Fluffy Cranberry-Orange Muffin Tops
with Whipped Cream Cheese and Fresh Fruit Salad
Whats's better than the fragrant smell of freshly baked muffins wafting through your kitchen? Eating just the muffin tops of course! Filled with tart orange zest and sweet cranberries these mouthwatering, golden tops are always a brunch favourite!
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
1.5 cup
All-Purpose Flour
(Contains: Wheat May contain traces of: Crustaceans, Egg, Fish, Gluten, Milk, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites)
1 unit(s)
Orange
56 g
Dried Cranberries
(May contain traces of: Egg, Gluten, Milk, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites)
12 g
Baking Powder
(May contain traces of: Crustaceans, Egg, Fish, Milk, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites, Wheat, Triticale)
½ cup
White Sugar
(May contain traces of: Crustaceans, Egg, Fish, Milk, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites, Wheat)
1 unit(s)
Honey
237 mL
Cream
(Contains: Milk)
2 unit(s)
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit(s)
Kiwi
170 g
Red Grapes
1 unit(s)
Egg
(Contains: Egg)
1 unit(s)
Gala Apple
Not included in your delivery
½ tsp
Salt*
2 tbsp
Milk*
6 tbsp
Unsalted Butter*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Prepare a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Zest orange.
- Add dried cranberries and enough warm water to cover by 1/2-inch to a small bowl. Set aside.
- Whisk together flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 3 tbsp sugar and 1/2 tsp salt in a large bowl.
- Whisk together three-quarters of the cream, egg, orange zest and 2 tsp honey in a medium bowl.
- Remove butter from the freezer, then, using the largest side of a box grater, grate butter.
- Add grated butter to the bowl with flour mixture. Stir until butter is completely coated in flour.
- Drain cranberries. Add cream mixture and cranberries to the large bowl with butter and flour. Stir gently until combined.
- Using two large spoons, scoop batter onto the prepared baking sheet in 6 large mounds .
- Brush 2 tbsp milk onto muffin tops, then sprinkle 1 tsp remaining sugar over each muffin top.
- Bake muffin tops in the middle of the oven until golden-brown, 15-18 min.
- Meanwhile, juice half the orange. Cut remaining orange into segments.
- Halve grapes.
- Halve, peel, then cut kiwi into 1/2-inch half moons.
- Core, then cut apple into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Whisk together orange juice and remaining honey in a large bowl. Add orange segments, grapes, apple and kiwi, then toss to combine.
- Add cream cheese, remaining cream and 1 tsp sugar in a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer or hand whisk, beat until stiff peaks form, 1-2 min. Transfer whipped cream cheese mixture to a small dish.
- Divide cranberry-orange muffin tops and fruit salad between plates.
- Serve whipped cream cheese on the side.
