Apple Cinnamon Yogurt Muffins

[Guest guest]

Apple Cinnamon Yogurt Muffins

 

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 3/4 cups granulated sugar

3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 cup butter or margarine

1 cup grated Braeburn or Golden Delicious apple

1 container, 8 ounces, low fat vanilla yogurt

2 large eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

 

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 24 3-inch muffin pan cups or line with paper

liners

In large bowl, combine flour, 1 cup sugar, the baking powder, salt, orange zest,

and nutmeg. With pastry blender or fork, cut in 3/4 cup  butter until mixture is

crumbly.

In medium bowl combine apple, yogurt, and eggs; add to flour mixture, stirring

until just combined. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups and bake 20 to 25

minutes or until centers spring back when gently pressed.

Cool muffins in pan 5 minutes; remove from pan and cool until able to handle.

Meanwhile, melt remaining 1/2 stick butter. In small bowl, combine remaining 3/4

cup sugar and the cinnamon.

To serve. brush tops of muffins with butter and roll top in cinnamon-sugar

mixture. Yields 24 muffins.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

What is so annoying is that it's hard to find 8-oz containers of

yogurt anymore! They're all scaling back to 6 ounces and keeping the

price the same!

 

-jacki in Fl

 

, Granny Mae <gran_mae

wrote:

>

> Apple Cinnamon Yogurt Muffins

>  

> 3 cups all-purpose flour

> 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar

> 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

> 1/2 teaspoons salt

> 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest

> 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

> 1 cup butter or margarine

> 1 cup grated Braeburn or Golden Delicious apple

> 1 container, 8 ounces, low fat vanilla yogurt

> 2 large eggs, beaten

> 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

>  

> Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 24 3-inch muffin pan cups or line

with paper liners

> In large bowl, combine flour, 1 cup sugar, the baking powder, salt,

orange zest, and nutmeg. With pastry blender or fork, cut in 3/4 cup 

butter until mixture is crumbly.

> In medium bowl combine apple, yogurt, and eggs; add to flour

mixture, stirring until just combined. Spoon batter into prepared

muffin cups and bake 20 to 25 minutes or until centers spring back

when gently pressed.

> Cool muffins in pan 5 minutes; remove from pan and cool until able

to handle. Meanwhile, melt remaining 1/2 stick butter. In small bowl,

combine remaining 3/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon.

> To serve. brush tops of muffins with butter and roll top in

cinnamon-sugar mixture. Yields 24 muffins.