These Healthy Cranberry Oatmeal Muffins are bursting with tangy cranberry flavour and pack a nutritional punch👊
My mom has always made the most uh-maaaazing cranberry bread. It was (and still is) tangy, tasty and oh-so delicious.
When it gets into our house, it’s basically gone in 5 minutes flat. No joke.
My husband and I fight over who get the biggest and/or last slice of this delicious loaf.
In search of a more portable and slightly healthier version, this recipe for Healthy Cranberry Oatmeal Muffins is adapted from my mom’s original version.
Although, yes, I would love to eat a loaf or two of my Mom’s cranberry bread day in and day out, it’s just not the healthiest stuff. So to boost Nana’s recipe, I boosted the fibre and reduced the added sugar.
The result is a dense, delicious and tangy muffin, thanks to the cranberries.
And no need to cut the cranberries in half, like she does for her loaf.
Well I started to cut them in half but did like 7 and I got lazy and just threw them in the batter whole. The result? Exploding cranberry goodness in every bite. #win
Here’s what you’ll need to make these healthy cranberry muffins:
- Whole wheat flour
- Oats – “quick cooking”
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Cinnamon
- A large orange (for the rind)
- 2 very ripe bananas – or the thawed ones from your freezer work well
- Milk
- Olive oil
- Applesauce
- Egg
- Cranberries – frozen is fine. Dried work too but you don’t get the moisture like you do with the fresh/frozen ones.
I hope you give these muffins a try and love them. If you do make them, be sure to rate and comment below. I love hearing from you.
*virtual* high five🖐️
~April
If you like the sound of this healthy muffin, here are some other healthy snacks recipes to check out:
Healthy Banana Bread with White Beans
Healthy Cranberry Oatmeal Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1.5 cup quick cooking oats *not instant oats
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Fresh grated orange rind
- 2 ripe bananas mashed
- 1/3 cup 1% milk
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1 egg
- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries dried cranberries work too
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Line your muffin pan with silicone muffin cups or brush the muffin tins a little oil.
- Combine flour, oats, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and orange rind (if using) in a large bowl.
- In a medium bowl, combine mashed bananas, milk, oil, applesauce and egg with a wire whisk.
- Add the banana mixture to the flour mixture and stir until combined. Fold in cranberries.
- Fill each muffin cup to the top. About 2 Tbsp in each cup.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Let muffins cool out of the muffin tins completely. Store in an air-tight container.
Hi April – I have some dried cranberries I need to use up and wonder if you think they would work in this recipe. Thanks!
Hi Cristina,
Absolutely! I’ve used dried before and I thought they were just fine 😉
Thanks for your question 🙂