Apple Walnut Muffins

These muffins are really good. They are simple - full of apple every bite and sweet without using a lot of sugar. I don't know what kind of apple I used. They are the kind that were $2 for a bag of 4 pounds. They were very sweet but not crisp at all. Kind of like over ripe apples but they didn't look overripe. They were perfect for muffins.

I used Jumbo Fluffy Walnut Muffin recipe from AllRecipes.com with some modification. I used only 1/2 cup of sugar, substitute 1 cup of wholewheat flour for all purpose flour, used butter milk instead of milk and skip the topping.



Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter - room temperature


• 1/2 cup sugar


• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


• 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 2 eggs


• 1 cup wholewheat flour


• 3/4 cup all purpose flour


• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon


• 2 teaspoon baking powder


• 1/2 cup buttermilk


• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts


• 2 cups thinly sliced apple (I didn't peel) - about 4 apples


• Brown sugar and more ground cinnamon for muffin tops

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin pan with liners.


2. With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla.


3. In a separate bowl, combine wholewheat flour, all purpose flour, cinnamon and baking powder.


4. Stir in half of the flour mixture and buttermilk into the wet ingredients. Stir until just blended.


5. Fold in apples and walnuts. Drop by tablespoonful into prepared baking pan. Sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon over the batter. Bake for 20 minutes. Make 12 muffins.