Cranberry Cornmeal Muffins with Orange Glaze

With our due date right around the corner I have been baking up lots of casseroles and freezer meals to have on hand for after the baby arrives.  I have also been working on some different breakfast foods to have on hand as well.  One of the new recipes I've been tampering with is a muffin with a cornmeal base, cranberries and a Orange Glaze.  While I was a bit worried that the cornmeal would dry the muffin out, the glaze kept it quite moist and tasty.  And with using yogurt instead of eggs it keeps the muffin low in fat, making it a little healthier for a breakfast option.

Ingredients: 1 cup + 1 T. all purpose flour, 1 cup fine yellow cornmeal, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 T. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt, 3 T. unsalted butter, melted, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, 2 tsp. finely grated orange zest, 2 tsp. orange juice, 1 1/4 cup dried cranberries,1/2 cup confectioner's sugar.

Directions:  Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Line 12 standard muffin cups with paper liners.  In a large bowl, whisk together 1 cup flour, corn meal, sugar, baking powder and salt.  In a small bowl, whisk together yogurt, butter, vanilla and orange zest.  Add to flour mixture stirring until combined.

Add cranberries to batter, divide batter among muffin cups. 

bake until puffed and set, about 20 minutes, rotating pan halfway through. 



For glaze stir together orange juice and confections sugar.  Drizzle over muffins and let glaze set, about 10 minutes, before serving.  To freeze store in airtight container, label and place in your freezer.

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