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Cranberry Apple Muffins

October 28, 2009 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 13 Comments

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Cranberry Apple Muffins from 5DollarDinners.com

A delicious fall after school snack!

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Cranberry Apple Muffins

These make a great snack or treat!
Prep Time10 minutes minutes
Cook Time16 minutes minutes
Servings - 18 servings

Ingredients 

  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup applesauce
  • 4 Tbsp canola or vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 cup white flour
  • 1 cup wheat flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • 1 medium Jonathon or Macintosh apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 12 muffin tin wells and 12 mini muffin wells, or 18 regular size muffin tin wells.
  • In stand mixer or large mixing bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, applesauce, oil and milk.
  • In small mixing bowl, combine white flour, wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add to the wet ingredients in the mixer/mixing bowl and combine until batter forms.
  • In another small bowl, stir together cranberries, finely chopped apples, cinnamon and brown sugar. Fold the cranberries and apples into the batter.
  • Bake in preheated oven, using these time frames: Regular sized muffins for 16-18 minutes. Or mini muffins for 13-15 minutes.
  • **Note: If you don’t use all the wells in your muffin tin, just fill them with water so they don’t brown. Plus the water creates a nice steamy environment in the oven!
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Filed Under: Baking, Bread Recipes, Breakfast Recipes, Budget Friendly Recipes, Healthy Snacks Tagged With: apples, cranberries

Comments

  1. Abby says

    October 28, 2009 at 11:03 am

    Made these this morning as soon as I saw your post – delicious! I love when you post a recipe that I have all the ingredients for so I can make it right away.

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  2. Rachel @ Surviving The Stores says

    October 28, 2009 at 11:15 am

    So I was wondering why you had candles coming out of your batter mix, then I realized that was your WISK! Where did you ever find such a fun and colorful wisk? I want one! 🙂

    I got apples for 30¢ a pound last night at Target, so I stocked up… I think I might use some to make these this afternoon. They look awesome!!

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    • Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says

      October 28, 2009 at 12:33 pm

      @Rachel @ Surviving The Stores,

      LOL! It was a birthday gift…I believe from Pier 1! And don’t forget you can make and freeze/can applesauce in the crockpot!

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      • cathe says

        October 28, 2009 at 6:52 pm

        @Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom,
        recipe looks great but can i just use regular flour if i do not have wheat flour on hand right now?
        cathe

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        • Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says

          October 28, 2009 at 7:08 pm

          @cathe,

          Absolutely!

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  3. tosha says

    October 28, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    These look sooo good. Think I will have to try these. I really like cranberry orange nut muffins too. Thanks. BTW, I made your Blackeye Pea Casserole last night and it was a big hit.

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  4. Megan says

    October 28, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    Oh, these look phenomenal. I LOVE cranberries! Thank you for this. I’m on a muffin kick lately and will be trying them!

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  5. Megan says

    October 29, 2009 at 12:57 pm

    My toddler loves helping when I use my kitchenaid, too. His “help” takes baking to a whole new level! Just wanted to let you know I really appreciate your blog–what a blessing it has been to my family. Thank you!

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  6. Stacie says

    October 29, 2009 at 7:00 pm

    These sound fantastic! Another muffin to add to my baking frenzy I am in. I will be spending yet another day baking tomorrow. .

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  7. Lindsey says

    January 6, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    Do you think I could just double the apples in this recipe if I didn’t want to use the cranberries?

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    • Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says

      January 6, 2010 at 2:01 pm

      @Lindsey,

      Yes…that would totally work!

      Reply
  8. Michelle S says

    January 27, 2020 at 8:40 am

    It says servings is 18 persons… do you mean 18 muffins? Also it only lists 1 step for directions.

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