Apple and Pumpkin Muffins

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Peggy's gone and done it again with a delicious recipe to share with all our Lovefoodies friends!
Here Peggy has got into the mood of Fall, using all our favourite Fall ingredients, of course there's pumpkin and apple flavours. Even the colour of these little muffins have a feel of Fall! Wonderful! So let's see how Peggy made these delights.
Recipe from Peggy Mitchell

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 35 - 40 minutes

Yield: 18 muffins

Ingredients

The muffins

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
½ cup vegetable oil
2 cups peeled, cored and chopped apple

The Topping

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
¼ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 teaspoons butter

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 18 muffin cups or use paper liners.

2. In a large bowl, sift together 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 2 cups sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, pumpkin and oil. Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture; stirring just to moisten. Fold in apples. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.

3. In a small bowl, mix together 2 tablespoons flour, ¼ cup sugar and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle topping evenly over muffin batter.

4. Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.

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Apple and Pumpkin Muffins

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

35 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

Servings: 18

Ingredients

The muffins

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups peeled cored and chopped apple

The Topping

• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 teaspoons butter

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 18 muffin cups or use paper liners.
2. In a large bowl, sift together 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 2 cups sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, pumpkin and oil. Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture; stirring just to moisten. Fold in apples. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
3. In a small bowl, mix together 2 tablespoons flour, ¼ cup sugar and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle topping evenly over muffin batter.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.