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Bread and Muffins · Page 32

Apple Muffins (author's favorite)

Yield: 30 muffins

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1/2 cup shortening, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 cups finely chopped, peeled and cored apples (approximately 8)
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tbs & 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 2 cups milk

Instructions

Combine first 3 ingredients, stirring well. Add apples; mix well. Combine next 5 ingredients. Add to egg mix, alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, stirring just until moistened. Spoon into greased muffin pans, filling 2/3 full. Combine and sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg over muffins before baking at 375 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes. Yield: 30 muffins.