APPLE BUTTERMILK MUFFINS

By margiekyle

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 2 medium Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored and diced (2 cups)
• 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)
• 1 TB sugar
• 1 TB cinnamon

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400. Grease 12 muffin pan cups. In large bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl with a wire whisk, beat buttermilk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and egg until well-blended. Stir into flour mixture just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Fold in apples and walnuts. Spoon batter into muffin cups.

In a cup mix sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle muffins with cinnamon sugar. Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean.

Immediately remove from pan; serve warm or cool on a wire rack.