As a gesture of goodwill during my first week at work as a freshly minted Attorney, I baked muffins. A tradition was born and now every Sunday evening, as an end to the weekend and the beginning of the work week, I bake muffins
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Lemon Cranberry Muffins
A good friend of mine suggested I bake lemon cranberry muffins this week. Unfortunately, she didn't have a recipe but thought the combination would work well together, and I have to agree with her. I found a recipe for Tim Horton's Style Lemon Cranberry Muffins. Apparently Tim Hortons is a Dunkin Donuts type shop that is popular in Canada and other places no one really wants to live. The recipe is very heavy on oats and sparing with flour. I think I'd prefer a more cake-like muffin if I were to use this recipe again and would use less oats and more flour. Also, the recipe called for egg beaters but I used real eggs instead. Curiously, the second batch came out much better than the first. This could be down to the baking powder having time to activate. Admittedly, I was having trouble controlling the temperature on my gas oven so that may have lead to poor showing. In an abundance of caution, I would let the batter sit 10 minutes before baking.
Ingredients • 3 cups oats
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cranberries, rough chopped
• 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix oats, flour, baking powder, salt and chopped cranberries in one bowl; set aside.
3. In second bowl mix yogurt, oil, brown sugar, Egg Beaters, lemon peel, cinnamon and vanilla together. Fold all ingredients together in one bowl. Place batter into muffin tins (nonstick or lined with paper liners).
4. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes.
5. Allow to cool on wire rack out of the tins.
First, Tim Horton's lemon cranberry muffins have no oats in them...they are cakelike. Also, I don't consider Canada to be categorized as one of those places 'no one really wants to live in'. I'd rather be here than in the States any day.
That was a rather shallow comment on Canada. If you have never lived there... You should never make snide remarks. I have lived in both U.S. and Canada. Both have warm and gracious people. You should try a little warmth too.
I've lived in Canada all my life but have travelled extensively both in Canada and the US during all 4 seasons. I am always astounded that Americans in general know nothing about Canada, as evidenced by your offensive comment. Don't even try to compare Dunkin Donut to Tim Hortons... there is no comparison! TH wins hands down.
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ReplyDeleteFirst, Tim Horton's lemon cranberry muffins have no oats in them...they are cakelike. Also, I don't consider Canada to be categorized as one of those places 'no one really wants to live in'. I'd rather be here than in the States any day.
ReplyDeleteThat was a rather shallow comment on Canada. If you have never lived there... You should never make snide remarks. I have lived in both U.S. and Canada. Both have warm and gracious people. You should try a little warmth too.
ReplyDeleteCanada is a wonderful place to live. The recipe you posted is nothing like Tim's lemon cranberry muffins. Must be the American version.
ReplyDeleteI've lived in Canada all my life but have travelled extensively both in Canada and the US during all 4 seasons. I am always astounded that Americans in general know nothing about Canada, as evidenced by your offensive comment. Don't even try to compare Dunkin Donut to Tim Hortons... there is no comparison! TH wins hands down.
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Lol..and the muffins look like crap Ehh?
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