Apple Butter Muffins

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 12 muffins.

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 3/4 cup apple butter
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1/4 cup skim milk
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup raisins (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients and make a well in the center.
3. In smaller bowl, combine wet ingredients.
4. Pour wet mixture into the"well" of the dry ingredients and stir just to combine (10 to 15 strokes).
5. Fold in raisins with as few strokes as possible.
6. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups (if you don't use muffin liners, spray the pan with cooking spray).
7. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean.
8. Remove muffin tin to cooling rack and cool 5 minutes before removing muffins from tin.
9. (Do*not* let muffins cool completely in the tin.).

Reviews

[Mary_K]

I used my homemade apple butter to make these and they were quite good. I used oil for the applesauce since I didn't have applesauce on hand. I also didn't add raisins. I think this could be a tad better if I used oats in the batter or maybe added a crumb topping. Overall, 5-star flavor!

[jadelabyrinth]

I pretty much followed the recipe except for substituting in 1/2c. wheat flour. I chose to leave out the raisins. This resulted in a dense, chewy, yummy muffin! I got 15 muffins out of the recipe and I baked them for 30 minutes. I liked them as is, but next time I think I will add more cinnamon, perhaps 1 extra teaspoon. Also, I think that some chopped apple would be great to give it a bit more apple flavor. Thanks for a great recipe Dancer! It was my breakfast all last week!