If you happen to have any extra cranberry sauce during the holidays, here’s a good recipe you can use it in! These Cranberry Sauce Muffins are sweetened with brown sugar and whole berry cranberry sauce—you can use your own homemade cranberry sauce, like this Fresh Cranberry Sauce)—or you can use whole berry cranberry sauce from a can. These muffins have some oats in them, too, so they’re both healthy and tasty!
Sometimes I add a Cranberry Sauce Glaze on top of these muffins but they are great with or without the glaze. So if you’re watching your calories, just leave the glaze off. They taste great right out of the oven, spread with a little butter or Cranberry–Pecan Cream Cheese Spread. Yum! I adapted this recipe from Serious Eats.
Cranberry Sauce Muffins
CRANBERRY SAUCE MUFFINS by NancyC
Makes 16 muffins
1 1/2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup canola oil or light olive oil
1 1/2 cups Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce (I use either my homemade recipe or the Ocean Spray® brand)
1 large egg
Preheat oven to 400˚F. Line 16 muffin tins with paper baking cups.
In large bowl, blend together flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In medium-size bowl, combine milk, oil, cranberry sauce and egg; blend well.
Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients all at once and stir until dry ingredients are moistened.
Fill muffin cups about 3/4 full (or even just a little more). Bake 20 minutes at 400˚F, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. You can eat these warm right out of the oven or let the muffins cool completely and top them with this glaze…
CRANBERRY SAUCE GLAZE
1 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 Tablespoons milk or Half & Half (light cream)
1 Tablespoon Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
Chopped pecans for sprinkling over glaze
In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and milk (or half and half) together, blending well. Stir in the cranberry sauce and blend well. Drizzle over cooled muffins, then sprinkle with pecans if desired. Let glaze set and then serve.
Recipe from NancyC | nancy-c.com
This is a great muffin for fall and winter when you’re craving that great cranberry flavor. And it’s always nice to bake muffins and other goodies when it’s cold outside! What have you been baking this holiday season?
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NancyC 
25 responses to “Cranberry Sauce Muffins”
Hi Nancy, you always make the best muffins, we love cranberries!
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Thank you, Cheri–what a nice compliment! 🙂 Hope you enjoy these muffins if you get a chance to try them!
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Mmmm everything in this recipe I like plus what a nice addition to put the glaze on to boot!! Thank you for sharing! On my “to do list” this weekend!
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Glad to hear you like the recipe and are going to try it, Linda! 🙂
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These look great Nancy and that glaze sounds amazing!
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This looks so yummy! Wonder how it would taste with huckleberries…?? – http://www.domesticgeekgirl.com
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I’m sure they would work great, too! Let me know if you try it!
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So yummy!! Definitely will be trying these! Btw, I nominated you for the Mystery Blogger Award! Check out the post here: https://orchidsandsweettea.com/2017/01/23/i-got-the-mystery-blogger-award/
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Thanks so much for the nomination! I don’t think I will be able to participate, but I do appreciate it! Hope you enjoy these muffins, too!
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You’re very welcome! No worries!! I’m sure I will enjoy them. 🙂
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They look delicious and perfect for the winter time along with a cup of tea!
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Definitely worth saving this recipe for the holidays.
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I love cranberry everything, this sounds like a great way to make holiday season last a little longer 🙂
ps – i just stumbled on your blog again for the first time in AGES after I was reading some old posts/comments on my blog. So glad to have found your site again and will definitely be catching up. hope to see you around in good taste (now http://www.ingoodtaste.kitchen) again soon!
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Hi Maris, good to hear from you again! I took a quick look at your site and it looks great! I will definitely go back to visit more! 🙂
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Made these today! Subbed OJ for the milk because my homemade whole berry sauce this year was cran-orange, and they’re yummy. Love the tartness of the berries with the brown sugar and the sugary icing (I used a quick confectioner’s sugar and whole milk icing left over from icing cookies). Thanks!
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You’re welcome, Summer–glad to hear you liked these muffins! 🙂
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This sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it.
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Hope you like them, Donna! 🙂
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What a delicious way to use up leftover cranberry sauce, Nancy! I love the glaze too. Sharing on the Hearth and Soul Facebook page. Thank you for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Community! Take care and Happy Holidays!
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Thanks for sharing this, April, and Happy Holidays to you too! 🙂
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Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us, we have featured it on Full Plate Thursday,516. Hope you had a very special Christmas and come back to see us soon!
Miz Helen
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Thanks so much for featuring it, Miz Helen! Hope you had a special Christmas, too! 🙂
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Oh yum! These look so delish! I love anything cranberry and anything muffin. I am definitely going to be trying your recipe. This is my first time joining in this Blog Hop and very happy to have found it! I join this week with a Holidate special! Have a Happy New Year!
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Glad you found this recipe and hope you enjoy it! 🙂 And Happy New Year to you, too!
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