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Quinoa Recipes: Quinoa and Cranberry Muffins

10 March 2014 by Kerrie @ Family Food and Travel 20 Comments

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Kerrie @ Family Food and Travel
10 March 2014 | UPDATED ON: 24 March 2017

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While Quinoa is touted as a super grain, we eat it at our house because it is delicious and packed with protein.  But, like most of the things we eat we are always looking for ways to diversify the way we cook it.  One of our favourite Quinoa recipes is Quinoa Salad with Chili Lime Dressing but these muffins are also in the running!  These quinoa muffins are slightly sweet but also savoury making them an excellent addition to lunch or afternoon snack.  Packed with the goodness of quinoa and the tartness of cranberry they have a complex flavour.

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Quinoa Recipes: Quinoa and Cranberry Muffins
Author: Modified from Martha Stewart
Serves: 12
A slightly sweet, slightly savoury muffin with the pop of quinoa.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup quinoa, rinsed
  • ¼ vegetable oil
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1.5 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¾ cup fresh cranberries (or hydrated dried cranberries)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Bring 1 cup water and quinoa to boil
  3. Reduce to simmer until water has been absorbed by the quinoa (10-12 mins)
  4. Brush muffin tin with vegetable oil then lightly dust with flour.
  5. Mix together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  6. Add 2 cups of cooked quinoa and cranberries.
  7. In a separate bowl whisk together oil, milk, egg and vanilla and add to flour mixture.
  8. Pour mixture evenly across 12 muffins and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Recipe modified from Martha Stewart’s Quinoa Muffins. quinoa recipes

Quinoa Cranberry Muffins

  • 1 cup Organic Quinoa, rinsed
  • ¼ vegetable oil
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1.5 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¾ cup fresh cranberries (or hydrated dried cranberries)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Bring 1 cup water and quinoa to boil
  3. Reduce to simmer until water has been absorbed by the quinoa (10-12 mins)
  4. Brush muffin tin with vegetable oil then lightly dust with flour.
  5. Mix together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  6. Add 2 cups of cooked quinoa and cranberries.
  7. In a separate bowl whisk together oil, milk, egg and vanilla and add to flour mixture.
  8. Pour mixture evenly across 12 muffins and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Looking for other great Quinoa Recipes try Kale, Quinoa and Cranberry Salad and check out this cookbook Quinoa 365: The Everyday Superfood

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Comments

  1. AvatarChantelle says

    24 March 2014 at 8:15 pm

    My only issue with this recipe is that there was very little liquid. I had to add half a cup of liquid, because the batter didn’t come together. I added orange juice

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    • AvatarKerrie @ Family Food and Travel says

      24 March 2014 at 8:53 pm

      Great suggestion! I didn’t have trouble with the liquid but the addition of orange juice would be delicious!

      Reply
  2. AvatarTeri says

    31 March 2014 at 4:39 pm

    For me too, this was a very dry “batter.” I mixed for a long time to get all the dry ingredients to be a bit moist and even then it was still very crumbly. For lack of any other liquid in the house, I added apple sauce and that helped things to stick together. But I certainly wasn’t “pouring” the mixture in the muffin tin. However, the end result was not too dry. Pretty yummy, actually. :) Thank you for sharing this recipe; it’s a fun way to use quinoa.

    Reply
  3. AvatarMaggi says

    1 October 2014 at 9:31 am

    If you look at the Martha Stewart recipe this is adapted from, you will find the 3/4 cup of milk that is missing here.

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    • AvatarKerrie @ Family Food and Travel says

      2 October 2014 at 9:38 am

      My apologies – Thank you for catching that error! I have changed it in the post.

      Reply
  4. AvatarDeirdre says

    24 November 2014 at 8:59 am

    This may be obvious but I want to make sure before I bake! Is the 1/4 vegetable oil in cups or tsp/TBS?? Thank you!!!

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    • AvatarKerrie @ Family Food and Travel says

      24 November 2014 at 1:57 pm

      Thank you for the ‘heads up’! I corrected the recipe now – it should be 1/4 cup vegetable oil. My apologies for not including that originally.

      Reply
  5. AvatarElizabeth says

    26 November 2014 at 10:10 am

    i loved these and I didn’t have any trouble with the amount of liquid!

    Reply
  6. AvatarBonnie says

    27 November 2014 at 6:49 pm

    The 1 cup Quinoa rinsed….does that mean in the raw uncooked state or, does it mean once cooked?

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    • AvatarKerrie @ Family Food and Travel says

      27 November 2014 at 10:19 pm

      The quinoa is raw so rinsed raw – it cooks while baking. Thanks for asking!

      Reply
  7. AvatarVicky H says

    27 November 2014 at 7:48 pm

    I have cooked quinoa which I am hoping to use up by baking this recipe. How much does one cup of uncooked quinoa equate to when cooked? Aprox? Thanks!!

    Reply
  8. AvatarErin says

    15 January 2015 at 7:57 pm

    I substituted 1/2 the flour with flax. Use blueberries (the second time around). And found my children liked the consistency better with precooked quinoa rather than raw.
    Great recipe! It is now a staple in our home :)

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    • AvatarKerrie @ Family Food and Travel says

      15 January 2015 at 9:08 pm

      Those are fantastic ideas! My kids call the muffins “popping muffins” because of the Quinoa. I will try it precooked next time I make it. Thanks!

      Reply
  9. AvatarBeverley M says

    22 March 2015 at 4:06 pm

    Wonderful Recipe. Thx. Printing this one out and giving it a try tomorrow. Keep you posted ! (:

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  10. AvatarHeidi c. says

    19 April 2015 at 8:09 am

    I am glad that I made these after everyone tried them first. So good!

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  11. AvatarDiane S says

    12 May 2015 at 10:04 am

    I think I’m going to try these

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  12. AvatarLori R says

    16 May 2015 at 1:09 am

    mmmmm…..I love both quinoa and cranberries…I am in love!

    Reply
  13. AvatarDarren Scrubb says

    20 August 2016 at 11:39 am

    Great looking salad for sure!

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  14. AvatarVictoria Ess says

    20 April 2017 at 7:34 am

    I love adding quinoa to my baking!

    Reply
  15. AvatarCarole D. says

    11 May 2017 at 12:00 pm

    That sounds like a great recicipe, I love quina! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply

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