Cinnamon Apple Muffins

Here are some muffins perfect for breakfast! Made for lazy sunday mornings filled with apples and cinnamon. * Use Granny Smith apples if you have, because they have a more sour fruit flesh. Also they have a firm texture which doesn't make the muffins soggy. The sugar/butter topping is of course optional. Enjoy! *

Makes 12 muffins Ingredients: Muffins

• 5 decilitres (2 cups) all-purpose flour (+ 2 teaspoons for coating apples) • 1½ teaspoons baking powder • ½ teaspoon salt • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (+ ½ teaspoon for coating apples) • 2 diced apples • 110 grams (½ cup) unsalted butter (room temperature) • 2½ decilitres (1 cup) granulated sugar • 2 large eggs • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract • 1 decilitre (½ cup) milk Topping • 1 decilitres (½ cup) butter (melted) • 1 decilitres (½ cup) granulated sugar • 1 decilitres (½ cup) ground cinnamon How to do: 1. Preheat oven to 190°C (375º F). Line muffin tins with papers or coat well with butter and flour. 2. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Set aside. 3. Toss together diced apples and 2 teaspoons of flour to coat apples in a separate bowl. 4. Cream together butter and sugar until lightened in colour, about 3 minutes. Add an egg, one at a time, taking care to fully incorporate before adding the other. Mix in vanilla. 5. Gently fold in flour mixture, alternating with milk. Stir until just combined. Fold in diced apples and scoop mixture into prepared muffin tins, filling about ¾ full. Bake until a toothpick or skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, takes about 30 minutes. 6. Prepare the topping while the muffins are baking by melting the butter and allowing to cool slightly. Pour butter into a separate bowl sized easy for dipping tops of muffins. Mix together granulated sugar and cinnamon in a separate bowl and set aside. 7. Once muffins have baked, remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly in the muffin tin. Then, remove each muffin and dip first into the melted butter and then into the cinnamon sugar mixture. Done!

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