Yogurt and Fruit Muffins

If eating healthy, fluffy, and delicious food is what people are looking to change the way to enjoy our breakfasts, then the recipe here is the one. I have been making muffins for as long as I have been creating this blog. This recipe for muffins is my favorite one to share with all of you. The reason I state that this muffin is healthy is that it contains nonfat Greek yogurt and many favorite frozen or fresh fruit. The yogurt makes the muffins moist, and the fruit in this recipe gives them tremendous flavor. I also add dry cranberries and raisins to this recipe for my personal taste. With my easy method of making muffin, I think everyone can use his or her imagination to create their own yogurt fruit muffins.

 

Ingredients:

Dry ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

Wet ingredients:

1 egg

One 5.3 oz. nonfat Greek yogurt

1/4 cup oil

2 tbs orange juice

1/3 to 1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

Other ingredients:

1 cup combination of fresh or frozen fruit (your choice)

Blueberries, strawberries, peach, plum, etc.., diced

1/4 cup dry fruit, such as raisin or cranberries

1 tbs Demerara Sugar

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°.

Line a medium-size 6 muffin tin with paper muffin tin liners.

Stir together the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Make a well in the center.

In a blender, combine all the wet ingredients and blend well. 

Pour the wet ingredients all at once into the well in the flour mixture. Mix quickly and lightly with a fork or spatula until moistened, but do not over beat. 

The batter should be lumpy. 

Add the fruit into the batter and mix well.

Sprinkle the Demerara Sugar on top.

Divide the batter equally into the paper muffin tin liners (about two thirds full).

Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown. 

Tips:

You can use self-rising flour for this recipe as well as with many of my muffin recipes. Because of the yogurt, add baking soda to the self-rising flour.

I soak the dry fruit with orange juice or any juice that is available to you. You can discard the soaking liquid because it will not affect the results of the muffins.

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