Apple Butter Muffins

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. sea salt
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp. ground allspice
• 1/8 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 large egg

  slightly beaten
• 3/4 cup half-and-half

  or whole milk
• 1/4 cup canola oil

  or avocado oil
• 1/2 cup thick Apple Butter
• 1 cup chopped pecans

  (measure after chopping)
• 6 tbsp. granulated sugar

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 400º.
• 2 Grease 12 regular-size muffin tins and set aside.
• 3 In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, granulated sugar, baking powder,
  cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, allspice and ginger.
• 4 In a separate mixing bowl, combine egg, half and half and oil.
• 5 Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix just until moistened.
• 6 Do not overmix!
• 7 Spoon a rounded tablespoon of batter into each muffin cup.
• 8 Top each muffin cup with a rounded teaspoon of thick apple butter.
• 9 Use a knife or spoon to get the apple butter in the center of each muffin so the
  apple butter doesn’t touch the sides of the muffin tin.
• 10 Spoon another rounded tablespoon of batter on top of apple butter until each tin
  is about 2/3 full.
• 11 Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle evenly over top of each muffin.
• 12 Bake muffins at 400º for approximately 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick
  inserted in center comes out clean.
• 13 Cool in baking tin for 10 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool
  completely. 
• 14 Combine ingredients in small bowl.
• 15 Spread one to two tablespoonfuls of streusel topping evenly over top of each
  muffin.
• 16 Follow directions for baking as directed above.

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