Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Best Ever Apple Pie Muffins...

and they really really are...

when you have a bowl that looks like this...





















its time to make these...

-best ever apple pie muffins-
from recipezaar

Topping
1/2 cup firmly packed
brown sugar
1/3 cup
all-purpose flour
1/4 cup
unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon
cinnamon
Muffins
1 1/2 cups firmly packed
brown sugar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1
egg
1 1/2 teaspoons
vanilla
2 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon
baking soda
1/4 teaspoon
salt
1 cup
buttermilk
2 cups diced peeled firm
tart apples (such as Spy, Granny Smith)


-Topping: In a small bowl toss together sugar, flour, butter and cinnamon until crumbly; set aside.
-Muffins: In a large bowl whisk together brown sugar, oil, egg and vanilla until smooth.
-In a separate bowl, sift together flour, soda and salt.
-Stir oil mixture into flour mixture alternately with buttermilk.
-Fold in apples, mixing just until combined.
-Spoon into greased muffin cups filling 3/4 full.
-Sprinkle topping over evenly.
-Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown and tops spring back.


and then you get to eat these



I thought they smelled my house up like fall and something wonderfull, and will definetly be an October treat for years to come.

7 comments:

Fairlightday said...

These look delicious, I have a bowl full of apples that desperately need something done with them, and Olivia is begging for muffins for breakfast. Hum....wonder what I should do? :)

Chelle said...

Yummy-yum-yum! Can't wait to try these. Thank you.

Chelle said...

Here is something else you could do with your abundace of apples.

http://www.countryliving.com/recipefinder/homemade-marshmallows-3410

Leslie said...

Chelle-
Im confused.. mallows????

Chelle said...

OOpps, it was supposed to be a recipe for carmel apples. My bad. Will have to go back and hunt down the right link. But I do want to try making home-made marshmallows sometime soon...

Chelle said...

http://www.countryliving.com/cooking/about-food/caramel-apples

There, trying to fix my boo-boo.

Leslie said...

the mallows did look yummy..

but those apples.. WOWZA.. beautiful, Im trying to think how they decoareted the candied apple sticks.. those are really really darling... I emailed them to my aunt as well... SO CUTE.
Thanks Chelle... Maybe I will give those a shot.