{"id":5418,"date":"2014-01-06T16:58:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T22:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2014-01-06T16:58:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T22:58:01","slug":"cranberry-pineapple-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/cranberry-pineapple-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranberry Pineapple Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy New Year! Can I still say Happy New Year a week into it? \u00a0I think so. \u00a0One of the things I want to do in 2014 is to blog more here on Hottie Biscotti. \u00a0I did a photo a day project on the Baby Z blog<\/a> in 2013 and love that it gave me a purpose in blogging and a goal to achieve for the year. \u00a0I have a lot of ideas for this blog; weekly recipes, cookbooks to cook through, kid friendly meals, dinners for busy moms\/dads, vegetarian meals, and a few others. \u00a0But I know that if I say I’m going to do all of that I will be overwhelmed, will start to get my priorities out of order, end up disappointing myself and not be a good wife, mom and friend. \u00a0So I’m just going to set a goal of blogging once a week. \u00a0Maybe I’ll start some series, maybe I’ll blog more than once in a week, maybe I’ll end up cooking more out of my library of cookbooks. \u00a0But if I don’t, and all I have is 52 blog posts in 2014, I can say I’ve accomplished my goal.<\/p>\n

Anyone else out there buy a bag of fresh cranberries over the holidays and find themselves with an unopened bag of them in need of being used? \u00a0Anyone? \u00a0I did.<\/p>\n

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Of course what I found when I searched for “cranberry muffins” were a bunch of recipes involving orange juice and orange zest. \u00a0I know cranberry and orange are good together. \u00a0But I’m not super crazy about the combination. \u00a0And I never have orange juice around. \u00a0I took\u00a0this muffin recipe<\/a>, used pineapple juice instead of orange, used up some of my cranberries, and wound up with a tasty batch of muffins.<\/p>\n

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I really loved the pineapple juice in these. \u00a0They smell spectacular and taste wonderful, especially warm with a little spread of butter. \u00a0The cranberries are perfectly tart and give a beautiful pop of color. \u00a0I think a small can of drained, crushed pineapple mixed in would make them phenomenal. \u00a0Now that I’m thinking about it, I will probably make these again with some other add ins…stay tuned.<\/p>\n

These come together quickly and have a super simple ingredient list. \u00a0If you don’t have juice, I think you could get away with milk or buttermilk instead. \u00a0Blueberries, strawberries or raspberries would be great if you have some around. \u00a0Happy baking!<\/p>\n

Cranberry Pineapple Muffins<\/h3>\n

From allrecipes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/em><\/p>\n