Healthy Living Recipes

Cinnamon Apple Streusel Muffins

Makes 12 Muffins

Ingredients:

Cinnamon streusel topping

• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 Tablespoons cold butter or margarine, cut into tiny cubes

Muffins

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 beaten egg
• 3/4 cup apple cider or apple juice
• 1 apple, peeled, cored and diced
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup cooking oil

Preheat oven to 400°. Lightly grease twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin cups or line with paper baking cups; set aside. For streusel, in a small mixing bowl stir together brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon; cut in butter or margarine with a pastry blender. Set aside.

For muffins, in a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the center.

In a small mixing bowl combine egg, apple cider, diced apple, vanilla extract and oil; add all at once to flour mixture. Stir just till moistened. (The batter should be lumpy.) Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the batter into each prepared muffin cup; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of the brown sugar mixture. Fill with remaining batter.

Sprinkle tops of muffins with remaining topping. Bake about 20 minutes, or till golden brown. Remove from pans; cool slightly on racks.