Chocolate Chip Cherry Muffins

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I created these muffins this morning when i couldn't find a recipe for what i wanted. i get my dried cherries from nutsonline.com, and they are very moist (for a dried fruit, that is), so i didn't need to plump them first. because there is so little fat in the batter, muffin papers will stick, so grease your muffin cups well. these do not rise very high, but they taste wonderful.

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 400.

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Grease a 12-cup muffin pan.

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Mix whole wheat pastry flour , baking powder , and salt in a large bowl.

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In a slightly smaller bowl mix milk , vanilla yogurt , egg whites , brown sugar , and almond extract.

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Pour wet ingredients on top of dry ingredients.

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Mix until dry ingredients are just barely moistened.

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Gently fold in chocolate chips and dried cherries.

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Spoon into muffin cups , about 2 / 3 full.

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Bake for 18 to 20 minutes , until toothpick comes out clean.

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Let rest in muffin pan for 5 minutes , then remove the muffins and place them on a cooling rack.

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Ingredients

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whole wheat pastry flour, baking powder, salt, low-fat milk, low-fat vanilla yogurt, egg whites, brown sugar, almond extract, miniature semisweet chocolate chips, dried sour cherries