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Guilt-Free Christmas Morning Muffins | www.oliviascuisine.com | These muffins are everything you would hope for on a Christmas morning. Moist, fragrant, tasty and loaded with walnuts and fresh cranberries. Also, they are sweetened with Zing™ Baking Blend, so they are low in calories! #ZingBakingHoliday #sponsored

Guilt-Free Christmas Morning Muffins

4.50 from 2 votes

Ingredients  

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup low fat greek yogurt
  • 1/4 cup whole milk
  • 4 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup Zing™ Baking Blend
  • 2 cups fresh cranberries, chopped
  • 2/3 cups chopped walnuts

Streusel topping:

  • 1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts
  • 2 tablespoons Zing™ Baking Blend
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter

Instructions 

  1. Preheat your oven to 375F degrees. Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray and reserve.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg until combined.
  3. In a second bowl, whisk the eggs and add the yogurt, milk and melted butter. Add the baking blend and continue whisking until smooth.
  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and whisk just until incorporated. Fold in the fresh cranberries and walnuts.
  5. Pour the batter into the muffin tin, dividing it equally into 12 muffins, filling each about 2/3 full. Reserve while you prepare the streusel topping.
  6. To make the streusel topping, mix all the ingredients in a bowl until combined and crumbly.
  7. Sprinkle the topping on top of each muffin.
  8. Bake the muffins for about 25 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.
  9. Remove from oven and let it cool for 10 minutes. Then, remove from tin and let it finish cooling on a wire rack!