Apple Muffins

Show: Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger Episode: The Big Freeze

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Cook Time:
40 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
12 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 40 min
Total:: 55 min

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Ingredients

Cooking spray
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup canola oil
2 large eggs
1 cup natural applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup lowfat buttermilk
1 Golden Delicious apple, peeled, cored and cut into 1/4-inch pieces

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 12-capacity muffin pan with cooking spray.

In a small bowl, mix together 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar, the pecans and 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 oil until combined. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, whisking well after each addition. Whisk in the applesauce and vanilla.

Whisk in the flour mixture in 2 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 for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of 1 of the muffins comes out clean.

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.

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recipe Apple Muffins
Josselyn Haverford, PA 11-08-2009
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Delicious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These are much better then any low-fat muffin I have ever tasted! Not too sweet, not too heavy, yum!
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tasha highland, CA 10-24-2009
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food allergies to nuts!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Any suggestions to substitute the almonds for anything?
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Gina Fairview, TX 10-20-2009
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Super Moist and Delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I love these muffins. They are super moist and my whole family loved them! I did use an apple and a half.. perfect. My only... complaint is that I only should eat one at a time :) Enjoy!!Read more
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Peggy Laredo, TX 10-13-2009
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Awesome moist apple muffins!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I am so happy I watched Ellie's Sat. morning cooking show a few months ago. Since then I have used several of her low... calorie/healthy recipes. This is the 4th recipe I have tried and these muffins were very good and taste so much better than any store bought kind which usually have a lot of fat & sugar in them. I didn't have the buttermilk so used 1% reg milk. The rest of the recipe I followed as written. I baked them for exactly 20 min. and did not use cupcake liners and they were perfect!! I think you could use whole wheat flour instead of the whole wheat pastry flour and they would be fine. Don't hesitate to make this wonderful recipe. I could hardly wait to try them once out of the oven. They came out of the pan just fine , using non-stick cooking spray. Thanks, Ellie for a wonderful recipe. Read more
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Pauline Oxnard, CA 10-12-2009
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A Friend said they're the BEST Apple Muffins shes tasted!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These are the lightest, moist & flavorful Apple muffins! I couldn't find Wheat PASTRY flour and after a little on-line... research discovered I could use a mixture of Half Whole Wheat Flour to half Cake Flour (for the 1 cup of wheat pastry flour) and they turned out beautifully! I also added cinnamon to the batter, used Walnuts instead of pecans and made them in the LARGE size muffin tin.......yummmm!Read more
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t anywere, MA 10-12-2009
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Moist and Delicious Here too
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Kids loved em. Easy to make. The only thing that is a pain is finding buttermilk. And I would not use paper liners as the... muffin really sticks to it and you lose half. I also cut down on the sugar by about 25% and they were still very sweet and delicious. Will make these again, and again......Read more