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.

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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.

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Total Time 40 minutes minutes

Author Adalynn Ward

Servings 12 Muffins

Calories 261kcal

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

Instructions

• 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: 1Muffin | Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 36.7g | Protein: 3.9g | Fat: 11.2g | Saturated Fat: 6.8g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 316mg | Potassium: 115mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20.6g | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 1mg