Cranberry-Orange Muffins
- 3/4 cup bran
- 3/4 cup flour, all-purpose
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 113 cups cranberry sauce
- 1 each eggs lightly beaten
- 13 cup sour milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon orange zest grated
- You may use commercial or home made cranberry sauce but not artifically sweetened sauce (muffins will not rise).
- Preheat oven to 400F (200C) and spray at least 12 muffin cups lined with paper baking cups.
- Low-fat muffins tend to stick even to non-stick pans.
- Measure 1/2 tbsp lemon juice in a measuring cup, fill to about 1/4 cup mark with fluid milk and add some skim milk powder to make it a little thicker.
- Set aside.
- Combine dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Add remaining ingredients of your choice and stir until they are just combined.
- Bake about 20 minutes or until lightly browned and firm to the touch.
- Adjust time if muffins are made smaller.
- VARIATIONS, substitute for cranberry:
- Banana-Date - use 1 cup mashed banana and 1/2 cup dates or raisins.
- If 2 bananas are not quite 1 cup, concentrated orange juice or orange/pineapple may be added.
- Apple-Raisin - 1 cup applesauce plus 1/2 cup raisins, or coarsely chop an unpeeled apple in a food processor.
- Zucchini - 1 cup grated unpeeled zucchini plus 1/2 cup raisins.
- May be made as 16 to 18 small muffins or 9 inch square cake cut in the desired number of pieces.
- For a diabetic meal plan, reduce the amount of sugar to 1/4 cup or 1 teaspoon per serving (recommended guideline of American Diabetes Assoc.)
bran, flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, cranberry sauce, eggs, sour milk, vegetable oil, orange zest
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/cranberry-orange-muffins-36123 (may not work)