The Magical Ingredients for a Wholesome Life From the Heart of my Home: Almond Cranberry Orange Muffins

These are tender and delicious almond muffins with cranberries and white chocolate, and with a hint of orange. The flavor combination is just right that it is easy to gobble a couple for breakfast or for snack.

I received complimentary products to aid develop recipes and the views expressed are my own only. This recipe uses Taylor & College Almond extract paste and they are the best. If you haven’t used Taylor & College extracts, I urge you to try as soon as possible. This gives the right touch of almond flavor to foods, and the resulting baked goods or any food has the top notch flavors.

These muffins have tons of almond flavor. It is made with almond flour, almond milk, sliced almonds, and with a final touch of Taylor & Colledge almond extract paste. These give the immense flavoring in these muffins and make a very delicious breakfast whether you have it at the table or on the go. It is a great snack too. Almonds are beneficial to health and with multiple almond sources in these muffins along with cranberries and orange, this is a great way to sneak some nuts if you have a picky eater.

These muffins are easy to make too. Also, these are gone in a flash that I never got a chance to freeze them. Once you try, you will agree that it's all gone in a day or two, and you may have to make another batch. With cranberries, almonds, and with a hint of orange flavor these muffins are perfect for fall as well as for any day as it uses dried sweetened cranberries. White chocolate chips are added too. For a vegan version, replace the white chocolate chips with vegan chips of your choice or can be omitted. Omit the sanding sugar too. I have used organic brown sugar. Not all brown sugar is vegan. Plant Prosperous lists the vegan brown sugar that you can pick from your stores and the reasons too.

It is already end of November, and this being the last Monday of the month, it is time for Muffin Monday. #MuffinMonday is a group of muffin loving bakers who get together once a month to bake muffins. You can see all of our lovely muffins by following our Pinterest board. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about Muffin Monday can be found on our home page. This delicious muffin recipe is my share for this month's event.

I am also linking this to Sundays on Silverado, Happiness is Homemade, and What's For Dinner.

Ingredients

Makes 14

Prep time: 5 minutes

Bake time: 19 minutes

Cool time - 5 minutes

All purpose flour - 1 and 1/4 cup

Almond flour - 3/4 cup

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Flaxseed powder - 2 tbsp

Brown sugar - 3/4 cup

Almond milk - 2/3 cup

Orange juice - 2/3 cup

Almond extract paste - 1 tsp

Oil - 1/3 cup

Orange zest - 1 tbsp

Sliced almonds - 1/3 cup

Cranberries - 1/2 cup, dried & sweetened

White chocolate chips - 1/4 cup

Sanding sugar - optional

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Add flaxseed powder to one-third cup almond milk, mix, and set aside to gel.

Add the all purpose flour, almond flour, salt, baking soda, and baling powder to a bowl and mix.

To another bowl add the oil, brown sugar, flaxseed mixture, Taylor & Colledge almond extract paste, remaining almond milk, orange juice, and orange zest. Mix.