muffins are actually worth a lot of money, millions probably, because stuff like making muffins takes me a REAAALY long time right now.
Cut the berries. Feed the baby.
Stir the batter. Change the baby.
Wash hands.
Bake muffins. Take pictures of the baby for Instagram.
You get my point.
Besides being worth millions, they are also crazy delicious and not at all complicated to throw together in the morning. Of course, your muffins won’t be QUIIIIIIIITE as valuable as mine, unless you have a tiny baby, BUT — they will taste as good. Unless you are a horrible cook, in which case, maybe you should give this recipe to someone else?
We all have different gifts, just saying.
These muffins are loaded with orange zest, chopped cranberries, and chunks of cream cheese, then topped with streusel and a yummy orange glaze.
DO IT!!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (4 TBS) Butter, softened
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
- 1 cup fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped
- 4 oz cold cream cheese, cut into small pieces
- 4 Tablespoons flour
- 4 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 Tablespoons cold butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375. Line 12 muffin tins with paper liners and set aside.
- In the bowl of your mixer, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually add to butter mixture ,alternating with the milk, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Fold in orange zest, cranberries and cream cheese and divide batter evenly into the 12 prepared muffin tins.
- Prepare topping: In a small bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter and bake for about 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 TBS orange juice and 1/2 cup powdered sugar. Drizzle over muffins before serving.
These are the perfect holiday breakfast and great for gifting to neighbors.
Enjoy and have a happy Wednesday!!
P.S. You still have time to enter the Creative Holiday Recipe Contest that I’m hosting with Shelly!! We have lots of great entries so far, and I’d love to see yours!!
P.P.S. Speaking of Shelly…she and I are featured in this month’s issue of Foodiecrush, an online magazine for food bloggers!! We were asked to participate in a feature about bloggers who became friends in real life, and I love how the article came out. It’s a lot of fun, so go peek at it if you have a minute!!
They look delicious!!! Glad you are “back”! I love reading your thoughts and recipes!
I have all the ingredients in my kitchen right now! Can’t wait to try them. Welcome back!
Two things:
1. When I was pregnant I had to be on bed rest at about 25 weeks. I had to draw maps of the grocery store and Costco for my husband, and make the shopping list by aisle. Shopping isn’t his gift. He’s good at a lot, a lot of things. Shopping isn’t one of them.
2. I read “chunks of cream cheese” and for some reason my first thought was, “Ewww!” Then that quickly changed to “Mmmm, chunks of cream cheese!”
p.s. Thanks for adding in the hand washing part. ;oP
Glad you’re back, but I think everyone is going to be pretty gracious about you taking just as much time as you need to acclimate to your new life!
welcome back! your posts always make me laugh. anyway, i am absolutely making these. :)
You crack me up girl! I haven’t done that whole baby thing yet, but I do know that 1) when I’m pregnant I will NOT get to be one of those cute prego people and 2) once I actually pop the kid out I’m also going to live in my pjs. So, I feel ya… kinda.
HAAAAAAAAAA Sometimes I think we may be related. Everything takes forever with a new baby, and you would think by baby #6 I would have had this thing down pat. NOPE…..This last baby hates for me to do anything I think. The muffins look great, baby Lucy is beautiful, and you are within your right to wear your pj’s all day. My eyes hurt when I go outside as well. My husband is still doing all the shopping and my baby is now 11 weeks. haaa. So you are fine. You are doing better than I am. Great, now I feel lazy. MAYBE, I’ll do the shopping this week. Hubby always gets the wrong stuff anyway.
I’m totally the second kind! I feel like I’m starting to glow white. It’s been too long since I’ve been out.
On the plus side, I did shower and put on actual jeans this morning, which is more than I can say about yesterday.
Yes, the price of muffins has risen to $400 a muffin since you last ventured outdoors. The world moves fast.
But I think I might $400 for one of these..they look phenomenal!
Yay! You’re back! We missed you!
These muffins look delicious and it’s really not good to be toting a newborn all over town picking up all those nasty germs, so see… you were doing the right thing all along. Applaud your pajama wearing self.
Just found your site thru the Gourmet Mom! Love it and congrats on the baby!
Haha! I can so relate. I also make lists by aisle, label and size. I refuse to take the kids out more than I need to, because it’s hardly ever worth it. Between naps, needs and meals there is hardly time to run out. OMG just realized I haven’t left the house since Monday morning. :)
What I love most about new babies (after they’ve been bathed) is the way babies smell. I wish baby smell could be bottled!!
These muffins look amazing!! Everything else has my attention but the cranberries. Might have to try these anyways!
I have no new baby and I still do my best to hide from the outside world. I just love the inside of my house. It’s so cozy and there aren’t a lot of people. I sorta hate people, for the most part.
sending happy thoughts– love your blog :)
New babies are hard – especially if you are nursing. My husband used to joke that the baby was crying because I hadn’t taken a shower in almost a week (and he was probably right!). My youngest is 11 months, and our oldest is 2 1/2. It gets easier – I promise!!!
So nice to have you back Kristan! That was a great article on you & Shelly. I enjoy both of your blogs so much. Of course I’d already figured out that you two are good friends, but it’s funny because from the very beginning your blogs have always reminded me of each other. You two both have such funny, witty personalities, & your writing styles are so similar. Not hard to figure out why you’re BFF’s. :)
Love cranberry and orange together- these muffins look amazing!
Can’t believe you are back and baking muffins already – I am not sure I stepped foot in the kitchen this soon after my son was born.
I would love to make this recipe right now, but I only have dried cranberries on hand….would that work?
In the ingredients you list baking powder, but in the instructions you say baking soda. Which one is the correct ingredient? Thanks.
Wow. What a comeback. I love that you didn’t go for anything easy and simple as a warm-up for adding a whole extra aspect of work back into your life. I would have made rice krispies and basically thought of myself as a super hero. These sound so good! And there is so much deliciousness going on all over the place with them!
I was smelling the oranges we bought at the farmers market today as I am sitting here on the computer and decided I would like to make something delicious out of these beauties. Off I go on a search for recipes… What goes good with oranges? Cranberries! And everything is better with cheese, right? And that is how I stumbled onto this recipe and your site. Very entertaining. Thanks for posting!
In the ingredients you list baking powder, but in the instructions you say baking soda. Which one is the correct ingredient? Thanks.
You state using flour in your receipe is that plain flour ? you call that all purpose in america or self raising flour that you use Thank you I want to make these they look awesome
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