Cranberry-Orange Muffins (lighter recipe)

  • Prep 15 min
  • Total 40 min
  • Servings 12

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fat-free (skim) milk
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
  • 1/4 cup fat-free cholesterol-free egg product or 2 egg whites
  • 1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup Gold Medal™ whole wheat flour
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, chopped
  • Additional sugar, if desired

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 400°F. Spray medium muffin cups, 2 1/2x1 1/4 inches, with cooking spray, or line with paper baking cups.
  • 2
    Beat milk, oil, orange peel and egg product in large bowl with spoon. Stir in flours, 1/3 cup sugar, the baking powder and salt just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Fold in cranberries.
  • 3
    Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (cups will be full). Sprinkle with additional sugar. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from pan.

  • Muffin pans, introduced in the mid-1800s, were an arrangement of "gem" cups fastened together by a rack. To this day, muffins are still called "gems" in many parts of the country.
  • For extra orange flavor, replace half of the milk with 1/2 cup of orange juice. When grating orange peel, grate only the orange part of the peel; the white part, or pith, is bitter.
  • Instead of using fat-free cholesterol-free egg product or egg whites, go ahead and use 1 whole egg, if you like.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
145
Calories from Fat
45
Total Fat
5 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Cholesterol
0mg
Sodium
240 mg
Potassium
100 mg
Total Carbohydrate
23 g
Dietary Fiber
2 g
Protein
4 g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
10%
10%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 1 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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