Cream Cheese Cranberry Muffins Recipe

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Moist and chock-full of colorful berries, these marvelous muffins are a seasonal specialty of Mrs. Leonard Keszler, Bismarck, North Dakota. "They are light and tasty, and they freeze very well," she says.

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Cream Cheese Cranberry Muffins Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min./batch
  • Yield: 24 Servings
15 20 35

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • DRIZZLE:
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 3 tablespoons 2% milk

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese, sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in cranberries and pecans.
  • Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
  • If desired, combine the glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm muffins. Serve warm. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 105 calories, 6 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 46 mg cholesterol, 113 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Cream Cheese Cranberry Muffins in Taste of Home December/January 2007, p10

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Big Batch Baked Goods

We enjoy homemade baked goods for breakfast, but I don’t have time to bake each morning before school. So I devote 1 day a month to making large batches of cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, cream cheese rolls and muffins. I place them in heavy-duty resealable plastic bags labeled with the date. (They freeze for about 2 months.) On busy mornings, it’s a snap to pop a few in the microwave to warm. The kids love the fresh-baked flavor. —Lori T., New London, Texas

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Reviewed on Mar. 03, 2012 by Ainsley

Were a bit dry.


Reviewed on Feb. 21, 2012 by Dubonet

This is one of the BEST muffin recipies I have tried, so versitile also! I have used blueberries, and peaches also. Yummy! My families new favorite!


Reviewed on Jan. 12, 2012 by skymom747

Delicious! I didn't have pecans, so I substituted with walnuts. Its nice it makes so many muffins, I ended up freezing about half, and they were still just as tasty.


Reviewed on Nov. 05, 2011 by gracey317

These are lightest and very tasty. I made them in mini bundt cake pans. Which gave them a great presentation as well as taste. The yield is a bit less but I like the effect baking them in the smaller bundt pan.


Reviewed on Oct. 27, 2011 by Sprowl

Wonderful! Really enjoyed, but because we are a small family, I halfed the recipe and baked them in the large muffin pans. It made 6. The original recipe in the magazine didn't have the drizzle on them and it is tasty both ways.


Reviewed on Apr. 04, 2011 by Jessica2783

Nice dense & moist texture. Very nice treat.


Reviewed on Oct. 28, 2010 by Cookin dad

I brought this up to our freind camp and everyone loved them, neadless to say, these muffins did not even make it to the end of the day! Very moist and it almost taste like cheesecake. I also made a batch on mini muffins & cut the time in half. They turned out great! I will be making this again and again!


Reviewed on Oct. 09, 2010 by ericajo2001

These are the most moist muffins I have ever had! I substituted the drizzle for a streusel topping of flour, brown sugar, cinnamon & butter to give them a bit more sweetness & crunch and they were amazing!


Reviewed on May. 11, 2010 by Spiffy64

i like these muffins, but i have found other ones just almost as good that didn't take cream cheese and were more economical. But if you are going for a super yummy moist muffin this is it!


Reviewed on Jan. 28, 2010 by Brendat4

A friend of mine made these for a brunch we went to--they were delicious and very moist. I brought some leftovers home--my daughter has been begging for more ever since!

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