Cranberry & cream cheese muffins

Cranberry & cream cheese muffins

These sweet muffins have a beautifully creamy middle and go brilliantly with a cup of tea

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

plus cooling
Freezable

Method

  1. Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin cases. Beat the soft cheese with 25g of the sugar and chill until needed. Heat the cranberries together with another 25g of sugar until they start to pop. Mash lightly and cool.
  2. Sift the flour into a large bowl and add the remaining sugar, baking powder and a pinch of salt. Add the eggs, oil, vanilla and cranberry mixture, and stir together. Don't worry if the mix looks a bit lumpy. Divide it between the cases, they should look about two-thirds full. Make a small dip in the centre of each and put a blob of soft cheese in. Bake for 25 mins or until risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack.

PER SERVING

230 kcalories, protein 3.0g, carbohydrate 36.0g, fat 9.0 g, saturated fat 2.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 23.0g, salt 0.33 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2011.

Try 3 issues of Good Food magazine for £3 - subscribe now!

Latest comments and suggestions

Results 1-20

  • 20 December 2010

    Rachael commented on this recipe

    Im really looking forward to making these.Will let you know how I get on.

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 20 December 2010

    Deborah rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These are delicious... Very quick to make and even quicker to eat!! Yummy.

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 25 December 2010

    Rachael commented on this recipe

    Ok I made these yesterday and they came out great.I could have cooked them a little less but they went down well!

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 31 December 2010

    Mitzi rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    They are lovely, made them for Christmas. Will certainly make these again.

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 01 January 2011

    Carnaval Girl commented on this recipe

    Living in rural France Cranberies are not readily available so I used a good cranberry sauce. It worked very well and cut out one process of the recipe. They froze well and went down a storm for brekkies at Christmas with the family.

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 01 January 2011

    Carnaval Girl rated this recipe

    5 stars

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 03 January 2011

    B&BDeb rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    That's funny I live in France too but luckily managed to find Cranberries in Leclerc and a local Deli/epicerie. These muffins were delicous I made them for the school teachers as a Christmas gift and one of them has just asked me for the recipe because they loved them so much. Definately a winner!

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • Binder photo mub

    03 January 2011

    mub rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    My batter turned a horrible color when I mixed in the berries but luckily they baked up alright. The taste is VERY good! I am going to play a little bit with less sugar and possibly part wholewheat flour next time and see how they come out.

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 04 January 2011

    Ellie rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    okay, but think there are other muffins out there i'd rather make. wasn't too keen on the cream cheese once cooked.

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 04 January 2011

    claire rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    DELICIOUS!! WENT DOWN WELL WITH KIDS AND ADULTS, AND EASY TO MAKE !

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 07 January 2011

    Line rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really great and moist muffins, my husband especially loved them. In Norway cranberries are not that easy to come by, but I used dried cranberries that I heated with some water in addition to the sugar and that worked great.

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 08 January 2011

    Dr_Pips commented on this recipe

    I can't get hold of any fresh cranberries now, so does anyone have any ideas as to what I could use instead?

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 09 January 2011

    Isabelle rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I used creme fraiche instead of cream cheese, delicious!

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 06 February 2011

    gill commented on this recipe

    Loved these muffins would def make them again.

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 02 April 2011

    xtxgx rated this recipe

    4 stars

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 11 April 2011

    tyner commented on this recipe

    lgreat recipe do you think it would be ok to use frozen cranberries or raspberries also frozen

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 21 April 2011

    V.Geo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This came out great! I used straberries insted of cranberries and no sugar!!! :)

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 16 May 2011

    Mrs Nomad rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    OMG!! I used up some very ripe cherries instead of cranberries in this recipe.... stoned them and just added them in. I was light on caster sugar so used soft brown instead in the main recipe part (used what caster I had left with the cream cheese) and added in a teaspoon of almond essence..... They are SO good!!!

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 04 August 2011

    Mrs Nomad commented on this recipe

    Carnavel girl - They froze well and went down a storm for brekkies at Christmas with the family. Many thanks for that comment.... as that was my next question! Making another batch today in payment for something a neighbour gave us.... she just can't get enough of my version with the cherries in... so will give her a whole batch and she can freeze the ones she can't eat!

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  • 16 October 2011

    ellacupcake commented on this recipe

    I've made these with both cranberries and blueberries and love both versions, in fact I'm making blueberry ones again today. The cream cheese is just delicious and they always go down a treat :)

    Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

Leave a comment or suggestion

You must sign in or register to leave a comment.

Sign in / Register

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

plus cooling
Freezable

Ingredients

Print this recipe
Add to your binder

PER SERVING

230 kcalories, protein 3.0g, carbohydrate 36.0g, fat 9.0 g, saturated fat 2.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 23.0g, salt 0.33 g

Advertisement

Your binder

Here are three other great reasons why to sign up:

  • You get an online binder, where you can store all your favourite recipes and create menus.

Follow Good Food

Advertisement

All about Good Food

Magazine

Good Food Magazine

Subscribe to Good Food magazine - enjoy 100+ triple-tested recipes delivered to your door, every month.

Order today, and receive your first 3 issues for just £3

On TV

Foodie TV

See your favourite chefs on Sky Channel 247, Virgin TV 260 and find their recipes at goodfoodchannel.co.uk.

Good Food Apps

Good Food Apps

For Good Food on the go, download our apps to your phone or portable device.
Find out more here

Buy ingredients

With just one click, the full list of recipe ingredients will be put into a basket at your choice of provider. Choose from:

mySupermarket Compare prices and choose a retailer you wish to buy them from.

Ocado Let Ocado deliver all you need for this recipe, right to your door

Tesco Buy all the ingredients from our recipes through your Tesco online shop.

new

Asda Shop with Asda? You can now buy ingredients for our recipes via your Asda online shop.

In association with the above providers. Terms and conditions apply.

Close