Low Fat Chocolate Cranberry Muffins Food

DELIGHTFUL (LOW-FAT) CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Coat a 12-muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
• Whisk the flour with the baking powder and salt and set aside.
• Beat the egg, sugar and margarine with an electric mixer set on medium until smooth.
• Add the orange juice and orange peel and beat again.
• Mix the flour and cranberries into the batter by hand just until combined.
• Spoon the batter into the muffin cups so that each is about two-thirds full.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes our until the muffins are lightly browned, puff up and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in the tin set on a wire rack for about 10 minutes.
• Remove the muffins from the tin and eat them warm or let them cool completely on wire rack.

CRANBERRY HARVEST MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Line 18 muffin cups with paper liners. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ginger in a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the mixture and add the milk, eggs, and melted butter. Stir quickly just to combine. Add the cranberries, figs, hazelnuts, and both sugars and stir just to distribute the fruits, nuts, and sugar evenly throughout the batter.
• Spoon the batter into the paper liners, filling each one to the top. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until browned on the top and a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffins comes out clean.

CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease and flour muffin pan, or use paper liners.
• Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
• Beat oil and sugar together until light. Add egg and beat until smooth. Add orange juice and grated zest.
• Add flour mixture and stir just until mixed. Fold in cranberries.
• Fill greased muffin pans 2/3 full. Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 20-25 minutes.

LOW FAT CRANBERRY CHOCOLATE CHIP GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees farenheit.
• Spray an 8" square pan with cooking oil spray or coat sides and bottom of pan with canola oil.
• In a large bowl, combine oats, flour, wheat germ, and cinnamon.
• Stir in honey until dry ingredients are well coated.
• Stir in dried cranberries and 1/3 cup of the chocolate chips.
• Pat mixture into oiled pan.
• Top mixture with remaining 1/3 cup of chocolate chips.
• Bake for 18 - 20 minutes or until top is golden.
• Cool in pan, then cut into squares.

CRANBERRY CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 350. Bake time is approx 25 minutes for larger muffins or small loaves (as pictured).
• Mix wet ingredients and cottage cheese with a power mixer or blender.
• In a separate bowl mix the dry ingredients, leave the berries for last.
• Mix the wet and dry together. Fold in the berries as final step. Don't over mix.
• Spray muffin pans well with non-stick spray. These muffins are low in oil, so the chance of sticking to the pan is increased.

LOW, LOW FAT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400F and put paper liners in 12 muffin cups.
• Mix all the dry ingredients, mix well.
• Mix the milk, juice,1/3 cup marmalade, egg substitute and peel, mix well.
• Add juice mixture to dry ingredients and mix only until the dry ingredients are moistened.
• Do not over mix.
• Divide among the cups.
• Add a dab of orange marmalade to the top of each muffin and with a tooth pick.
• swirl it around the batter so it looks a bit like a ribbon running around the muffin.
• Bake muffins until tops are firm& golden about 20 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack for 5 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHIP CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, coarsely chop cranberries.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, milk, oil, orange zest and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture, just until combined. Fold in chopped cranberries and chocolate chips. Do not overmix.
• Spoon batter into greased or lined (with paper liners) muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until puffed, golden and a tester inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.