Apple Cinnamon Muffins

[clevermanka]

Most of the time my recipe posts are concoctions I've come up with myself. Occasionally I'll post an unoriginal recipe for posterity (the scones) or out of amazement (the donut muffins). This one is a modification from a vintage cookbook.

Apple Cinnamon Muffins
1 c whole wheat graham flour
1/2 c all-purpose unbleached flour
2 1/4 t baking powder
1/4 c Splenda
1/4 c sugar
1/2 t salt
1 t cinnamon
1 egg
1/2 c milk
1/4 c oil
1 apple, diced
1/2 c chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 400F.

Combine dry ingredients, mix well. Beat egg, milk, and oil together. Add to dry ingredients. Mix gently until incorporated. Stir in apples and walnuts.

Spoon into oiled muffin pan, or use silicone cups.

Bake 30 minutes.

Makes 1 dozen muffins.

Heavily modified from Meta Given's The Modern Family Cook Book, 1942. It was originally a streusel-topped coffeecake.

Comments

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I've been using graham flour a lot lately. It combines nicely with all-purpose flour in ways that stoneground whole wheat just doesn't.

FYI, I made Toll House Cookies last night using 1/2 and 1/2 graham flour/all purpose flour and they came out great. Very different texture, but quite tasty. I also subbed some Splenda for the sugar (1/2 c Splenda to 1/4 c sugar for both the white and brown sugars)--but I don't know if you do the artificial sweetener thing...

[theoneinblue.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...I may have to experiment more with the graham flour. But the Splenda makes me a tad uneasy...I'm not supposed to be eating artificial sweeteners right now anyway, but I'm also sort of a purist that wants the real thing, even if I have to eat the end product in smaller quantities...but where does Splenda stand in the line-up of artificial sweeteners? Scary? Better than most? No brain damage-causing agents or cancer carcinogens?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

It depends on who you talk to about safety and artificial sweeteners of any sort. Use the full sugar if you want, that's fine!

[theoneinblue.livejournal.com]

Ah, actually, I found some Splenda in my cabinet from a pie-making experiment for a neighbor with diabetes some months ago...I'll go ahead and try the recipe as it is, and see how it turns out...