Apple Muffins

I found a delicious recipe for apple muffins. Moist muffins — yum.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 egg
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted and cooled)
• 1 1/2 cups apples, peeled and diced
• 1/2 cup raisins (I only add 1/4 cup)

• 1/4 cup pecans or walnuts (finely chopped)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Grease a 12-muffin tin
3. Melt butter, dice apples and cut up nuts if you’ll be using them
4. Put raisins in hot water to plump them
5. In a large bowl, add the  milk and the lemon juice. Use a fork to quickly  mix it together and set it aside while mixing the dry ingredients
6. In a medium size bowl, add all the dry ingredients together and mix with a fork
7. Add the melted butter and egg to the milk mixture and whisk it all together
8. Add the dry ingredients to the milk mixture and stir until moistened
9. Add the apple and raisins to the milk mixture and stir
10. Spoon the batter into the muffin tin
11. Combine the topping ingredients in a small bowl and and sprinkle on top of the unbaked muffins
12. Bake muffins about 20 minutes. Using a fork, lightly touch the top of the muffin. If the muffin springs back then the muffins are done.
13. Transfer muffins to a cooling rack right away.

Enjoy!

Recipe found at http://www.food.com/recipe/jim-fobels-apple-muffins-178959