Apple & Cinnamon Muffins

Well, there is nothing much to say about this bake...I found it in one of my baking books and the pictures were quite appealing...Moreover, I had some apples at home and so zeroed in this recipe....

Ingredients:
Recipe Source: Baking....made simple, Parragon Books

For the muffins
All-purpose whole-wheat flour - 2/3 cup
All-purpose white flour - 1/2 cup
Baking powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon, ground - 1 tsp
Superfine sugar - 1/4 cup
Apples - 2 medium or 1 large; peeled, cored and finely chopped
Milk - 1/2 cup
Egg, beaten - 1
Butter, melted - 4 tbsps

For the topping
Brown sugar lumps - 12, coarsely crushed
Cinnamon, ground - 1/2 tsp

Method:

Place muffin paper liners in a muffin pan.
Sift both flours, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together into a large bowl and stir in the sugar and chopped apples.
Place the milk, egg and butter in a separate bowl and mix.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently stir until just combined.
Divide the batter evenly among the paper liners. To make the topping, mix the crushed sugar lumps and cinnamon together and sprinkle over the muffins.
Bake in a preheated oven at 200 C for 20-25 minutes, or until risen and golden.
Remove the muffins from the oven and serve warm or place them on a wire rack and let cool.

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