Cream Cheese Cranberry Muffins
Soft muffins made with cream cheese and fresh cranberries. Perfect for breakfast, brunch for Christmas and the holidays.
⏱️ Prep: 15 min🍳 Cook: 20 min
Ingredients
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | butter, softened |
| 1/2 package | cream cheese, softened (4 ounces) | |
| 3/4 cup | 180 ml | sugar |
| 2 | large eggs | |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | vanilla extract |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | all-purpose flour |
| 3/4 tsp | 3.8 ml | baking powder |
| 1/4 tsp | 1.3 ml | salt |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | fresh or frozen cranberries |
Instructions
Course: Breakfast. Prep Time 15 minutes. Cook Time 20 minutes. Total Time 35 minutes. Servings 12 muffins. Author: Melanie - Gather for Bread.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in cranberries.
- Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the muffins comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Remove to cooling rack to cool completely.