Jim Fobels Apple Muffins Recipes

APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 12-capacity standard muffin pan with cooking spray.
• In a small bowl, mix together the pecans, 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar and the cinnamon.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose and whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, whisk the remaining 3/4 cup sugar and the oil until combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Whisk in the applesauce and vanilla.
• Whisk in the flour mixture in two batches, alternating with the buttermilk. Whisk just until combined. Gently stir in the apple chunks.
• Pour the batter into the prepared muffin pan and sprinkle with the pecan mixture. Tap the pan on the counter a few times to remove any air bubbles. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center of one of the muffins comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the muffins to loosen them and unmold. Cool completely on the rack.

QUICK AND EASY APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, stir together milk, egg and butter. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture just until combined. Fold in chopped apples. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

JIM FOBEL'S APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F (180C). Line 12-muffin tin and lightly oil with cooking spray.
• Before you start: Melt butter, if not melted yet. Dice up apple, cut up pecans and rinse raisins under hot water to plump them.
• In a seperate bowl, add lemon juice to the milk to sour it. Set aside.
• In another large bowl mix together all the dry ingredients, using only the 1/2 cup sugar.
• To the soured milk the egg. Then add apples, raisins and butter. Add in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Batter will be lumpy and thick, but will eventually come together.
• Spoon into muffin tin.
• Topping: Finely chop pecans and mix together with the sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of muffins.
• Bake about 25 minutes or until tops spring back when touched. Transfer muffins to cooling rack right away, so that they don't get soggy bottoms!