Anonymous Fri Oct 07 16:39:35 2005

3/4 c Natural bran

3/4 c Flour

1/2 c Sugar (Diabetic try 1/4 cup)

1-1/2 ts Cinnamon

1 ts Baking powder

1 ts Baking soda

1-1/3 c Cranberry sauce

1 Egg, lightly beaten

1/3 c Soured milk (1/2 tb lemon j)

1/4 c Vegetable oil

1 ts Grated orange rind

You may use commercial or home made cranberry sauce but not artifically sweetened

sauce (muffins will not rise.) . Original recipe in The Lighthearted Cookbook by Anne

Lindsay published in 1988 in Canada used whole-wheat flour, and 1/2 cup buttermilk or

low-fat plain yogurt rather than sour milk. 1/12 original recipe - 156 calories, 1 starch, 1 fat,

1 fruit choice 5 grams fat, 2 grams protein, 27 grams carbohydrate, 23 mg cholesterol, 126

mg sodium NOTE: listed ingredients & variations would be slightly different. Preheat oven

to 400 F and spray at least 12 muffin cups lined with paper baking cups. Low-fat muffins

tend to stick even to non-stick pans. Measure 1/2 tbsp lemon juice in a measuring cup, fill

to about 1/4 cup mark with fluid milk and add some skim milk powder to make it a little

thicker. Set aside. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Add remaining ingredients of your

choice and stir until they are just combined. Bake about 20 minutes or until lightly browned

and

firm to the touch. Adjust time if muffins are made smaller. VARIATIONS, substitute for

cranberry: Banana-Date - use 1 cup mashed banana and 1/2 cup dates or raisins. If 2

bananas are not quite 1 cup, concentrated orange juice or orange/pineapple may be

added. (Tested Jan 94 by Elizabeth Rodier, family member ate 2 warm ones.) Apple-Raisin

- 1 cup applesauce plus 1/2 cup raisins, or coarsely chop an unpeeled apple in a food

processor. Zucchini - 1 cup grated unpeeled zucchini plus 1/2 cup raisins. May be made as

16-18 small muffins or 9 inch square cake cut in the desired number of pieces. For a

diabetic meal plan, reduce the amount of sugar to 1/4 cup or 1 tsp. per serving

(recommended guideline of American Diabetes Assoc.) This recipe is typical of healthy

heart recipes with reduced sodium, cholesterol and fat but more sugar than a typical

diabetic recipe.