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Orange muffins with apricots and cranberries

10
10
10
SmartPoints® value per serving
Total Time
37 min
Prep
12 min
Cook
25 min
Serves
12
Difficulty
Easy
For a fresh twist on this morning muffin, juice any variety of orange—navel, temple, or Valencia; use your favorite kind and you definitely won't regret it. To make the orange flavor even more intense, you can add two teaspoons finely grated orange zest to the batter when folding in the cranberries and apricots. Just be sure to use a sturdy wooden spoon to stir this stiff and sticky batter.

Ingredients

Cooking spray

2 spray(s)

All-purpose flour

1 cup(s)

Whole wheat flour

¾ cup(s)

Wheat germ

¼ cup(s)

Baking powder

2 tsp

Baking soda

½ tsp

Table salt

¼ tsp

Regular butter

4 Tbsp, or margarine, cut into small cubes (1/2 stick)

Sugar

½ cup(s)

Unsweetened orange juice

⅔ cup(s)

Egg(s)

1 large

Dried cranberries

1 cup(s)

Dried apricot halves

1 cup(s), chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick spray or line with foil or paper liners.
  2. Combine the all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. With a fork or your fingers, combine the butter with the dry ingredients until the mixture is crumbly. Stir in the sugar.
  3. Combine the orange juice and egg in another bowl. Add the juice mixture to the flour mixture; stir just until blended. The dough will be very stiff. Stir in the cranberries and apricots.
  4. Spoon the batter into the cups, filling each about three-quarters full. Bake until the surface of the muffins is golden-brown, or until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean, 20–25 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack 5 minutes; remove from the pan and cool completely on the rack.

Notes

This recipe first appeared in Best of Weight Watchers Volume 1 and is used here with permission.