Healthy Fruit Muffins

Submitted by Seasoned Cook

"Pretty muffins! Rise high and are pretty with cherries and fruit cocktail. Health wise -- the use of Splenda and bran cereal. Very tasty and freeze well."

 

• Ready In: 24mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup sugar (or Splenda Blend)
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 (8 ounce) fruit cocktail, reserve juice
• 12 maraschino cherries, chopped
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 3⁄4 cups buttermilk
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 (15 ounce) box all-bran cereal with raisins

directions

1. Crush all cereal. Combine all dry ingredients and set aside.
2. Chop fruit cocktail, reserving juice. Mix with chopped cherries.
3. Beat eggs and mix with Splenda, oil, vanilla, and buttermilk. Add fruit and juice of fruit cocktail.
4. Blend with dry ingredients and fill greased muffin tins to 2/3 full.
5. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes. Freezes well.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

Made these specifically for freezing, & was pleased with the results, although for some reason they didn't rise as much as I thought they would! Still they're tasty [managed to down two of them before freezing the rest!] & well worth making ~ another time I might up the amount of cherries! [Made & reviewed as a tagged bonus in Aus/NZ Recipe Swap #14, Mar 08]