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Low Fat Cran-Blueberry Muffins StephieCanCook Midwest USA. Cutting back on fat and cholesterol CAN taste great! While touted as a "healthy" breakfast option the truth about muffins is that they're still laden with fat and cholesterol in the form of oil/butter and eggs. Substituing applesauce for these items makes a truly "healthier" muffin option.
Low Fat Cran-Blueberry Muffins is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Low Fat Cran-Blueberry Muffins is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook low fat cran-blueberry muffins using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Low Fat Cran-Blueberry Muffins:
- Make ready 2 cup all-purpose flour
- Take 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Get 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Get 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- Prepare 1 cup 1% milk (can substitute soy or almond milk for dairy free option)
- Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 1/2 cup unsweetened dried cranberries (such as Ocean Spray Craisins)
- Prepare 1/2 cup fresh blueberries washed and gently dried (may use frozen, thaw first, but fresh is best)
- Get Optional topping
- Prepare 2 tsp additional sugar
- Prepare 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Prepare non-food
- Take 12 paper muffin tin liners
Here is how you can achieve that. Grease muffin cups or use paper muffin liners. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt in medium mixing bowl. Combine egg, milk and oil in small bowl.
Instructions to make Low Fat Cran-Blueberry Muffins:
- Preheat oven to 400°F and place one paper liner per well in a muffin tin.
- In a medium bowl place the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Stir to combine.
- Add applesauce, milk and vanilla. Stir until just incorporated.
- Gently fold in cranberries and blueberries.
- Fill paper lined muffin cups evenly until all batter is used, a little over 3/4 full each. Mix additional sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle on top of batter in each cup if desired.
- Bake in pre-heated oven 20-25 minutes or until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Do not over-Bake or they will be dry.
- Remove from oven. Let cool in muffin tin for 10 minutes. Remove muffins from tin and place on wire rack to cool completely. Eat and enjoy a "better for you" muffin!
- NOTE: If you would like to enjoy these warm you will have to spray your paper liners with cooking spray. Due to the lack of oil they tend to stick to the liners while still warm. They sometimes stick when cool as well, so spraying anyway may be desired. Although this does add a trivial amount of oil. They always come clean out of the paper on day two without spray, for some crazy reason. Lol. You can also spray your muffin tin directly instead of using paper liners.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt in medium mixing bowl. Combine egg, milk and oil in small bowl. Add liquid to dry ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Grease a muffin tin or line with muffin liners. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter on medium-high speed until light and fluffy.
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