
How To Make Spiced Apple Muffins
The warm flavors of these apple muffins come from a combination of nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves. Crisp and caramelized brown sugar serve as topping.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½cupunsalted butter,(8 tbsp), at room temperature
- ½cupgranulated sugar
- ¼cupdark brown sugar,packed
- 1largeegg
- 1cupplain low fat yogurt,(not Greek-style)
- 1cupwhole wheat flour,spooned into measuring and leveled off with back edge of knife
- 1cupall purpose flour,spooned into measuring and leveled off with back edge of knife
- 1tspbaking powder
- 1tspbaking soda
- ¼tspsalt,(heaping)
- 1tbspground cinnamon
- ½tspground nutmeg
- ¼tspground cloves
- 2cupsbaking apples,peeled, cored and finely chopped
- 6tbspdark brown sugar,packed
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan with butter or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
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Add the egg and mix well, stopping to scrape the bowl if necessary.
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Beat in the yogurt. The batter will look grainy.
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Add the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Beat on low speed until just combined. The batter will be very thick.
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Add the chopped apples and mix until just combined. Do not over-mix.
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Use an ice-cream scooper or large spoon to divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups. The cups should be full. Sprinkle the 6 tablespoons of brown sugar evenly over top.
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Bake the muffins for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
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Remove the muffins from the oven, cool them for 5 minutes in the pan, then turn them out onto a rack to finish cooling completely.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 231.35kcal
- Fat:Â 8.81g
- Saturated Fat:Â 5.28g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.31g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 2.27g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.55g
- Carbohydrates:Â 35.56g
- Fiber:Â 2.17g
- Sugar:Â 19.08g
- Protein:Â 4.16g
- Cholesterol:Â 37.06mg
- Sodium:Â 207.82mg
- Calcium:Â 89.59mg
- Potassium:Â 136.49mg
- Iron:Â 1.12mg
- Vitamin A: 74.87µg
- Vitamin C:Â 1.03mg
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