{"id":4189,"date":"2010-03-30T11:33:23","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T15:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2012-05-24T17:15:10","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T21:15:10","slug":"have-i-seen-you-some-place-before-and-cranberry-crunch-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4189","title":{"rendered":"have I seen you some place before? & Cranberry Crunch Muffins!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Yeah yeah – I know what you are thinking.\u00a0\u00a0 That Donalyn – she thinks she can just show up here any old time she feels like it.\u00a0 Ok, so I DO kind of think that I guess – it is my blog after all.\u00a0 But I am not away from here so much by design, as by everything catching up with me at once.\u00a0\u00a0You\u00a0have heard me mention [who hasn’t, by now?], how much time it is taking to get DessertStalking<\/a> off to a good start.\u00a0 That hasn’t changed yet, and I still put in hours over there every day.\u00a0 Then – if that wasn’t\u00a0enough, an\u00a0unexpected freelance job\u00a0came up, and DessertStalking being the expensive little baby that she is,\u00a0I could not pass on it.\u00a0 Yikes – not a single recipe in the pipeline and nothing interesting on\u00a0the camera card.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But – I will try not to have another week like that.\u00a0\u00a0I hope.\u00a0 Though there is that week my brother is getting married next month and we are taking an actual vacation for a WHOLE\u00a0WEEK!\u00a0 Think of the great photos I will be able to get in the desert\u00a0after a\u00a0rainy winter?\u00a0\u00a0I am trying not think too much about the fact they asked me to do some wedding photos for them.\u00a0 They want me to take pictures of people<\/strong>?\u00a0 People<\/em>?\u00a0 Not cookies or\u00a0trees or Riley?\u00a0 People<\/strong><\/em>?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I have always been able to channel Scarlett O’Hara when I need to, though, so I will think about someothertime.<\/p>\n

\"\"So anyway – these muffins.\u00a0 Whoah, are they good.\u00a0 I was going to make fruit cake last fall, and I ordered all of this awesome dried fruit.\u00a0 Then I never made the fruit cake, so I have to use the fruit in something before it gets too<\/strong> dry.\u00a0 I chose the cranberries for these, and instead of the traditional orange that is so often paired with them, I decided to go with lemon.\u00a0 And I like a little something interesting on top, so how about some crunchy, nutty stuff?\u00a0 They are easy and totally scrumpticious.<\/p>\n

To get started, line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners or grease\u00a0it well, and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.<\/p>\n

3\/4 cup dried cranberries
\n1 cup room temperature buttermilk
\n1 beaten egg
\n2 tablesppons vegetable oil
\n2 tablespoons applesauce
\n1 teaspoon vanilla
\nfreshly grated zest from 1\/2 large lemon – about 1 tablespoon, packed
\n2 cups all purpose flour
\n1\/2 cup granulated sugar
\n3 teaspoons baking powder
\n1\/2 teaspoon salt
\n2 tablespoons soft butter
\n1\/3 cup brown sugar
\n3 tablespoons finely chopped nuts<\/p>\n

Use a medium bowl or 4 cup measuring cup, and soak the cranberries in the butter milk for a couple hours. Stir in the egg, oil, applesauce, lemon zest and vanilla, until completely combined. In another medium bowl, wisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and fold together, just until combined. The batter will be very lumpy. Divide evenly in the muffin tin. Combine the soft butter, brown sugar and nuts. This will make a mixture that has a lot of lumps – gently press some of the mixture on top of each muffin, but leave it kind of irregular. Bake for about 12 to 14 minutes, until a toothpick comes out with just a few moist crumbs. Cool on wire rack, and serve warm.\"\"<\/p>\n

So fruity, lightly sweetly and wonderfully moist. Best if eaten in a day or two, but that is probably not going to be an issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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