Taste of Home
Dried Cherry Muffins
TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
YIELD: 6 muffins.
Try this luscious muffin that stars sweet-tart dried cherries for breakfast or brunch, suggests Sandra Wagner of Chicago, Illinois.
Ingredients
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4-1/2 teaspoons shortening
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1/3 cup sugar
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1 large egg
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3/4 cup all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/4 cup buttermilk
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1/4 cup dried cherries or cranberries, halved
Directions
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1.
In a small bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Fold in cherries.
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2.
Coat muffin cups with cooking spray or line with paper liners; fill three-fourths full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts
1 each: 184 calories, 4g fat (1g saturated fat), 36mg cholesterol, 226mg sodium, 32g carbohydrate, 1g fiber), 4g protein.
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