Caramel Apple Muffins

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. sea salt
• 2 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 cup half-and-half

  or 2% milk or can use heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup salted butter

  melted
• 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups Gala apple

  peeled and diced
• 18 caramels

  unwrapped
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar

  packed
• 1 scant cup old-fashioned oatmeal

  dry
• 4 tbsp. salted butter

  melted (1/4 cup or 1/2 stick)
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup pecans

  finely chopped (measure after chopping)

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 425º.
• 2 Place muffin liners in a 12-tin regular muffin pan and a 6-tin regular muffin
  pan.
• 3 Spray each liner with cooking spray; set aside.
• 4 In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, cinnamon
  and salt.
• 5 In a separate bowl combine egg, milk, butter and vanilla with a whisk.
• 6 Stir in apples.
• 7 Combine egg mixture with flour mixture and stir just until mixed.
• 8 DO NOT OVERMIX!
• 9 Spread batter into prepared muffin liners about ¼ to ½ full.
• 10 Place a caramel in center of each muffin.
• 11 Cover the muffin with more batter filling to almost the top of the muffin tin.
• 12 Sprinkle about two tablespoons of streusel topping over top of each muffin.
• 13 Bake at 425º for 5 minutes.
• 14 Reduce heat to 350º and continue baking an additional 15-19 minutes or until a
  toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 15 Melt butter in a small mixing bowl.
• 16 Add remaining ingredients.
• 17 Stir until well combined.
• 18 Sprinkle two tablespoons of streusel over top of each of the 18 muffins.
• 19 Press streusel topping lightly into the muffin batter so ingredients will
  adhere.
• 20 Bake as directed above.

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