Cranberry Muffins with Walnut Streusel
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Cranberry Muffins with Walnut Streusel and Lemon Glaze

Cranberry Muffins with Walnut Streusel and Lemon Glaze

Cranberry muffins topped with a crunchy walnut streusel and finished with a tangy lemon drizzle. Oh, I love the holidays!

Ahhh, sunny California living! I love it…but we’re more than a month into the fall and it was over 90 degrees here most of last week. This week has offered a bit of a break from that heat with a high of only 70 degrees today!

With the summer heat starting to subside, my house will start smelling like cinnamon and nutmeg and all things fall. I enjoy the feeling of the holidays and even though our weather stays pretty consistent all year long, I do like to bring the holidays into the home with the aroma of pumpkin spice, warm gingerbread and tart cranberries! Yum!

My first treats of the season are these delightful muffins, baked with fresh cranberries that are bursting with bitter sweet goodness!

Cranberry Muffins with Walnut Streusel and Lemon Glaze

…and that crumb topping! Crunchy, buttery and sweet!

I’ve made two batches of these beauties already and they don’t stick around long. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Cranberry Muffins with Walnut Streusel and Lemon Glaze
Course: Dessert, Snack
Servings: 12 Muffins
Author: Isis
Ingredients
Walnut Streusel
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 4 Tablespoons butter melted
  • ¼ cup chopped walnuts
Muffins
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
  • 1 ½ cups cranberries
  • 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
Lemon Glaze
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 ½ - 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
Walnut Streusel
  1. Combine the flour, brown sugar and salt
  2. Add the melted butter and mix until crumbly
  3. Stir in the walnuts and set aside
Muffins
  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F
  2. Line a muffin pan with paper muffin cups or lightly grease the cups of the muffin pan
  3. Mix together the flour, ½ cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
  4. Combine the yogurt, egg and butter in a separate bowl
  5. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until combined
  6. Toss the cranberries with 1 tablespoon of sugar
  7. Fold the sugar-coated cranberries into the batter
  8. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups and top evenly with the prepared streusel
  9. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until muffins are golden and a toothpick comes out clean
  10. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes
Lemon Glaze
  1. Mix the powdered sugar with 1 ½ tablespoons of lemon juice until smooth, adding small amounts of lemon juice as needed to achieve desired consistency
  2. Drizzle the glaze over the muffins

Cranberry Muffins with Walnut Streusel and Lemon Glaze

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