Apple Butter Muffins
Country Woman
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Meet the Cook: As an ex-farm girl, I have fond memories of making apple butter with my grandmother. I often bake muffins for my husband and me to eat during job breaks. I work part-time, but the best part of my week is the time I spend at home being a wife and a mother to our daughter, born just last November.
-Anita Bell, Gallatin, Tennessee
SERVINGS: 12
CATEGORY: Breads
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 10 min. Bake: 15 min. + cooling
Ingredients:
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup thick apple butter*
- TOPPING:
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 3 tablespoons sugar
Directions:
In a medium bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Combine egg, milk and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups with a rounded tablespoon of batter. Top each with a rounded teaspoon of apple butter and remaining batter. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over muffins. Bake at 400° for 15-18 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Yield: about 12 standard-size muffins.