Cream Cheese Cranberry Muffins – Soft muffins made with cream cheese and fresh cranberries. Perfect for breakfast, brunch for Christmas and the holidays.
Now, I’m in the swing of things for Christmas. A bit earlier than usual. How about you? I’ve already been playing the Christmas music, baking Christmas treats and almost have my Christmas photo card completely together. Let’s just say I’m feeling good compared to last year when I didn’t even touch my Christmas card until about December 10. Which ends up making me feel stressed.
And who wants extra stress at the holidays? Not this chick. I was so annoyed with myself last year that I fast forwarded my digital calendar and put in a few reminders to start working on things like my Christmas card and gifts. It’s been working so far. And I’m going to try to do it again next year.
My husband, on the other hand, doesn’t want to talk or think about Christmas until Thanksgiving is over. Where do you fall? Do you tend to get a head start on things or do you just vow to not think about it until after Thanksgiving? Whatever works best for you, my friend!
Today, I’m sharing these delicious soft muffins, made with cranberries and cream cheese. They’re perfect for the holiday breakfast buffets and great to share as gifts with friends and neighbors. I love how smooth and velvety they are because of the cream cheese. A few years ago I shared raspberry cream cheese muffins with my readers and they’ve been a huge hit here on the blog. It’s because they’re gorgeous and tasty too!
Til we meet and eat again,
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Cream Cheese Cranberry Muffins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 package 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
Instructions
- 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.
Recipe from Taste of Home
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Your recipe for Cream Cheese Cranberry Muffins instructs us to add the cranberries and pecans, yet the ingredients list doesn’t show pecans. What is the quantity for the pecans?
Sorry about that! Pecans are optional. Use 1/2 cup. Enjoy! Thanks for dropping by.
I was just curious if I’m using frozen cranberries should I let them thaw first?
I’ve only tried it with fresh. But I would guess that using frozen berries would work just fine as is. Hope they turn out fantastic!
Merry Christmas!
I was looking for something yummy to bake with my son today, and remembered we had some frozen cranberries in the freezer. Came across your recipe and whipped these up – they were delicious! Thanks for such a great recipe.
Thanks for the feedback Chrissy! So glad I could share this recipe with you. Thanks for being here!
I’m sure it will change the texture but could I use dried cranberries? (I have them on hand, not fresh!) 🙂 thanks!
I have not tried this recipe with dried cranberries. I would assume that it would turn out ok but again haven’t tried it. Good luck Cathy. Happy baking!
With the cranberry recipe, would it work with blueberries instead?? I see you have a blueberry recipe, but I like the recipe with the cream cheese added.
Yes, it should work out great. Enjoy. Happy baking!
I hated to waste a quarter of a cranberry, pistachio cream cheese and cheddar log left from a party, so I incorporated it into your recipe. I thought the batter was a little thick (maybe from my cheddar) so I added ½ cup of applesauce but checked them at 20 min and they were perfect and delicious! I did chop my fresh cranberries & added ¼ Tsp orange peel
What a great way to think outside the box. So glad they turned out well for you Marcia!
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