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Rocky Mountain Cranberry Muffins
This basic muffin recipe from the Rocky Mountain Lodge is one of the best gourmet muffin recipes you will ever try. These cranberry muffins make for the best leftover muffins, assuming there are any leftovers.

Ingredients
•1 cup butter, softened
•8 ounce cream cheese, softened
•4 eggs
•1 1/2 cup sugar
•1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
•2 cup flour
•1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
•1/2 teaspoon salt
•2 cup cranberries, fresh or frozen
•1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Instructions
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 24 muffin cups .
2.Beat together butter and cream cheese until smooth and well blended. Add eggs, sugar and vanilla extract and mix only until blended.
3.Add flour, baking powder and salt. Fold in cranberries and pecan. Spoon into greased and floured muffin cups.
4.Bake 25-30 minutes. Remove immediately from muffin cups and allow to cool on wire rack . These are best slightly warm.