Recipe of Favorite Low Fat Cran-Blueberry Muffins

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, low fat cran-blueberry muffins. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Low Fat Cran-Blueberry Muffins is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Low Fat Cran-Blueberry Muffins is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook low fat cran-blueberry muffins using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Low Fat Cran-Blueberry Muffins:

1. Prepare 2 cup all-purpose flour
2. Prepare 1/2 cup granulated sugar
3. Get 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
4. Get 1 tsp salt
5. Take 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
6. Prepare 1 cup 1% milk (can substitute soy or almond milk for dairy free option)
7. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
8. Get 1/2 cup unsweetened dried cranberries (such as Ocean Spray Craisins)
9. Take 1/2 cup fresh blueberries washed and gently dried (may use frozen, thaw first, but fresh is best)
10. Prepare Optional topping
11. Get 2 tsp additional sugar
12. Get 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
13. Prepare non-food
14. Make ready 12 paper muffin tin liners

Steps to make Low Fat Cran-Blueberry Muffins:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F and place one paper liner per well in a muffin tin.
2. In a medium bowl place the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Stir to combine.
3. Add applesauce, milk and vanilla. Stir until just incorporated.
4. Gently fold in cranberries and blueberries.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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!
8. 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.

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