Who out there still has bags of frozen cranberries in their freezer? Anybody?I am pretty sure there are a few of you who stocked up on fresh cranberries when they were at a great price and stuck them in the freezer, just like I did. Cranberries stay good in the freezer for quite awhile and they are easy to use frozen, plus they thaw quickly. They are really quite perfect for these reasons.
I saw these muffins in Eating Well magazine and wanted to try them. I liked that the recipe called for a combination of white wheat flour and cornmeal. The cornmeal gave these muffins a nice texture and it went really well with the cranberries.
I love using cranberries in muffins and other baked goods, because the tartness evens out the sweetness that you might have. These muffins were perfectly delicious. Nice and tart, lemon-y and with bursts of cranberries all throughout them. I decided to use pink sanding sugar on top.
My kids really liked these too.
I wanted to freeze a couple and see how they did, warmed from the freezer, but they didn't last long enough for that to happen.
Recipe for Lemon-Cranberry Muffins
*I used low-fat buttermilk instead of plain yogurt
The color of these really caught my eye. I too have cranberries still in my freezer and this is a great way to use them up. Thanks for the delicious inspiration!
ReplyDeleteHa! I had the half bag of cranberries in my freezer, too, so we whipped up a double batch of these this morning. The cornmeal is really yummy in them, as is the lemon-sugar topping. Tasty!
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