Winter to me is full of wonderful warm spices and smells. From the soups we eat, the bread baking in the oven and the baked goods that we enjoy. These winter spice muffins are exactly what they say they are. A muffin that is perfect to eat in winter and full of cranberry, orange and all the warm spices. I am always looking for the perfect recipe for the perfect holiday, and I finally found our perfect Christmas Morning recipe. We will be making these muffins on Christmas Eve every year, so they are ready for us to enjoy Christmas morning. This allows me to not have miss out on any of the fun first thing in the morning and start cooking come lunch time.

This recipe is available in a cute PDF printable in my e-book The Christmas Kitchen – A Gluten-Free Holiday Made Easy. I love to store my recipes in a binder in sleeves so I can pop out the one I need at any time. While I am cooking if I get something on it I can wipe it off and put it right back in the binder. Make sure you take a look at our e-books in the shop today.

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We love to make memories building gingerbread houses or frosting cookies to give away. Making homemade ornaments or simmer pots that make the house smell better than a candle store. We gather together as a family and make things together. All the while laughing, talking, remembering and most importantly opening our hearts to one another.…

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Sourcing Bulk Ingredients

Most of my ingredients I try to source in bulk. I do enough cooking and baking from scratch that it is more cost effective for me to purchase in bulk. If you are interested in building your pantry on a budget, I highly suggest checking out Azure Standard. I can order from them once a month if I want to, which I don’t need to do that, and meet a semi-truck at a specific drop location. Everyone purchasing helps unload all the product for that drop and then we take our goods and head home. I have saved so much money this way. For example, the items I have in bulk for this recipe are: organic cane sugar, molasses, baking soda, salt, all spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, avocado oil, gluten-free flour, walnut pieces and the frozen cranberries, all of which I get from Azure Standard.

I also have a great source for vanilla beans and make my vanilla extract and vanilla sugar in bulk. Now is a great time to stock up on vanilla and make those extracts and specialty sugars so they have time to sit, they will be ready this time next year. Now let’s get to the recipe…

Winter Spice Muffins

Jennifer Padilla

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Rest Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 55 minutes mins

Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Servings 12 muffins

Calories 332 kcal

Equipment

• Muffin Tin
• Silicone Spatula
• Large Bowl
• Measuring Cups & Spoons
• Tulip Muffin Liners

Ingredients

  

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• 2 1/3 cups gluten free all-purpose flour we use Bob’s Red Mill
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp all spice
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1/2 tsp clove
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup avocado oil
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup walnut pieces we used unsalted
• 1 cup frozen cranberries
• 4 tbsp orange marmalade

Instructions

 

• Add flour, baking soda, salt, brown sugar and all the spices into a large bowl and mix well.
• Add applesauce, orange juice, avocado oil, eggs and vanilla extract to the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Once everything is mixed well add walnuts and frozen cranberries and mix again.
• At this point pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. This will allow the sugar in your batter to fully dissolve and create a better texture muffin.
• Once the oven is pre-heated prepare your muffin tin with muffin liners. I love the look of the rustic tulip cupcake liners. They add height and visual appeal to your presentation, and they are more forgiving when too much batter is added.
• Stir batter one more time and scoop 1/3 cup batter into each muffin liner. This mix should make about 12 muffins.
• Add 1 tsp of orange marmalade to each muffin and swirl well throughout batter. I use a butter knife to do this process, you do not want it all sitting on the top of the muffin.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes before removing from muffin pan.
• For best results allow to pretty much cool completely before enjoying. Store remaining muffins in an airtight container in the refrigerator and reheat in the oven for best results.

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Nutrition

Calories: 332kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 5gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 306mgPotassium: 132mgFiber: 3gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 97IUVitamin C: 20mgCalcium: 53mgIron: 1mg

Keyword Applesauce, Cranberry, Muffin, Orange

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