Golden-Orange Muffin Top

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unbleached flour
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon Saigon or Vietnamese cinnamon
2 tablespoons grated orange peel
4 tablespoons thinly sliced cold butter
1/2 cup tangerine juice (sub orange)
1/2 cup buttermilk (sub kefir)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
1 cup dried cranberries

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a muffin tops pan.
1. In a large bowl, mix together flour, brown sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and grated orange peel.
2. Mix butter slowly into the dry ingredients until the mixture is coarse and uniform.
3. In another bowl, stir together orange juice, buttermilk, vanilla extract, and eggs. Form a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the liquid mixture. Add the cranberries. Stir to combine. (Do not over-stir. Some lumps are acceptable.)
4. Spoon the batter into muffin tops tin. Place the muffin tops in the oven and bake for 15 to 16 minutes until the tops are lightly browned. Remove the pan to a rack to cool. After 5 minutes, remove the muffin tops from the tin to completely cool on a baking rack.