Cranberry-citrus muffins

18 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupAll-purpose flour
cupFresh or frozen cranberries
1cupGranulated sugar
1tablespoonBaking powder
1teaspoonBaking soda
½teaspoonSalt
¾cup2% low-fat milk
cupLight ricotta cheese
1tablespoonGrated orange rind
1tablespoonGrated lemon rind
2tablespoonsVegetable oil
1tablespoonVanilla extract
2largesEgg whites
1largeEgg
Cooking spray
6tablespoonsTurbinado or granulated sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine first 6 ingredients in a medium bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Combine milk and next 8 ingredients (milk through egg); stir well with a whisk. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Spoon batter into 18 muffin cups coated with cooking spray.

Sprinkle turbinado sugar evenly over batter. Bake at 400 degrees for 18 minutes or until done. Remove from pans immediately, and cook on a wire rack. Yield: 1½ dozen (serving size: 1 muffin).

Recipe by: Cooking Light, Sept 1997, page 158 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #776 by Terry & Kathleen Schuller <schuller@...> on Sep 07, 1997