desserts

Ingredients

	1 spray(s) cooking spray
	1 1/4 cup(s) all-purpose flour
	1/2 cup(s) uncooked old fashioned oats
	1/4 cup(s) sugar
	1 1/4 tsp baking powder
	1/4 tsp baking soda
	1/4 tsp table salt
	1 cup(s) fat-free vanilla yogurt
	1/4 cup(s) fat-free skim milk
	2 Tbsp fat-free egg substitute
	1 Tbsp reduced-calorie margarine, melted
	1/2 tsp vanilla extract
	1/2 cup(s) dried cranberries
	1 Tbsp sugar

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400ºF. Coat a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray or fill pan with paper liners.
  
  
• Combine flour, oats, 1/4 cup of sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Mix well with a fork, make a well in the center and set aside.
  
  
• Whisk yogurt, milk, egg substitute, margarine and vanilla together in a small bowl. Fold mixture into dry ingredients until blended; fold in cranberries. Spoon batter into prepared pan, filling each cup about 2/3 full.
  
  
• Bake for 20 minutes; sprinkle tops of muffins with remaining tablespoon of sugar. Bake until a wooden toothpick inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean, about 5 minutes more. Allow to cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely.

Chef Tips

• We renovated Cranberry Muffins by:
  • Using fat-free yogurt to yield a moist texture while cutting back on oil.
    
    
  • Replacing the remaining fat with reduced-calorie margarine.
    
    
  • Swapping fat-free egg substitute for whole eggs.
    
    
  • Opting for fat-free milk over whole milk.