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Apple Upside Down Muffins

October 3, 2017 by Alison

With a reprieve from the summer heat, I welcome the fall season with open arms. It’s apple picking season! For some reason, I never get tired of walking through the apple orchards with my kids, finding trees chock-full apples is like looking for the next clue in a scavenger hunt. Once you get there, the reward is great and you just want to keep going, not stopping until both bags are full and almost too heavy to carry. The kids have grown, refining their apple-picking styles, as they now like to throw them at each other.

We’re not finished with our picking until the weight of the apples start to rip the bag. It’s only then that we begin to make our way down through the orchard and back to the car. It’s always a race to see if we can get to the car before the bag breaks entirely and we lose our freshly-picked lot. (I should mention that I’m always the one carrying the full bags even though the kids each start out with the empty ones.)

Of course the fun only continues as my mind starts to picture all the ways I’ll use the apples when we get back home. It was always applesauce when the kids were little but now it’s muffins, breads and even apple empanadas. This recipe for apple upside down muffins is the perfect way to capture the exquisite taste of apples mixed with cinnamon and sugar in one scrumptious bite. What is your favorite apple recipe? Please share!

Apple Upside Down Muffins
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Apple Upside Down Muffins
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Ingredients
  • 2 tbs butter
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbs granulated sugar
  • 3 cups apples peeled, cored and diced
  • 1 stick butter softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 1/2 cup applesauce unsweetened
  • 1 1/2 cups flour unbleached white
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
Servings:
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a mini muffin tin with baking spray.
  2. In a skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter and sauté the apples, teaspoon of cinnamon and two teaspoons sugar. Cook on a low heat for about ten minutes and then remove from heat.
  3. Next, beat the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until creamy.
  4. Add the applesauce, vanilla and eggs. Beat.
  5. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together and add to the butter and sugar mixture.
  6. Mix in the buttermilk until the batter is smooth.
  7. Place a teaspoon full of apples in the bottom of each mini muffin tin and add a spoonful of batter to cover the apples. Cook for 15 minutes until cooked through and carefully invert the muffin tin onto a cooking rack. Dust with powdered sugar and eat warm.
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  1. Lourdes says

    October 3, 2017 at 8:05 am

    This is great as I have tons of apples always at home.
    Thanks

  2. Alison says

    October 3, 2017 at 9:26 am

    What do you usually make Lourdes?

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