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Mango-Cardamom Muffins

Source of Recipe


Cooking Light-11/00






List of Ingredients



• 2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 2/3 cup sugar
  
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
  
• 1 cup chopped peeled ripe mango
  
• 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
  
• 1/4 cup butter or stick margarine, melted
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
• 1 large egg
  
• Cooking spray
  
• 2 tablespoons sugar
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
   
   
2. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (flour through cardamom) in a medium bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Stir in mango. Combine buttermilk, butter, vanilla, and egg; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist (batter will be stiff).
   
   
3. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups coated with cooking spray; sprinkle evenly with 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake at 400 degrees for 23 minutes or until the muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Remove muffins from pans, and cool on a wire rack. Yield: 1 dozen (serving size: 1 muffin).