These gluten-free cranberry orange muffins are tart, lightly sweetened and perfect for an on-the-go breakfast.
Happiest of Fridays to you! I consider you a friend, and like I do with all my friends, I need to be honest with you. As I type this, my mind is straight up blank. I am lacking these things called words to fill this post with. I have nothing to talk about. Ok, that’s a lie. I have a lot to talk to you about, but those topics aren’t the focus of today’s post. These glorious muffins are.
On the bright side, a perk of writing a recipe-based blog post is if you have nothing to say, it actually isn’t that big of a deal. Come on, admit it. You know you’ve scrolled right past a post that could have taken the blogger hours to research, draft, put together and share just to get to the recipe or look at the pretty photos. I’m not proud to admit it, but I’ve done it too. We’re all human, we all have 24 hours in a day (unless your Beyonce…and she obviously reads every word of the blog) and sometimes we aren’t able to devote all 24 of those hours to reading every word on every blog we come across.
Just this one time, I won’t take offense if you scroll past the words just to look at the pictures. In fact, here’s another pretty muffin shot for you to look at:
Oooohhhh…ahhhhhh….
So let’s cut to the chase, shall we? These muffins are made from oat flour, almond meal, fresh cranberries and a whole lot of orange zest to create a soft, tart and slightly sweet breakfast treat. Cranberry and orange are one of my favorite flavor combinations, and they pair together beautifully in these muffins.
THEN you’re going to drizzle it with a sweet orange glaze using our trusty friend, homemade coconut butter. I mean…you guys. Who needs a fancy post with real words when you have a sweet glazed muffin that’s completely gluten and dairy free?
And if you’re still reading this even after I warned above that it really wasn’t going to be about anything at all, you’re a good friend and I truly appreciate you. Treat yourself to a muffin on me 😉
- 1¼ Cup Oat Flour (make your own by grinding 1½ Cup oats in a food processor)
- 1 Cup Almond Meal
- ¼ Teaspoon Salt
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 Egg
- ¼ Cup Coconut Sugar
- ⅓ Cup Maple Syrup
- ½ Cup Almond Milk + 1 Teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil, Melted
- 1 Cup Cranberries, fresh or frozen
- Juice of 1 Orange (about ⅓ Cup)
- Zest of 1 Orange
- 3 Tablespoons Coconut Butter
- 2 Teaspoons Honey, Agave or Maple Syrup
- 2 Tablespoons Orange Juice
- 1 Teaspoon Water
- Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare a muffin pan with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- Combine the almond milk and apple cider vinegar in a small bowl to create a "buttermilk". Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the oat flour, almond meal, salt, baking soda and coconut sugar until well combined. Add the egg, maple syrup, orange juice and almond milk + apple cider vinegar mixture. Whisk until a smooth batter forms.
- Fold the orange zest and cranberries into the batter.
- Scoop the batter into the muffin pan until each tin is ¾ of the way full (I like using an ice cream scoop so all the muffins are the same size).
- Bake for 25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- When the muffins are finished baking, place the muffin pan on a wire rack to cool.
- Prepare the glaze by whisking all ingredients together in a small bowl until smooth. If the glaze is too thick, add additional water one teaspoon at a time until desired consistency is reached.
- When muffins have completely cooled, drizzle glaze over muffins.
- Store in a sealed container in the fridge for up to three days.
Your Turn:
- Bloggers, do you ever run out of things to talk about?
- Admit it: do you scroll through posts to get to the recipes?
Yessss these sound amazing! That coconut butter glaze!!
And too many times have I sat down for a post to have my mind blank. Sometimes all I want to write is ” Just effing make these, okay!? Thanks.” HA, kidding…. kind of :-p
Love this gluten-free recipe Les!
Exactly! Sometimes my brain hurts and I want to just say “this tastes good – make it. Kthanksbye”
I can’t even begin to tell you the amount of times I sit down and my mind goes blank. It’s the worst when I originally had it all planned out then scrap it and can’t figure out what to say instead. ….but these muffins look delicious!
The struggle is real sometimes! And thanks Brie 🙂
Yum! These sound DELICIOUS!
Thanks Rachel!
These look really delicious! The combination of cranberry and orange must taste really good! 🙂
Thanks! One of my favorite flavor combos 🙂
I totally question it every time if it’s worth writing anything 😛 Haha! Yea, I totally run out of things to talk about 😛 I’m a food blogger, not a lifestyle blogger! No action here!
AMEN sister. After all that work to prepare the recipe, who has words left?
If only Beyonce could share her time-management ways with us, the world might be a better, more productive place. Cranberry orange is one of my favorite flavor combos though so I’m going to need to give these a try!
Oh girl, there are a lot of things I wish Beyonce could share with me, like how to be talented and how to be so good at life haha. Hope you love them!
This post literally made me laugh out loud — “I won’t take offense if you scroll past the words to look at the pictures”. I’m totally guilty of that sometimes too 🙂 These look amazing and I love the homemade coconut butter glaze!
LOL i am so glad you can appreciate the honesty
These look so good. I’m going to try to use regular flour and instead replace the almond milk with coconut milk and eggs with applesauce. My son has multiple food allergies, so we have to have nut-free and vegan baked goods.
Good substitutions Lisa! Let me know how they work out
Oooooh! And they’re gluten free? I’m sold!
Woo hoo! Have a great weekend Maggie!
cranberry and orange is always a winner! Plus that glaze looks amazing!
Thanks Rachel!
Love cranberry and orange together! I have all of these ingredients except the orange..I may just have to pick up one on the way home from work 🙂
Let me know if you give it a try!
There are definitely times when I come up empty for a post. But I like your approach, when all else fails, talk food! This totally takes me back to growing up and Betty Crocker Orange Cranberry muffins 😀
Haha sometimes there is nothing more to say!
I definitely get to treat myself 😉 These look so good! Love the combo of flavors. I love baking with almond meal, and like the addition of oat flour!
Almond meal and oat flour pair together beautifully!
These muffins sound fantastic! Yum!
Thanks Leah!
These muffins look great. Will be sharing this recipe with my Father in Law who is gluten free and loves baked goods.
Great, thanks for sharing Amanda! Hope he loves them 🙂
YESSSS one of my most favoritest flavor combos 😀 Add a glaze to it and I’m done. I need these asap.
Mine too!! Its such a good combo
I have been on a muffin kick lately! Definitely need to try these!
Let me know if you do!
Yum! I usually make a batch of muffins every Sunday to have for the week ahead. I think I have everything for these, but what exactly is almond meal? I have almond flour and I have almonds. Do ground up almonds make almond meal?
You could use almond flour here! Almond meal is like almond flour but isnt ground up as fine
Yum, those look super tasty and like a good alternative!
Thanks Angie!
Oh my goodness! I do love muffins and this look so yummy and tasty!
Thanks Bella! 🙂
Yummm! Cranberry orange is one of my favorite flavor combinations. These look amazing, too!
Thank you so much! I agree, the two make a classic combo 🙂
Oh these gluten free cranberry orange muffins look so good! they perfect for my GF friends! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
Aww thanks Ashleigh! Enjoy 🙂
Pinned and going to share this recipe with my sister, she would love it!
The past few muffin recipes I’ve made have been with oat flour! Love the extra fiber it packs in for my day 🙂