Cranberry Maple Muffins

Submitted by Charlotte J

"From Ocean Spray"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• TOPPING

• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1⁄4 cup quick oats or 1/4 cup old fashioned oats

• BATTER

• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup oil
• 1 egg
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons maple extract
• 1 1⁄4 cups ocean spray fresh cranberries or 1 1/4 cups frozen cranberries, coarsely chopped
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375ºF.
2. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
3. Topping:.
4. Combine flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
5. Work butter into the dry ingredients until butter is the size of small peas.
6. Stir in oats and set aside.
7. Batter:.
8. Mix milk, oil, egg and maple extract in a separate bowl.
9. Add liquid ingredients to dry, mixing just until dry ingredients are moist.
10. Stir in cranberries and walnuts.
11. Fill each muffin cup 2/3 of the way full with batter.
12. Sprinkle topping evenly over each muffin.
13. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
14. Cool 5 minutes in pan; remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

Reviews

[Ames Shaps]

Well I made a number of changes to this recipe, but the muffins turned out great! I didn't have maple extract, so I used 1/4 cup maple syrup (grade B) instead of the regular sugar. I also used whole wheat pastry flour and omitted the topping, just sprinkling some brown sugar on top of the muffins. I baked them at 350 degrees for 20 minutes in my convection oven (so I would be careful of baking them at 375 for 25 minutes!) Great idea and thanks for posting!