Orange Muffins With Apricots & Cranberries
photo by Outta Here
- Ready In:
- 38mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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12-16 muffins
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 3⁄4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1⁄4 cup wheat germ
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter or 4 tablespoons Smart Balance butter spread
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 2⁄3 cup orange juice
- 1 eggs or 2 egg whites
- 1 cup dried sweetened cranberries
- 1 cup chopped dried apricot halves
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare muffin pans by spraying with oil or use paper liners. This recipe seems to make more than 12.
- Combine first six ingredients. Can replace 1/4°C wheat germ with additional 1/4°C whole wheat flour.
- Add butter until mixture is crumbly.
- Stir in the sugar.
- In a separate bowl, combine orange juice & egg.
- Add to flour mixture just until blended. Dough will be stiff.
- Add cranberries and apricots.
- Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
- Bake 18 minute until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into a muffin.
- Cool 5 minutes & then remove from pan & completely cool on rack.
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Reviews
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I thought these were great. I soaked the dried apricots in hot water and drained. Added a topping of 1/4 c chopped pecans and 1T coconut sugar . Lightly press in snd it doesn’t fall off. Added 1tsp cin, 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/4 tsp ginger. Got 14 snd baked 16 minutes. Used 1/4 c ground flax meal instead of wheat germ. and
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I took your suggestion & subbed Smart Balance & egg whites for those to indicated ingredients, AND included the 2 fruits for A VERY, VERY TASTY TREAT, both for breakfast & for lunch! My kind of muffins, & the recipe is a certain keeper! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adopted chefs at the tail end of the current Pick A Chef]
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I took your suggestion & subbed Smart Balance & egg whites for those to indicated ingredients, AND included the 2 fruits for A VERY, VERY TASTY TREAT, both for breakfast & for lunch! My kind of muffins, & the recipe is a certain keeper! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adopted chefs at the tail end of the current Pick A Chef]
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