Aunt Grace's Breakfast Muffins

By SewingDragonfly

Sugar Cookie Murder

This recipe is from my friend, Terry Sommers (no relation to Becky Summers). These muffins are just incredible. When we tested them at the Christmas potluck, we came very close to putting them on the dessert table.

These muffins are wonderful warm, but they're also good at room temperature, or even refrigerated! There is no way to serve them that isn't good. To borrow an advertising slogan “Nobody doesn't like Aunt Grace's Breakfast Muffins”.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups cored, peeled and then shredded apples (measure after shredding)

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400° - rack in the middle position

Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Set aside.

In another bowl, blend the sugar and melted butter together. Let the butter cool to room temperature.

Add the egg, milk and shredded apples to the butter and sugar mixture. Stir well. Then mix in the dry ingredients.

Fill well greased muffin tins 2/3 full with batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Let the muffins cool in the tins for 10 minutes and then turn them out.

Topping
½ stick melted butter***
½ cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

***Use a whole stick if you really want to be sinful! It's wonderful!

Melt the butter and pour it into a shallow bowl. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together in another shallow bowl. Roll the muffins in the melted butter and then in the sugar and cinnamon mixture.