Cranberry Walnut Muffins

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade at the moment. I just thought I'd share this muffin recipe that I altered according to what I had on hand.

They made a lovely breakfast!

I found this recipe at VegWeb (thanks to user Sandimac!) when I was looking through vegan Thanksgiving ideas. I made changes to a few ingredients, however. You can click here for the recipe, but I will show you how I changed it up:

makes 12 muffins

1 cup orange juice

1/3 vegetable or canola oil

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup ground flaxseeds

1/2 cup wheat germ

1 3/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 cup of water, add more if needed

1 cup dried cranberries

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

turbinado sugar or ground flaxseed for sprinkling, optional

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray/oil/line a muffin pan and set to the side.

2. Mix orange juice, oil, and brown sugar in a large bowl with a whisk. Add in ground flaxseeds and wheat germ. Let sit for a couple of minutes.

3. Then sift in the flour, baking powder, and water, mixing in a little at a time so that it's easy to distribute (this is where the recipe really had to get altered; I personally had to add a lot of water because it was way too dry without it!)

4. Finally, mix in the cranberries and walnuts.
5. Pour batter into the muffin pan. Sprinkle ground flaxseeds and/or turbinado sugar on top, if desired. Bake for about 25 minutes.

So yep, just mild alterations there. You need to make sure to add enough water so that the batter is like thick pancake batter (yes, here I go again with terrible analogies!). These muffins are hearty and high in fiber. Also, the cranberries added some antioxidant properties and vitamin C. They were just the right amount of sweet, nutty, lovely, and delicious!

Here is the nutrition information for one hearty muffin, using my CalorieKing software:
Calories: 246
Fat: 11.2g
Carbs: 32.7g
Protein: 4.5g
Fiber: 5g

More Thanksgiving recipes and postings to come later today!