Cranberry Eggnog Muffins

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Ingredients

  • MUFFINS:
  • cooking spray
  • 1 cup dried cranberries, roughly chopped
  • 1/2 cup rum or apple juice
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 tea. baking powder
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 tea. salt
  • 1 stick butter, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups eggnog
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 Tbsp. vanilla
  • .
  • TOPPING:
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tea. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tea. nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 sticks butter, melted
  • 3/4 tea. salt
  • 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven 375 degrees. Mist a 12 cup muffin pan with cooking spray.

Warm the cranberries and rum in a saucepan over medium heat, then remove from the heat and let steep 5 minutes. Drain.

Whisk the flour, baking powder, brown sugar and salt in a medium bowl.

Whisk the butter, eggnog, eggs and vanilla in another bowl. Gently fold into the flour mixture (The batter will be lumpy; do not overmix). Fold in the cranberries. Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups.

TOPPING: mix the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter, salt and brown sugar in a bowl with your fngers until it looks like wet sand. Sprinkle generously over the batter.

Bake until the muffins are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

Cool slightly in the pan, the carefully remove to a rack.