Apple Nut Muffins
photo by Cookin-jo
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
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12 jumbo muffins
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
- 1⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
- 1⁄8 - 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
- 2 cups apples, peeled, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 cup nuts, finely chopped
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 3 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 12 ounces sour cream
- cinnamon sugar
directions
- In a saucepan, melt butter.
- Stir in brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg until smooth.
- Add apples; cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes or until apples are tender, stirring frequently.
- Remove from the heat; stir in nuts.
- Set aside to cool.
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in vanilla.
- Combine the dry ingredients; add to the creamed mixture alternating with sour cr eam.
- Spoon 1/4 cupfuls of batter into greased jumbo muffins cups.
- Spoon apple mixture into the center of each (do not spread). Top with remaining batter.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.
- Bake at 350° for 25-27 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
- Editors Note: If using regular-size muffin cups, fill cups half full with batter; add a rounded teaspoonful of apple mixture and remaining batter.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes.
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Reviews
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Fabulous muffins! The apple mixture tastes just like apple pie filling and the muffins rise up beautifully. The batter is a bit thicker than the usual muffin batter but the texture is wonderful when baked. I left out the nuts and used low fat sour cream. I made 20 regular sized muffins. I think next time I'll add some cinnamon into the batter as well as to the apples and the sugar on top. These are a bit more work than most muffin recipes but worth every bit of it. Thank you, Marg!
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I had a problem with the batter being too thick, I don't know if it's my Canadian flour that is too heavy or maybe I should have sifted before measuring. They still tasted great. I increased the cinnamon to 2 teaspoons and the nutmeg to 1/2 teaspoon. I also increased the walnuts to 3/4 cup. I don't like sweet muffins so I decreased the sugar to 3/4 cup brown sugar. I will make these again but I will try sifting the flour before measuring. Thanks Marg for posting the recipe.
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Marg (CaymanDesigns)
United States
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