Orange Cranberry Streusel Muffins

Imagine a dessert like vegan streusel muffins with plant-based ingredients to create a wholesome delight for your taste buds. These muffins are the perfect celebration of flavors and textures. Their moist and fluffy interior is adorned with an irresistible streusel topping that adds a delightful crunch. Crafted with animal-free products, each bite will tickle your sweet tooth. It is a heavenly dessert for vegans. So enjoy the delicious possibilities of plant-based baking. 

Ingredients to Make Vegan Streusel Muffins

For The Muffins

• Vanilla yogurt
• Orange juice
• Unsalted butter
• Turbinado sugar
• Vanilla extract
• Egg
• All-purpose flour
• Rolled oats
• Orange zest
• Baking soda
• Baking powder
• Salt
• Nutmeg
• Cranberries

For The Streusel

• All-purpose flour
• Turbinado sugar
• Orange zest
• Salt
• Unsalted butter

Ingredient Notes and Variations

1. Vanilla yogurt: It adds moisture and richness to the muffins. You can use full-fat plain yogurt, coconut yogurt, or almond soy for a distinctive flavor profile. 
2. Orange juice: adds tangy flavors to the treat and enhances the overall taste and texture. You can use canned orange juice, but freshly squeezed orange juice adds vibrant flavors. 
3. Rolled oats: They add nutritional value to the muffins. Rolled oats provide a hearty and chewy texture. You can use different types of oats for innovative taste. 
4. Nutmeg: It provides warm flavors and aroma to the muffins. You can use cinnamon or other spices to enhance the depth of flavors. 
5. All-purpose flour: The flour provides stability and structure to the muffins. It is the base of the dessert. You can use other options like whole wheat or gluten-free flour blends. 
6. Turbinado sugar: It is also known as raw sugar. It is less refined and offers subtle caramel flavors. You can use coconut sugar or granulated sugar instead. 
7. Orange zest: It provides citrus flavors and aroma. You can use the lime peel for an innovative flavor profile. 

How To Make Vegan Streusel Muffins?

1: Prepare muffin batter

• Preheat the oven before making the batter and keep the temperature at 350 degrees. 
• Grease a muffin tray. 
• Add sugar, eggs, butter, yogurt, vanilla, and orange juice in a large bowl. 
• Mix the orange zest, oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt. 
• Fold the cranberries in the better. 
• Distribute the batter evenly in the grades muffin tray. 

2: Prepare the streusel

• Mix sugar, salt, orange zest, and flour in a bowl. 
• Add butter to the mixture and mix with your hands until it becomes crumbly. 
• Spread it on the muffin batter in the muffin tray. 

3: Bake the muffins

• Place the muffin tray in the preheated oven. 
• Let it bake for 20 to 25 minutes until its surface returns to touch. 
• You can enjoy them warm, store them in an airtight container for two days, or place them in the fridge for the latter use up to 2 weeks.

Orange Cranberry Streusel Muffins

Adalynn Ward

Imagine a dessert like vegan streusel muffins with plant-based ingredients to create a wholesome delight for your taste buds. These muffins are the perfect celebration of flavors and textures.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Servings 12 Muffins

Ingredients

For The Muffins

• ¾ cup full-fat plain or vanilla yogurt
• ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• ⅓ cup unsalted butter melted
• ¾ cup turbinado sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup rolled oats
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon fine salt
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup fresh cranberries

For The Streusel

• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup turbinado sugar
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 pinch of salt
• ¼ cup unsalted butter cold & cubed

How to Make?

• Preheat the oven and keep the temperature at 350℉.
• Prepare a muffin tray and grease it.
• Mix orange juice, vanilla extract, eggs, yogurt, sugar, and butter until well combined.
• Sift in oats, baking soda, all-purpose flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt. Fold the ingredients with light hands.
• Add cranberries and fold them in the muffin batter.
• Divide the mixture in the muffin tray equally.
• Set it aside and prepare the streusel.
• Mix sugar, flour, salt, and orange zest in a bowl.
• Add butter to the mixture and mix it with your hands until you get a crumbly mixture.
• Spread the crumbly streusel mixture on the top of the muffins.
• Place the muffin tray in the oven and let it bake for 20 minutes.
• Check the muffins by pressing their top. If it bounces back, then your muffins are ready.
• You can store them for two days in an airtight container. Or place them in the fridge for two weeks to use.

Nutrition

Serving: 1MuffinCalories: 261kcalCarbohydrates: 36.7gProtein: 3.9gFat: 11.2gSaturated Fat: 6.8gCholesterol: 44mgSodium: 316mgPotassium: 115mgFiber: 1gSugar: 20.6gCalcium: 46mgIron: 1mg

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