Jim Fobels Apple Muffins Food

APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 12-capacity standard muffin pan with cooking spray.
• In a small bowl, mix together the pecans, 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar and the cinnamon.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose and whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, whisk the remaining 3/4 cup sugar and the oil until combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Whisk in the applesauce and vanilla.
• Whisk in the flour mixture in two batches, alternating with the buttermilk. Whisk just until combined. Gently stir in the apple chunks.
• Pour the batter into the prepared muffin pan and sprinkle with the pecan mixture. Tap the pan on the counter a few times to remove any air bubbles. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center of one of the muffins comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the muffins to loosen them and unmold. Cool completely on the rack.

APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line 12 muffin tins (2 1/2 inch round) with paper liners. Sift sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together. Add flour and sift again. In a bowl combine egg, melted butter and buttermilk. Stir the wet ingredients into dry ones and mix just to combine don't overbeat. Add apples and pecans. Spoon batter into muffin tins to the top. Sprinkle with granulated sugar and bake 25 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.

JIM FOBEL'S APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F (180C). Line 12-muffin tin and lightly oil with cooking spray.
• Before you start: Melt butter, if not melted yet. Dice up apple, cut up pecans and rinse raisins under hot water to plump them.
• In a seperate bowl, add lemon juice to the milk to sour it. Set aside.
• In another large bowl mix together all the dry ingredients, using only the 1/2 cup sugar.
• To the soured milk the egg. Then add apples, raisins and butter. Add in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Batter will be lumpy and thick, but will eventually come together.
• Spoon into muffin tin.
• Topping: Finely chop pecans and mix together with the sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of muffins.
• Bake about 25 minutes or until tops spring back when touched. Transfer muffins to cooling rack right away, so that they don't get soggy bottoms!

APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Grease and flour muffin tins or use paper liners.
• In a small bowl combine white sugar and butter and mix with a fork until crumbly and set aside for topping.
• In a large bowl combine brown sugar, oil and egg.
• In a separate bowl combine buttermilk, soda, salt and vanilla.
• Alternately add buttermilk mixture and flour into the brown sugar mixture, stirring with a wooden spoon until combined.
• Fold in apples and pecans (if using).
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins and then sprinkle with reserved topping mixture.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick tests done.