out of necessity

i baked up a storm in my kitchen today.why? out of necessity. my five munchkins devoured all the cereal in the house and needed breakfast. so i made muffins...moist apple muffins with a sweet streusal topping. the kids helped, of course, and happily licked the bowl clean.

i love the crumbly texture of the streusal topping with the tenderness of the muffin. it's just begging to be eaten with a glass of cold milk. i think i'll have one now. 

apple streusel muffins

for the muffins-

1 egg + 1 egg yolk

1/4 cup vegetable oil or melted butter

1 cup of milk or vanilla yogurt or sour cream or a combination

1 cup of brown sugar

2 cups all purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

2 medium honeycrisp apples, unpeeled and minced- i use my food processor to first shred, then chop the apples

1/2 cup raisins- optional

preheat oven to 325⁰ F. line 2 six cup muffin tins with cupcake liners. sift together dry ingredients and set aside.

in a large bowl, whisk together oil and eggs. add sugar and vanilla. slowly add in half the milk and mix until smooth. add in the dry ingredients and the minced apples. fold into batter and add the remaining milk. keep folding until flour streaks are gone. 

fill each muffin cup about 2/3 full and cover tops with streusel topping, about 1 tablespoon per muffin. bake for 20 minutes, until topping is light golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. 

allow to cool inside muffin tins. 

for the streusel topping

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup  + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour

3/4 tsp cinnamon

3 tablespoons softened, unsalted butter

in a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients. cut in butter with fingers and blend. sprinkle liberally over the top of the muffin batter, before baking. 

until next post- maggie