Clementine and Cranberry Muffins

We buy clementines from the local warehouse club store, and I often find myself finding ways to use them up before they all go bad.

With a half-full bag of clementines still in the fridge, I decided to make Clementine and Cranberry Muffins.  It was a great way to not only use up clementines, but also to clean out the pantry!

I love making mini muffins for afterschool snacks, so I tweaked the original recipe a bit.  They came out tasty!

Ingredient

Clementine and Cranberry Muffins

Ingredients:

• 2 c flour
• 1/2 c sugar
• 2 t baking powder
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 8 clementines,blended
• 1/4 c vegetable oil
• 1 t vanilla
• 1/2 c dried cranberries + more for sprinkling
• 1/2 c chopped walnuts + more for sprinkling

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. 
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda.  
• In a separate bowl whisk egg, milk, blended clementines, oil, and vanilla.
• Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until moistened. 
• Mix in cranberries.
• Scoop into prepared mini muffin tins.   
• Sprinkle with dried cranberries and chopped walnuts. 
• Bake for 11-13 minutes.  

You can find the original recipe here on Cuties Citrus.

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Banana Chia Mini Muffins Recipe

After watching a show that praised the benefits of chia seeds, I bought a big bag at a local warehouse club store.

And then I had to look up recipes to incorporate the chia seeds in.

The first recipe I stumbled upon that I had all the ingredients for was this recipe for Banana Chia Seed Bread on Huffpost Taste.

I made mini-muffins instead of bread, and they turned out super delish.  The recipe is now one of my favorite muffin recipes to make. The recipe below makes 4 dozen mini muffins - eat some fresh out of the oven, and freeze the rest!  They make the perfect afterschool snack!


Banana Chia Seed Mini Muffins (adapted from this recipe on Huffpost Taste)

Ingredients:

• 3 T butter, melted
• 3 large bananas, mashed
• 1 large egg
• ¾ c sugar
• 2 c flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 t baking powder
• ½ t salt
• 2 T chia seeds

Directions:

• Heat the oven to 350° F.
• In a large bowl, mix together the melted butter, mashed bananas, egg, and sugar.
• In a separate medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and chia seeds.
• Combine the dry and wet ingredients. 
• Pour the batter into a prepared mini-muffin tin and bake for 11 to 13 minutes.

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