Cranberry Lemon Cupcakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
2 eggs
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 cup low-fat milk
1 cup dried cranberries

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F Line muffin pan with paper liners.
In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, butter, eggs, lemon zest and lemon extract until smooth. Alternately whisk in flour mixture and milk, making three additions of flour mixture and two of milk, beating until smooth. Stir in cranberries.
Scoop batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and tops of cupcakes spring back when lightly touched. Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes.
Remove from pan and let cool completely on rack. If desired, top cooled cupcakes with frosting.