Maple-Drizzled Apple Muffins (these are a delight)

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Maple-Drizzled Apple Muffins

 

Muffins:

1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup

quick-cooking oats

2/3 cup sugar

1 tbsp. baking powder

1 1/2 tsps.

cinnamon

1/2 cup milk

1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted

1/4 cup maple

syrup

1 egg, lightly beaten

2 cups chopped, peeled apples

12 pecan

halves

 

Glaze:

1/3 cup confectioners sugar

2 tbsps.

maple syrup

 

In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, sugar, baking

powder and cinnamon. In a small bowl, mix milk, butter, syrup and egg; stir into

dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apples. Fill greased or

paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Top each with a pecan half. Bake at

400 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes (or until muffins test done). Cool in pan 10

minutes before removing to wire rack. After cooled, mix sugar and syrup for

glaze; drizzle over muffins.

Yields 12 muffins (6 jumbo

muffins.)