Community Pick
Apple Muffins
photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns)
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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15 muffins
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine, room temperature
- 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar, packed
- 2⁄3 cup corn oil or 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups apples, peeled and diced
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, toasted (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Grease and flour muffin tins or use paper liners.
- In a small bowl combine white sugar and butter and mix with a fork until crumbly and set aside for topping.
- In a large bowl combine brown sugar, oil and egg.
- In a separate bowl combine buttermilk, soda, salt and vanilla.
- Alternately add buttermilk mixture and flour into the brown sugar mixture, stirring with a wooden spoon until combined.
- Fold in apples and pecans (if using).
- Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins and then sprinkle with reserved topping mixture.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick tests done.
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Reviews
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Very good! I did make a few changes. I doubled it, and got 36 muffins. I didn't have any buttermilk, so substituted with 2% milk mixed with 1 TBS of lemon juice. I mixed the baking soda with the flour, along with about 1/2 tsp of baking powder (as suggested by another reviewer). I omitted the nuts, and added about 1 tsp. of cinnamon. I had WAY too much topping left... at least double what I needed. Will definately make again, but will add more cinnamon, and some nutmeg. Very yummy!
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These are brilliant muffins. I made it to take it to my daughter's end of school year event and it was a big hit! I doubled the recipe but forgot to count how many I got in all. I didn't have any buttermilk so I used milk and lemon juice instead, left out the nuts but added in an extra half cup of apples and as suggested by the other reviewer I added in 1 tsp of baking powder. Did I mention everyone loved it! Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful recipe, ellie, I will be making it again today to take to my son's nursery potluck this evening!
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Very nice muffin recipe. I made minor adjustments based on ingredients on hand (like making buttermilk substitute with 1% milk and lemon juice and letting sit) and I used Canola oil just as I think it is a bit healthier than vegetable oil. I did follow the instructions and allowed the baking soda to react with the buttermilk instead of placing it with the dry ingredients. I too much topping mix in the end and would cut back on that by about a third to prevent waste but maybe that is just I like a muffin with less crumbles?? Very nice recipe that I found through Newest Zaar Stars tag game.
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Great muffins! It took two tries and a little tweaking to make this a recipe worth keeping. To make these really moist they need more apples, at least half a cup ( I also added raisins). Also I switched out the butter and white sugar topping for more of a crumble with brown sugar, butter, and oatmeal. Add a little cinnamon to the flour, reduce the sugar to 1 cup, and they can't be beat! I used half white and half wheat flour, the cinnamon really helps to disguise that odd wheat flour taste. These will be a breakfast staple in my freezer.
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Tweaks
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Wish I would have read the reviews and added some baking powder. They tasted good, very moist, but were not very pretty. I used the lemon juice/milk sub and used applesauce in place of 1/2 the oil. Made for some friends and saved some for us as well. Will work well in the freezer for a quick breakfast for the littles.
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Great muffins! It took two tries and a little tweaking to make this a recipe worth keeping. To make these really moist they need more apples, at least half a cup ( I also added raisins). Also I switched out the butter and white sugar topping for more of a crumble with brown sugar, butter, and oatmeal. Add a little cinnamon to the flour, reduce the sugar to 1 cup, and they can't be beat! I used half white and half wheat flour, the cinnamon really helps to disguise that odd wheat flour taste. These will be a breakfast staple in my freezer.
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Very good! I did make a few changes. I doubled it, and got 36 muffins. I didn't have any buttermilk, so substituted with 2% milk mixed with 1 TBS of lemon juice. I mixed the baking soda with the flour, along with about 1/2 tsp of baking powder (as suggested by another reviewer). I omitted the nuts, and added about 1 tsp. of cinnamon. I had WAY too much topping left... at least double what I needed. Will definately make again, but will add more cinnamon, and some nutmeg. Very yummy!
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