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Cranberry White Chocolate Muffins

Teresa Ambra
Tantalize your taste buds with a bite out of these irresistible Cranberry White Chocolate Muffins! They're filled with dried cranberries, real white chocolate chips, bananas and applesauce. The texture and pairing of flavors is fantastic. If you have sweet tooth cravings or desire sweet treats for breakfast with your morning coffee, these goodies will put on a smile on your face.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins, Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 58
Calories 77 kcal

Equipment

  • 3 24-tin miniature muffin pans (you will not need all the slots for the 3rd pan)
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 medium mixing bowl
  • 1 whisk
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 3 wire cooling racks

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp. sea salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup half-and-half
  • 1/3 cup canola oil or avocado oil (or melted coconut oil)
  • 1 cup bananas mashed on a plate with a fork
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • 12 oz. pkg. white chocolate chips (NOT vanilla chips or premiere white baking chips)

Instructions
 

  • Spray 16 regular-sized muffin tins with cooking spray; set aside. (See note below for miniature muffins).
  • Preheat oven to 400°.
  • Mash bananas on a plate with a fork; set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt.
  • Set aside.
  • In a medium mixing bowl, combine egg, half-and-half, oil, banana and applesauce.
  • Whisk until well combined and the banana is broken up into very tiny pieces.
  • Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
  • Add dried cranberries and white chocolate chips.
  • Stir just to combine.   
  • Do not overmix the batter.
  • Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins until almost full.
  • Bake at 400° for about 18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Cool muffins in pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Yield: 16 regular-sized muffins, or 58 miniature sized muffins.

Notes

NOTE: To make miniature muffins: spray 58 (1 ½ to 1 ¾-inch) miniature muffin pans with cooking spray. Fill muffin tins to the top and bake at 400 degrees for about 10-12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
 
NOTE: This recipe requires REAL white chocolate chips NOT vanilla chips or premiere white baking chips which have no cocoa in the ingredients. In the Dallas Metroplex, I can only find these at Kroger (private selection) or Trader Joe’s.
 
NOTE: I used 3 large ripe bananas which yielded about 1 ½ cups mashed bananas.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 77kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 55mgPotassium: 37mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 16IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 0.2mg
Keyword breakfast, brunch, chocolate, cranberries, dried cranberries, muffins, white chocolate chips
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