Vegan Cranberry Nut Muffins – Connoisseurus Veg

November 29, 2023

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These vegan cranberry muffins are bursting with juicy cranberries and crunchy walnuts, and topped with a candy brown sugar nut crumble topping! A scrumptious deal with that is excellent for the vacations.

Vegan Cranberry Muffins in a muffin tin.

Recent cranberries are one in all my favourite issues to bake with in the course of the fall and early winter months. You’ll be able to’t get them 12 months spherical, so I take full benefit of cranberry season! I am all the time the provider of selfmade vegan cranberry sauce at vacation dinners, and after I purchase berries for my sauce I all the time fall for these indicators within the produce aisle encouraging you to purchase an additional bag and freeze it for later.

These berries I freeze for later both find yourself in a loaf of my vegan cranberry orange bread, or these vegan cranberry muffins. I like making each as a result of every recipe options cranberries alongside totally different flavors. Whereas the bread makes use of the basic cranberry orange taste mixture, these muffins are a tad sweeter and extra refined, with a contact of lemon zest and cloves, and a to-die-for brown sugar walnut crumble topping.

These muffins make a beautiful fall or vacation deal with, and are nice for a candy indulgent breakfast or a light-weight dessert!

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Components You may Want

Flour. We’re utilizing all-purpose wheat flour, also called white flour. You could possibly most likely make the recipe work with another flour varieties like spelt flour, complete wheat pastry flour, and all-purpose gluten-free flour, however I have never examined any of those varieties, so I am unable to make any guarantees.
Brown sugar. You may wish to use natural brown sugar to maintain these muffins vegan. Standard brown sugar could also be processed utilizing animal bone char.
Chopped walnuts. Need to attempt making these muffins with one other kind of nut? Go for it! Pecans would work notably nicely. You could possibly additionally depart the nuts out if wanted.
Vegan butter. Strive Earth Steadiness, Miyoko’s or Soften model vegan butter. They will all be discovered close to the common butter at most supermarkets.
Salt.
Non-dairy milk. You should use any kind of non-dairy milk that is appropriate for consuming, so long as it is unflavored and unsweetened. Learn my information to non-dairy milks when you need assistance selecting one.
Vegetable oil. No matter number of impartial oil you usually wish to bake with will work. Corn oil, canola oil, and melted coconut oil are all nice choiecs.
Lemon juice.
Vanilla extract.
Lemon zest.
Sugar. Similar to with the brown sugar, your white sugar must be natural.
Baking powder.
Baking soda.
Floor cinnamon.
Floor cloves.
Recent cranberries. Need to make these muffins when cranberries aren’t in season? You’ll be able to! Frozen cranberries will work simply nice.

How They’re Made

The next is an in depth photograph tutorial on the way to make this dish. Scroll all the best way down if you would like to skip proper to the recipe!

Bowl of crumble topping with a spoon in it.

Make your crumble topping first. Stir collectively flour, brown sugar, walnuts, melted vegan butter and a pinch of salt. Place the combination within the fridge to relax whilst you combine the muffin batter.

Wet ingredients for cranberry muffins in a liquid measuring cup with spoon.

Now mix the moist substances in a small container. This consists of the non-dairy milk, oil, lemon juice, vanilla extract, and lemon zest.

Dry ingredients for cranberry muffins in a bowl with whisk.

Whisk the dry substances collectively in a big mixing bowl: flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and salt.

Muffin batter in a bowl with wooden spoon.

Pour the moist substances into the bowl together with your dry substances. Stir all the pieces up simply till they substances are absolutely included.

Tip: Do not overmix your batter! It is finished as quickly as you cease seeing flour streaks, even when there are some lumps. Preserving stirring to a minimal will give your muffins the best possible texture.

Bowl of Vegan Cranberry Muffin batter in a bowl with wooden spoon.

Gently fold the cranberries and walnuts into your batter. Once more, you may wish to keep away from overworking the batter.

Unbaked Vegan Cranberry Muffin batter in a muffin tin.

Divide the batter amongst paper-lined cups of a muffin tin, then gently press just a few pinches of crumble topping over every muffin. Pop them within the oven!

Vegan Cranberry Muffins in a muffin tin with fresh cranberries on top.

Bake the muffins till they’re calmly domed and the topping is golden brown. You’ll be able to test to see in the event that they’re finished by inserting a toothpick into the middle of a muffin. If it comes out clear of batter, they’re finished!

Place the muffin tin on a wire rack and let the muffins cool earlier than eradicating them from the tins.

Stack of three Vegan Cranberry Muffins with a cup of tea and muffin tin in the background.

Shelf-Life & Storage

Vegan cranberry muffins will hold in an hermetic container at room temperature for about 3 days, or within the freezer for about 3 months.

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