Ingredients for - Moist Cranberry Pecan Muffins

1. Butter, softened ½ cup
2. Cinnamon-flavored applesauce ½ cup
3. White sugar 1 cup
4. Brown sugar 1 cup
5. Eggs 4
6. Vanilla extract 2 teaspoons
7. Sour cream 1 cup
8. Plain Greek yogurt 1 cup
9. Orange juice ¼ cup
10. All-purpose flour 4 cups
11. Baking powder 2 teaspoons
12. Baking soda 1 teaspoon
13. Ground nutmeg ½ teaspoon
14. Ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon
15. Salt ½ teaspoon
16. Sweetened dried cranberries 1 (6 ounce) package
17. Chopped pecans ½ cup
18. White sugar ¼ cup
19. Ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Moist Cranberry Pecan Muffins

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper liners.

2 . Stage

Beat butter, applesauce, 1 cup white sugar, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl until smooth and creamy. Mix in eggs and vanilla extract, then stir in sour cream, Greek yogurt, and orange juice until thoroughly combined. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl. Gently stir the flour mixture into the wet ingredients just until moistened; fold in cranberries and pecans.

3 . Stage

Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling them 2/3 full. Combine 1/4 cup sugar with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the muffins.

4 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until muffins are lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean or with moist crumbs, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool muffins in pans for 10 minutes before turning out to finish cooling on wire racks.