You don’t know what you have until it’s gone. It’s so true!
I knew I’m going to miss blogging but not as much! I missed writing, reading, baking, oh, how I miss baking! While I was visiting my family I turned the oven on 2 times in 5 weeks. 2 times! Once to make roasted potatoes and once to make an apple pie! My family and friends pampered us to the last minute!
Coming back home to an empty fridge is not the baking friendly kitchen one’s looking for but I couldn’t wait any longer to do some shopping and turn the oven on!
I was craving some pumpkin goodies but after seeing fresh cranberries at the store the idea of combining the two seemed like a great idea. And oh boy, what a delicious combo.
The sweetness of the pumpkin goes well with the tartness of fresh cranberries. The agave nectar used as a sweetener gives the muffins a unique flavor enhances by the orange zest.
To make the muffins is pretty easy and don’t even require a mixer. All you need are two bowls and a whisk.
In one bowl mix the dry ingredients : whole wheat pastry flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt and in the other bowl some of the wet ingredients : canned pumpkin, agave nectar, orange zest and grape-seed oil.
Give a whisk yo each bowl and then combine the dry ingredients into the wet ones. Add some milk and fresh cranberries and mix until combined.
Scoop the batter into prepared baking pan and bake in preheated oven until the toothpick test.
You see, you have no excuse NOT to make these!
Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins (Vegan)
Ingredients
1 1/2 c whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
1/3 c agave nectar
1/4 c canned organic pumpkin
4 tbsp grape-seed oil
grated zest from 1 small orange
1/3 c almond milk
1/3 to 1/2 c fresh cranberries
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375F. Line a 6 muffin baking pan with paper cups or grease it with some baking spray.
In a bowl combine the whole wheat pastry flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In another bowl whisk the pumpkin, agave nectar, grape-seed oil and orange zest.
Slowly combine the dry ingredients into the wet once.
A little at a time add the almond milk followed by the fresh cranberries. Stir until just combined. Do not over-mix!
Scoop the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for about 23-25 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Enjoy!
Thank you all for being here today, love you all!
Roxana
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Welcome home!!
That rerminds me my oven and blog need some love too
great healthy muffins, loving the fresh cranberries!
Its so lovely, esp with the red colored cranberries.
Just lovely. I stumbled these!
Oh what a beautiful post! I love cranberries and they looks so lovely in those yellow muffins
Yum! Pumpkin and cranberry sounds like a great combo!
I am so glad that you are back:) These look amazing, can't wait to try them!:)
pumpkin and cranberry… what a delicious combo!!
Those pumpkin muffins sound really healthy and tasty. I like the addition of fresh cranberries.
LOVE this recipe!! Looks so healthy and delicious, perfect breakfast muffin!
Bine ai venit inapoi! Sunt convinsa ca ai avut parte de momente minunate in Romania, si abia astept sa ma duc si eu!!! sunt foarte entuziasmata, mi-e asa dor de ai mei
Imi plac muffins-urile tale, sunt perfecte pentru micul dejun si imi place ca sunt fara zahar, pentru ca trebuie sa il mai reduc putin 
OMG-there is fresh whole cranberries in there! Not craisins and not chopped. I will definitely have to try this unique combo. Well done Roxanna-yum!
Oh Roxana, you cannot even imagine how crazed I am about cranberries. I always find whoever makes vegan appealing incredible!
Welcome Home! These muffins sound amazing and are absolutely stunning!
These look fabulous! I love them. I just have to try them…one of my close friends is a Vegan so she would just die over these
I am not a great fan of cranberries(exept in the sauce)Therefore didn't eever make muffins with them.Looks tempting:)
now that's a tasty flavor combination! I love fresh cranberries, we really need to use them more often!
Thanks for a delicious post!
This screams Fall to me I love cranberries and with the pumpkin the muffins sound perfect.
I love using cranberries in breads and muffins! And they go so well with pumpkin! These muffins look so tasty!
Wonderful. And with strawberries instead of cranberries?
these muffins look fabulous
Glad that now u can turn ur oven ON again roxana
Tq for sharing the recipe… my 3 fav ingred is inside : whole wheat flour – cranberry – pumpkin!
Healthy lovely muffin!
The only downside to making these is that there is no WAY I can make them look this good. I am envious of your eye for style and abilities with a camera, but I am very interested in this recipe! I have never used fresh cranberries in my muffins but I need to. Thank you for sharing this vegan recipe with me!
These muffins look sooo good. I love anything pumpkin and I love cranberries too!
I can't wait to try these out. Thanks for the recipe!
wow I am planning to prepare this on Halloween…and surely it is a big hit =)
i love how these muffins are already vegan! i would totally make these GF! pumpkin + cranberry = thanksgiving flavored muffin
. welcome back!
Welcome home! I love the pumpkin and cranberry combo. Your muffins look wonderful!
Loving the fresh cranberries! Great recipe and the cranberries are so well paired with the muffins
I made a pumpkin cranberry bread last year and loved it! Cranberries and pumpkin are made for each other
. Your muffins look delicious!!
Grape seed oil….BRILLIANT! These are beautiful (as are your pictures)
Welcome back – we missed you! It's not fall without pumpkin and cranberry :} Agave nectar is a great sweetener for tart fresh cranberries!
You needed that break away from the oven, but we sure missed your baked goods – and YOU! These muffins look so easy to make but so flavorful, and I'm tempted to go and make these today (except with dried cranberries because we can't get fresh ones here).
Cranberries and pumpkin just mean one thing – the holidays are coming! Love those fall flavors.
It must be a curious taste: pumkin & cranberry! I like it, here in my city we don't find cranberries, (or I think so) what a pity…
Welcome back home and back to blogging! Those muffins sound like a great way to get back to baking. They combine all of the comforting flavors of fall.
Oh, these look fabulous! I'm going to have to add orange zest and dried cranberries to my next batch of pumpkin muffins (or at least a few that will be just for me!!!). Such deliciousness here
And we missed your baked awesomeness as well! I think I even got a little lost like a puppy checking your site and waiting for your return at one point.
These muffins look awesome – I love pumpkin and cranberry – but don't tell anyone
i wish i wasnt allergic to pumpkin
These looks the the perfect way to combine the best of fall – pumpkins and cranberries. Bookmarked!
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These sound so great with the fresh cranberries! I can't wait to use fresh cranberries again.
We missed you Roxana!! Those muffins look amazing. I'm a huge pumpkin fan. Enjoy cooking at home
Welcome back Roxana! I didn't cook at all when I went back home haha and I agree that family will pamper you to last min
. These muffins are right on time for Halloween and Fall. Pumpkin and cranberry are great combination plus your love of baking making these are even more delicious!
My kids love cranberries. These pumpkin with cranberries – such a nice muffin with holiday spirit! Congrats on Top 9!
Hi Roxana, It's so nice to stop by for a visit and a closer look at these beautiful muffins. I had a 5 week stretch over the summer where I went blogless and bakeless, but the quality time spent with family was priceless. I can relate to the visual of returning to an empty fridge. Congratulations on the Top 9!
Congrats on Foodbuzz top 9!
Roxana,
Welcome home! These muffins are gorgeous and I love the fresh cranberries with the pumpkin, which are fewer carbs than dried cranberries. I can't wait to make these.
Congrats on the Top 9 Today!
Fun little muffins, love those tart cranberries.
What a combo!! cranberry and pumpkin sounds like a great idea. The cupcakes look cute. nice pictures.
OMG ….esto luce espectacular,me encantan los arándanos es mi fruto preferido,su combinación está ideal ,abrazos hugs,hugs.