Name: Apple muffins with pecan topping
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 350g plain flour; 25g butter; 50g dark muscovado sugar plus 1 tbsp extra for the topping; 50g pecan chopped; 2 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp cinnamon; 284ml tub soured cream; 1 egg beaten; 3 eating apples (about 140g/50z each) , peeled and cored; 2-3 tbsp milk

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Apple muffins with pecan topping

Apple muffins with pecan topping

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Prep: 10 mins

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These muffins aren’t too sweet and are delicious warm with a slice of cheese

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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350g plain flour
25g butter
50g dark muscovado sugar

plus 1 tbsp extra for the topping
50g pecan

chopped
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp cinnamon
284ml tub soured cream
1 egg

beaten
3 eating apples

(about 140g/50z each) , peeled and cored
2-3 tbsp milk

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal226
fat9g
saturates5g
carbs32g
sugars9g
fibre2g
protein5g
salt0.56g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Line a muffin tin with muffin cases. In a small bowl, use your fingertips to rub 50g of the flour together with the butter to make breadcrumbs. Stir through 1 tbsp sugar and the chopped pecans, then set aside.
step 2

In a large bowl, sift together the remaining flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt, then stir in the sugar and cinnamon and set aside. Coarsely grate two of the apples, then beat together with the soured cream, egg and 2 tbsp milk. Make a well in the dry ingredients and quickly fold through the wet ingredients, adding an extra tbsp milk if really dry. Don’t over-mix or your muffins will be tough. It doesn’t matter if there are lumps of flour.
step 3

Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases – they should be about two-thirds full – then sprinkle over the pecan topping. Thinly slice the final apple, then poke slices into the tops of the muffins. Bake for 20 mins or until risen, golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

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DIFFERENT FLAVOURS

For a variation, try replacing the apple with a chopped banana and play around with the spices.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2007

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