Super Fruit Lime Muffins

Add frozen cherries or dried to traditional muffin, scone or quick bread recipes for a super fruit treat.

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Ingredients:
1 cup frozen tart cherries
2 teaspoons unbleached, all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons SPLENDA® white sugar blend for baking
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup lowfat milk
1/4 cup refrigerated pasteurized egg product
4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
1 tablespoon finely shredded lime peel
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

Glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon finely shredded lime peel
2 to 4 teaspoons fresh lime juice

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 12-muffin tin with cooking spray.

Finely chop frozen cherries. Place chopped cherries in a small bowl and toss with 2 teaspoons flour. Do not thaw frozen chopped cherries. Place cherries in freezer until needed.

In a medium bowl, stir together 1 3/4 cups flour, the Splenda®, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

In another small bowl, stir together milk, egg product, butter, 1 tablespoon lime peel, and 1 tablespoon lime juice. Make a well in center of flour mixture and pour in milk mixture. Stir just until flour mixture is partially moistened. Add frozen chopped cherries and stir just until moistened. (Do not over mix.) Divide batter equally between the 12 muffin cups.

Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes, or until golden brown and wooden toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool muffins in pan for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from pan and slightly cool on wire rack.

Glaze:
In a small bowl, stir together powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon lime peel, and enough of the 2 to 4 teaspoons lime juice to make of desired drizzling consistency.

Drizzle glaze over muffins and serve muffins slightly warm.

Makes 12 muffins.

Nutrition Info:
Nutrition Facts per muffin: 133 calories, 4 g total fat, 3 g sat fat, 0 g trans fat, 21 g carbohydrate, 29 mg cholesterol, 3 g protein, 0 g fiber, 134 mg sodium; Daily Values 4% vitamin A, 2% vitamin C, 6% calcium, 6% iron