Apple Cranberry Muffins

1 cup rolled oats

1 cup orange or plain yogurt

½ cup vegetable oil

¾ cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp. salt

½ tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. grated orange rind

¾ cup cranberries chopped

1/8 cup granulated sugar

1 tart apple, unpeeled – chopped

This is a nice muffin for Christmas morning.  You can use fresh cranberries, but if they are not available you can soak dried cranberries with the oats in the yogurt for a few minutes.

Preheat Oven To: 400

Yield:  12 muffins

Soak oats in orange yogurt just to moisten.  Add oil, brown sugar and egg.  Beat well. Sift in flour, salt, soda, baking powder and orange rind.  Toss cranberries in granulated sugar.  Add cranberries and apple to mixture and stir to blend along with flour mixture.  Fill muffin cups ¾ full.  Bake in preheated 400 oven for 20 minutes