Cranberry Corn Muffins

Do you like your cornbread sweet or savory?  I prefer it sweet so that is why I made these Cranberry Corn Muffins.  Imagine a sweet corn muffin loaded with cranberries.  I used fruit sweetened, dried cranberries, but you can use fresh cranberries if you like a little tart with your sweet.  These Cranberry Corn Muffins contain no oil.  I am really trying to limit my oils lately.  Don’t get me wrong, I love healthy fats, it’s just the use of oil I am limiting.

Cranberry Corn Muffins - My Whole Food Life

These corn muffins are vegan and gluten free.  If you didn’t want to use cranberries, you could use raisins instead.  I also did think about using fresh blueberries instead of the cranberries.  I just didn’t want to pay the price for fresh blueberries out of season.  I think these would also be delicious with my homemade cranberry sauce.  Or maybe even my blueberry chia jam.  Yum!

Cranberry Corn Muffins

Cranberry Corn Muffins

Prep Time 5 min Cook Time 15 min Serves 6 large muffins or 12 standard muffins     adjust servings

The perfect side for your Thanksgiving table.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. In one bowl , mix the dry ingredients.
  3. Mix wet in another bowl .
  4. Add wet to dry and just mix until combined.
  5. Fold in the cranberries.
  6. Spoon batter into muffin pans. I used jumbo muffin pans with silicone liners . You can use standard muffin pans as well. If you use standard muffin pans, bake for less time.
  7. Bake for about 12-15 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  8. Let the muffins cool completely before removing from the pans.

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Recipe Notes

Please store these muffins in the fridge in an airtight container. You can also freeze them for longer storage.

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19 thoughts to “Cranberry Corn Muffins”

  1. im with you in the sweet cornbread. Yum! I try to limit my oil as well I prefer to get my fats from nuts, fish and avocado. This recipe looks like the perfect muffin to make stuffing with (less sweetness of course). Thanks for sharing!!
  2. I could swing either way and have sweet or savoury corn bread as I love them both equally - but there is no way I could turn down these cranberry corn muffins as they sound delicious! Thanks for sharing, I love that these have applesauce instead of oil :D
  3. I'm sorry but I just made these this morning without the cranberries and I had to spit them out! They were absolutely disgusting. Not sure what I did wrong..I used Bob mills medium grind corn meal. I want a sweet corn bread that's edible. Help!!
      1. They tasted horrible. However I realized I made the wrong ones. I had found another one so I'll try that and see what happens. You have such a great assortment of recipes. Thank you.
  4. I made these yesterday, using flax eggs. They were good but hardly rose so they are very dense. I don't have jumbo muffin cups so made the standard size. Was it your experience that they didn't rise very much? The wheat eaters scorned them...
      1. I used sorghum flour. We are celiacs so gluten free but I had some guests who had a bit and left on plate. They were good, but I wondered if I made them again, I would add some baking powder?
        1. That might make them rise a little more. I usually add baking powder instead of soda, but I was out at the time I made these. Maybe 1 tsp baking powder and 1 tsp baking soda next time?
          1. Thanks, Melissa, I will let you know how they turn out next time. I really appreciate your recipes, and I know a lot of work and thought goes into them. Laura
    1. You can try and please let me know what happens. Like I said, I usually use baking powder, but I was out of it at the time.
  5. Hi Melissa, I love the idea of cranberry in corn muffins, (as I munch on one while eating your white bean soup recipe), it's very tasty. Do you think this reicpe can be tweaked by grinding the cornmeal a little bit so the meal it's not as grittily? I'd prefer a smoother corn muffin. If we do grind the cornmeal into a finer texture, how much should I replace it with? Same ratio? Btw, top your white bean soup w/some dried cranberries as you eat it with this muffin, hits the spot.
    1. Thanks Elyna. I am guessing you could grind it up and then use the same amount? I think cornmeal itself comes in different degrees of meal. Maybe the kind you got was on the coarser side?
  6. These sound delicious. I usually prefer cornbread savoury with a chili - but definitely want to give this a try. I reckon it would work great for a lunch time snack :-)

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