Apple Strudel Muffins

 Greetings Earthlings!

It's Autumn!! And here in Finland, Autumn is just another synonym for Winter. And here we are shivering out little butts off :)

But on a happier note! We have a lot of apples at home. I mean A LOT of apples and frankly I'm at a loss as to what to do with all of them. I'm sure more experienced bakers would have a million and a one ideas but as for little Keshi, I'm still taking my baby steps. WEE. So for Girls Connect Group, I decided to make Apple Strudel Muffins. I gotta say they were quite yummy and when eaten warm, it makes you forget all about how Winter deceived us by calling itself Autumn ;) So hey give it a go...

Ingredients:
 
For the Muffins:

1 Cup Granulated Sugar
113g Butter, softened
2 Eggs
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 tsp Baking Powder
A pinch of Salt
A pinch of Cinnamon
1 1/3 Cups All Purpose Flour
1/3 Cup Whole Milk
2 cups of chopped up Apples 


For the Topping

1/3 cup Brown Sugar
1 tbs All Purpose Flour
1 tbs Butter
A pinch of Cinnamon

Instructions:

For the Muffins:

1. Preheat your oven to 175C / 350F
2. Line your muffin tin and set aside
3. Cream together the butter and sugar. 
4. Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat well.
5. Add the dry ingredients while mixing slowly (DO NOT OVERMIX!)
6. Add the milk and incorporate well
7. Finally stir in the chopped apples
8. Fill the liners and then prepare the topping

For the Topping:

1. In a small mixing bowl, combine the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon
2. Cut in the butter and mix until you get a crumbly texture.

Combine:

1. Sprinkle the topping over the muffin batter in the liners
2. Pop into the oven and let it bake for about 20 min or until it passes the toothpick test
3. DEVOUR!

I hope you enjoy these as much as I did and HAPPY AUTUMN!! :)

Love,
Keshi