Apple Pie Muffins

Serves	12 muffins
Prep time	10 minutes
Cook time	25 minutes
Total time	35 minutes
Allergy	Egg, Milk, Wheat
Dietary	Vegetarian
Meal type	Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Misc	Child Friendly, Freezable, Serve Cold
Occasion	Birthday Party, Casual Party, Christmas, Easter, Halloween
Region	British
By author	Karen Burns-Booth

The little "Apple Pie" muffins are made with Bramley apples, cinnamon and brown sugar and taste JUST like an apple pie without the pastry! They make a wonderful snack for any school or office lunch box and are lower in fat than normal muffins, with just 75g (3ozs) of butter in the whole batch.

Ingredients

250g self raising flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
100g soft brown sugar
2 large free-range eggs
125mls milk
75g unsalted butter, melted
2 large Bramley apples, peeled ad cut into very small pieces (or any other cooking apples)
4 tablespoons Demerara sugar (to sprinkle on top of the muffins)

Note

Directions

Step 1	Pre-heat oven to 180C/350F/Gas mark 4 (160C Fan) and line a 12 x hole muffin tin with paper cases.
Step 2	Mix the flour, cinnamon and brown sugar together in a large mixing bowl.
Step 3	In a separate bowl or large jug, mix the eggs, milk and melted butter together. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients to JUST combine, do not over mix.
Step 4	Add the apple pieces, and gently mix them through.
Step 5	Divide the mixture between the 12 muffin cases; then sprinkle the Demerara sugar over the top of the muffins and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until well risen.
Step 6	Cool on a wire rack and then store in an airtight tin. Perfect for breakfast and school or office lunch boxes.
Step 7	These freeze very well; you can put a frozen muffin in a lunch box and it will be defrosted by the time you eat it at lunch time.