Recipe Name Cranberry / Apple / Oat muffins Submitted by greenann0 Recipe Description This recipe takes a little while to assemble, but it is worth it! Full of whole grain and fruit - this recipe actually got me a marriage proposal a while back. Quantity 0 Quantity Unit Prep Time (minutes) 45 Cook Time (minutes) 20 Ready In (minutes) 65

Ingredients Amount Measure Ingredient 3/4 cup Steel Cut Oatmeal 2/3 cup milk, or soy/rice milk (heated) 1 tablespoon orange zest 1 lime yields Lime juice 4 teaspoons butter, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/3 cup applesauce, unsweetened 2 large eggs 1/4 cup Milk, buttermilk, dried 1 1/2 cup Soft White Wheat Flour (freshly milled) 1/3 cup sugar - Organic cane juice crystals 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup cranberries, dried, juice-sweetened 1/3 cup, whole almonds (unsalted, coarse chopped) 2 cups quartered or chopped apple, organic, cored and diced Steps Sequence Step 1 preheat oven to 350 2 Heat the milk to just boiling in a sauce pan. Remove from heat, add the oats and orange zest, stir, cover, and let sit while you prepare the rest of your ingredients. 3 In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (powdered milk, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt). 4 Lightly grease a muffin tin. (or fill with muffin cups) 5 Whisk together the lime juice, melted butter, applesauce, and eggs. Add chopped apple. 6 Test the milk/oats mixture for temperature. If it is too hot to touch, wait until it cools enough to touch. Combine wet ingredients with milk/oats mixture. 7 Fold the wet ingredients in to the dry ingredients, combine a bit, then add cranberries and almonds, stirring until just blended; don''t beat, or your muffins will be tough! The batter will just hold together, and not appear very wet. Divide batter evenly between 12 greased muffin cups or paper liners – they’ll end up about ¾ to all the way full. 8 Sprinkle a little coarse sugar on the tops of the muffins (optional). 9 Bake the muffins in a preheated 350°F oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until they''re golden brown. Remove them from the oven, leave them in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a rack.