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Best Panera-Style Cranberry Orange Muffins Recipe

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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 6 jumbo muffins

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 oranges
  • 1 1/2 cups cranberries
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • turbinado sugar for sprinkling on top

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a jumbo muffin tin with paper liners or coat with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Zest both oranges. Squeeze 1 tablespoon of juice from an orange. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk, sugar, eggs, oil, orange juice, orange zest and vanilla.
  • Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in the cranberries. Fill the muffin tin 3/4 of the way full with batter. Sprinkle turbinado sugar over the tops of the muffins. 
  • Bake 25 minutes until tops are golden brown, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool to room temperature in the muffin tin.
Keyword bread, breakfast, brunch
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