Cranberry Coffee Cake with Walnut-Crumb Topping is ideal for the holidays

Cranberries are native to North America. Most of America's cranberries come from five states: New Jersey, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Washington and Oregon. Farmers must know how to grow cranberries and shall have the right conditions to produce a crop from year to year.

After growing the Oregon Cranberry Network website, cranberries, and only in the presence of a rare and fragile to survive a combination of soil and geology, as well as the right climate, sufficient water and aDedicated winemakers. "

The Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association, told how cranberries grown in his article "Cranberries 101." Cranberries grow on low vines in bogs, the layers of sand, peat, gravel and clay. The vines can produce fruit for decades. "Some vines on Cape Cod are more than 150 years old and still bears fruit," says the association.

Doctors and nutritionists used to think of vitamin C was the only health benefits of cranberries.However, recent studies suggest fighting, cranberries and cranberry juice to help ward off cancer, to aging, reduces the risk of heart disease and may prevent urinary tract infections.

Fresh cranberries can be added to muffins, quick breads, rice dishes, enjoy, sauces, dessert, cake, coffee and cake. The red berries on top of the cake it is ideal for the holidays. You can serve them for breakfast or for snacks. If possible, I have substituted healthier ingredients for lesshealthy, but you have to use butter crumb topping. If you are allergic to nuts, you have them and scatter 1 1 / 2 cups of cranberries into the batter.

Get the batter bowl, gather the children, and stir until Cranberry Coffee Cake with Walnut-Crumb Topping. The smell of cinnamon and butter, baked, you get in a festive mood. Make two coffee cakes, one for your family, and one for a gift. Print the recipe on a card and tie it to the gift cake with big bows.

INGREDIENTS

1large egg

1 / 2 cup Splenda Sugar Blend

1 / 2 cup skim milk

2 tablespoons olive oil easy

1 cup flour, sifted before the regular

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 / 2 teaspoon salt, sodium

1 cup halved cranberries

3 / 4 cup half white, half wheat flour

1 / 2 cup sugar

1 / 2 teaspoon cinnamon

3 tablespoons cold butter

1 / 2 cup chopped walnuts

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Put egg, sugar, SplendaBlend, low-fat milk and olive oil in a small bowl. Beat with a fork and set aside.

In a bowl, whisk batter of flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together. Set aside while the crumb topping.

Combine half white, half-type wheat flour, sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Working in cold butter with a fork or pastry blender. Add walnuts crumb topping.

Add liquid ingredients to dry and stir just until blended. Will coat an 8 "square baking pan with baking paper and spray. Batter (itthin) into the pan and spread to corners. Scatter cranberries over batter. Sprinkle walnut crumb increase over cranberries. Bake 25-30 minutes. Serve hot from the oven. Makes nine servings.

Copyright 2007 by Harriet Hodgson