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Come in and make yourself at home. I'm so happy to be able to share my recipes here with you.

I bake mostly cookies, quick breads, muffins and scones -- sometimes pie, sometimes cake, but nothing too fancy. I prefer simple recipes that call for ingredients that I already have in my kitchen.

These are the recipes I will share with you. They come from family and friends, magazine clippings saved through the years, favorite cookbooks, and other blogs.

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Michael Ann

Friday, October 28, 2011

Cream Cheese Cranberry Muffins

When I saw this recipe in a blog hop a few months ago, I knew I had to try it. The combo of these two ingredients just sounded so good. I knew these muffins would be moist and delicious, and I was right! They turned out just as I imagined they would. I wasn't the only one who loved them. My boys gobbled them up. It made a lot but they still didn't last long.

Thanks to Anita at Aunt Nubby's Kitchen, these muffins will now make a regular appearance in our house. Anita is a wonderful baker and her blog features one delicious recipe after another. When you're done visiting here, I hope you will go take a look for yourself!

Cream Cheese Cranberry Muffins

Makes ~ 20 muffins

1 cup butter, softened
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1-1/2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Glaze
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons milk

Preheat oven to 350 -F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper baking cups.

In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.  In a smaller bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir into creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in cranberries and pecans.

Fill muffin cups with batter. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until tops are golden brown and spring back when touched. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

For glaze, combine powdered sugar and milk, and drizzle over cooled muffins.

Happy Baking!

12 comments:

  1. OK, that makes 20. I am the only one in the house that will enjoy them, so if I make half a recipe, that should be a reasonable amount for me to eat this weekend, right?

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  2. LOL!

    Your family doesn't like cranberries?

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  3. Your muffins look so good! This is one of my all time favorite recipes, so glad your boys enjoyed them too!

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  4. Thanks, Anita! My drizzle didn't look as nice as yours :-) Oh yes, they were VERY popular in this house. Thank you again!

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  5. Michael Ann: how do you bake like this so often and not gain 1000 pounds??

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  6. Those DO sound really good! It's time to start making some stuff with cranberries!

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  7. I am a HUGE muffin fan! These look fantastic!

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  8. Just took them out of the oven-they are as good as you said they would be!

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  9. Oh boy! Thank you for letting me know, mamawolfe!

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  10. Those look yummy! I usually make Cranberry Orange muffins after Thanksgiving- it's a great way to use up leftover cranberry sauce.

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  11. OH MY!!!! Gotta run Darling... I'm off to the store to buy some fresh cranberries... Ooooh, do you think there's a lipstick in that particular shade? lol xoxo

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  12. These sure look wonderfully tasty. (Those carbs GET me every time!=) I'm having a giveaway at my blog and would love for you to pop over and enter. Hope you have a terrific week. http://www.thebetterbaker.blogspot.com/2012/05/its-time-for-giveaway-yall-come.html

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