I made these for the first time a few weekends ago, after having taken my nephew apple-picking. Especially as the mornings get colder, I've found myself really craving these; they are full of fruit -- apples, cranberries, orange juice, but the cinnamon and allspice make them so comforting for these fall mornings. Ingredients:
Sift:
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon allspice or cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cream:
5 tablespoons canola oil or butter
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
Add:
1/2 cup grated apple (no skins)
2 tablespoons orange juice
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Sift together the dry ingredients. Then, peel three small apples and grate them with a cheese grater; immediately add the orange juice, and set aside for ten minutes. Cream the butter with the sugar and eggs, and then add apples, followed by the cranberries and walnut. Prepare the muffin pan, and when the oven is ready, quickly add the wet ingredients to the dry, and using about 10 to 15 strokes with a large spoon, mix them together. Do not overmix! I used an ice cream scooper to fill each muffin cup. Bake at 400 for about 20 twenty minutes. Yum.
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