Ingredients
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1 cup flour
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3/4 cup whole wheat flour
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1/4 cup wheat germ
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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4 tablespoons unsalted butter or 4 tablespoons Smart Balance butter spread
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1/2 cup sugar
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2/3 cup orange juice
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1 eggs or 2 egg whites
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1 cup dried sweetened cranberries
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1 cup chopped dried apricot halves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare muffin pans by spraying with oil or use paper liners. This recipe seems to make more than 12.
- Combine first six ingredients. Can replace 1/4°C wheat germ with additional 1/4°C whole wheat flour.
- Add butter until mixture is crumbly.
- Stir in the sugar.
- In a separate bowl, combine orange juice & egg.
- Add to flour mixture just until blended. Dough will be stiff.
- Add cranberries and apricots.
- Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
- Bake 18 minute until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into a muffin.
- Cool 5 minutes & then remove from pan & completely cool on rack.