Buttermilk Cranberry Muffins

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup cranberries, coarsely chopped
• 3/4 cup sugar, divided
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 1 cup cranberries
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 combine cranberries and 1/4 cup sugar; set aside.
• 2 mix together flour, remaining sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• 3 using pastry blender, cut butter into dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 4 lightly beat together egg, buttermilk and orange juice.
• 5 add the liquid and sweetened cranberries to dry ingredients, stirring until just moistened; be careful to not over mix.
• 6 spoon batter into greased muffin cups, filling two-thirds full.
• 7 bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.
• 8 to make cranberry butter, puree cranberries in blender.
• 9 add sugar, butter, and lemon juice; process until smooth.
• 10 refrigerate until ready to use.