Cranberry Muffin Top Cookies
Light, fluffy muffin tops turned into delicate delicious cookies topped with a sweet crunchy streusel. Perfect for a quick breakfast or snack.
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Servings: 28 cookies
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 2 cups fresh or frozen and thawed whole cranberries
- 8 ounce package of cream cheese at room temperature
- 1/4 cup butter at room temperature
- 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups plus 1 TBS all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
For the streusel topping
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup cold butter cut into small pieces
Instructions
For the cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- If you are using frozen cranberries, make sure they are thawed. Toss the cranberries in 1 tablespoon of flour and set them aside.
- Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer, cream together the butter and cream cheese.
- Add the eggs milk, vanilla, and sugar, and mix at medium speed for 1-2 minutes.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix until fully combined.
- Fold in the cranberries with a spatula.
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop batter to a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.
- Top each cookie with a tablespoon of the streusel topping.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes.
For the streusel topping
- Add sugar, flour, brown sugar, and cold butter to a large bowl.
- Mix the ingredients with a wooden spoon.
- As the mixture comes together, use your hands to continue mixing until it comes to a sandy texture.
Notes
- When baking these cookies, watch them carefully at about the 20-minute mark. To tell if they are done, look for a slight browning around the edges, just the way a large muffin top would look.
- Be very careful when adding the milk to this recipe because the batter is very loose before you add the dry ingredients.
- If you don't have an ice cream scoop, use a 1/4 cup measure cup. Fill it halfway.
- Get creative and play around with other seasonings and zest. For example, try using lemon extract and lemon zest.