Cranberry-Orange Muffins
By: Anonymous
Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 9:37pm

Ingredients




Streusel Topping
1 cup milk
cup vegetable oil
teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose* or whole
wheat flour
cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
1 cup halved cranberries
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
If using self-rising flour omit
baking powder and salt.
STREUSEL TOPPING
cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation

1 Heat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare Streusel Topping. Grease bottoms only of 12 medium muffin cups, 2-1/2 X 1-1/4 inches, or line with paper baking cups. Beat milk, oil, vanilla, orange peel and egg. Stir in flour, sugar, baking powder and salt all at once until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Fold in cranberries. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. 2 Sprinkle each with about 2 teaspoons Streusel Topping. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from pan. 1 DOZEN MUFFINS; 190 CALORIES PER MUFFIN. 3 STREUSEL TOPPING Mix all ingredients until crumbly. 4 To Microwave: Prepare batter and Streusel as directed. Spoon batter into 6 paper baking cups in microwavable muffin ring, filling each three-fourths full. Sprinkle with Streusel Topping. Microwave uncovered on high 2 minutes to 3 minutes 30 seconds, rotating ring 1/4 turn every minute, until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean (edges of muffins may appear slightly moist). Cool 1 minute; remove from ring. Repeat with remaining batter and Streusel Topping. 5 NOTES : easy