Cranberry Orange Granola Crumble Topped Muffins

Total Time: 9 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 9 hrs Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 navel oranges, zest of
• 2 navel oranges, juice of
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup cranberry granola (i used zoe's cranberry and currant granola, or a flaked cranberry cereal)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons soymilk, to taste

Recipe

• 1 soak the cranberries in the juice overnight, i added the zest to the jar also.
• 2 (one jar with a lid, i save a pb jar for this use) the next day-- preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 3 spray either 6 large muffin baking cup pan or 12 small muffin cups with cooking spray.
• 4 make the topping, combine flour, cinnamon and sugar, cutting in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and set aside.
• 5 in a large bowl, mix together the granola, soaked canberries and juice and applesauce.
• 6 set aside for 5 minutes, or until cereal is softened.
• 7 once cereal is soft, add the oil and the vanilla, place the oil in the jar to remove all flavor if desired.
• 8 stir together flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl and set aside.
• 9 add the flour mixture to the cranberry mixture, stirring until combined, you will need to add the soy milk to make it not such a stiff dough, you may need up to 1/4 cup or more.
• 10 divide the mixture to muffin cups evenly.
• 11 sprinkle the muffins evenly with the topping.
• 12 bake for about 20 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• 13 place on cooling rack, cover with a tea towel for 5 minutes.
• 14 after the five minutes, run a butter knife around the muffins, then remove very carefully, they are very soft and delicate.
• 15 cool completely, place in tupperware lined with a paper towel.
• 16 freeze after 1-2 days, wrapped in plastic wrap.
• 17 tip: if you have no fresh oranges, cranberry orange juice (minute maid, i think) is a wonderful substitute or even oj prepared from concentrate, but i prefer fresh as i like the zest added to these.