Saturday, November 8, 2008

Cranberry-Walnut muffins

I picked up some cranberries at the farmers market and found this recipe on americastestkitchen.com. These are probably the best muffins I've ever had, for sure the best that I've made. I'm thinking I might try making the cranberry apple pie for Thanksgiving. Yum!



Cranberry-Walnut muffins
makes 1 dozen large muffins

INGREDIENTS
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon table salt
10 tablespoons unsalted butter , softened
1 cup granulated sugar , less 1 tablespoon
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups plain low-fat yogurt
1 1/2 cups chopped cranberries , fresh or frozen
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
Vegetable cooking spray or additional unsalted butter for muffin tins

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl; set aside.

2. Beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in one-half of dry ingredients. Beat in one-third of yogurt. Beat in remaining dry ingredients in two batches, alternating with yogurt, until incorporated. Fold cranberries and walnuts into finished batter.

3. Spray twelve-cup muffin tin with vegetable cooking spray or coat lightly with butter. Use large ice cream scoop to divide batter evenly among cups. Bake until muffins are golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Set on wire rack to cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Remove muffins from tin and serve warm.

1 comment:

  1. If this is the same recipe that you used for the loaf of cranberry bread you brought over last weekend...YUM! I think I single-handedly ate about half the loaf. Thanks for finding, then trying, then posting the recipe!

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