I don't have an old faithful muffin recipe but I woke up this morning with a deep desire for apple muffins. I didn't have much in the way of cravings last pregnancy but this time around I want apples. Lots and lots of apples.
I found a recipe online and tested it out and it was okay, but not amazing so I tweaked it a little. Different apples will give you different results but I used a Pink Lady because it was what I had on hand. I'm looking forward to making these again with Granny Smiths
Also, you can prep an extra large batch of streusel and keep the rest in the freezer until you need it.
Ingredients:
For the muffin
280g plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
60g butter, softened
125g sugar
1 cup milk
1 apple, peeled and cored. Dice half into 1/2 cm cubes and grate the other half
For the Streusel topping
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cups plain four
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
76 grams (1/3 cup) butter, cold and cubed
To make your streusel topping just throw everything into a food processor and let it go for 30 seconds or so until it looks like crumbs. If you don't have or don't want to use your processor then just rub the butter into the other ingredients with your finger tips.
Put the streusel mix into the fridge while you do the rest.
Cream your butter and sugar together in a large bowl.
Sift your dry ingredients together.
Add about 1/3 of the dry mix and 1/3 of the milk to the creamed butter and sugar and combine. Repeat until the milk and dry mix are all incorporated then stir in your fruit.
Pour into greased muffin trays (about half way) then top with the streusel mix. Be generous with your streusel, your muffins deserve it.
Bake for 20minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Turn out of the muffin tins and try to let them cool enough to not burn yourself when you tear one open. I failed that last bit, but regret nothing.
(Recipe adapted from http://allrecipes.com.au/recipe/744/basic-apple-muffins.aspx )
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