Apple Muffins or Apple Loaf

Nothing warms the heart like good food!














I don't often find recipes full of "healthy" ingredients. But this one for Apple Streusel Muffins already calls for whole wheat flour and oat bran so I don''t usually make any changes. It comes from the 1991 edition of Lighthearted Everyday Cooking by Anne Lindsay. (I notice that the most recent edition has a different cover.)

Here's the recipe:

1. Mix together:

• 1 1/3 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup oat bran
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  

2. Add: 1 1/4 cup of chopped chopped apple.

3. Mix together:

• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup oil
  

4. Stir liquids into dry ingredients.

5. Pour into muffin tins or loaf pan (or both)

6. Combine:

• 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon each of cinnamon and nutmeg
  

Then sprinkle this topping over muffin or loaf batter

7. Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes or until done. (If I am making a loaf, I sometimes lower the temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake it a little longer.)














Yummy!