Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Whole Wheat Applesauce Spice Muffins


Wow, that's a mouthful (no pun intended :))! Seriously though, these muffins are really great. They are everything a good muffin should be. Moist, flavorful and filling without being too heavy. But the very best part about these muffins is the smell. I can't even describe how delicious my house smelled while these muffins were baking. I couldn't wait to eat them so I had one pretty much as soon as they came out of the oven. These are going to be a welcome breakfast treat for the rest of this week.

Whole Wheat Applesauce Spice Muffins
(Adapted from: Food for my Life)

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat white flour (I use King Arthurs)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup light brown sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 cup unsweetened applesauce

Streusel Topping
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp white sugar
2 tbsp cold butter, cut into small pieces
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and prepare a muffin tin with liners.
In a small bowl blend the dry streusel ingredients. Use your fingers to work butter into the flour/sugar mixture.
Sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. Set aside.
In a bowl combine the applesauce, butter and brown sugar.
Add the eggs, one at a time, to the wet ingredients.
Slowly add the dry ingredients to dry ingredients and stir just until combined.
Fill the muffin liners 3/4 of the way full (about 1/3 of cup per muffin) and top with the streusel mixture.
Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

7 comments:

  1. I'm really excited to try these! I love muffins with stresel topping...now I just need to buy a muffin pan!

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  2. Yummy!! I love the healthy kick to these and anything with a streusel topping always wins me over :)

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  3. Don't you love when the house smells that delicious and then, unexpectedly, someone stops by. And you know they must be thinking, "Holy cow, does this place smell like heaven." Being a baker myself, I love when the scent of the treats I'm making waft throughout the house. (Plus these look divine!)

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  4. mmmmmm I think I can smell them baking from here! Man I could go for one now!!

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  5. I love that this is a great healthy muffin!

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  6. These look awesome, and I love the streusel topping!

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  7. I can smell these already! They look amazing, and to think they're full of whole wheat goodness, too!

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