Apple Pie Muffins
Ingredients:
1 granny smith apple, peeled
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons butter, melted
1 large egg
1 cup milk
FOR THE CINNAMON SUGAR
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375˚F.
Line a muffin pan with paper liners.
Grate apple on the large holes of a box grater.
Transfer grated apples to a strainer; cover with plastic wrap and let stand to drain.
In a mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; whisk until incorporated. Set aside.
Pour melted butter in a mixing bowl. Let cool slightly.
To the melted butter whisk in the egg. Then, whisk in the milk.
Whisk 1/3 of the flour mixture into the milk mixture.
Whisk in another 1/3 of the flour mixture into the liquid mixture; whisk until liquid is absorbed.
Whisk in the remaining of the flour mixture.
Gently fold in the grated apples.
Evenly distribute the batter into prepared muffin pan. Set aside.
In a small bowl combine sugar and cinnamon; mix to incorporate.
Sprinkle tops of muffin batter with cinnamon-sugar.
Bake muffins for 20 minutes, or until risen, golden on top, and a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out dry.
Remove from oven.
Cool muffins in the pan set on a rack.
Lift them out when they have cooled completely.