Friday, May 9, 2008
Here comes the Apple Streusel Muffin!
There is no magic involved in making a good muffin! All you need are the ingredients in correct proportions, simple method, a little patience regarding whether it’ll rise or not during baking and a dash of imagination or inspiration!
They aren’t time-consuming or difficult..and are always an alternative food for breakfast…..
I made apple muffins and the crowning glory was the streusel.
For the Muffins
2 apples, cubed, cooked and mashed
1 cup granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one by one, beating well after each egg is added.
Add the mashed apples followed by the vanilla extract and beat until smooth.
Mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Stir this mixture into the butter mixture only until they are well mixed in. Spoon this in the muffin cups.
For the Streusel
5 tbsps+1tsp of tightly packed Muscavado Sugar
1 tbsp of AP Flour
1 Tbsp Butter
1/8 tsp of Powdered Cinnamon
Mix muscavado sugar, flour and cinnamon. Rub the butter into the mixture and sprinkle over the apple mixture in the muffin pan.
Bake until the muffins are done.
The intensely flavoured streusel enlivened the otherwise plain drab apple muffin!!!
The proof lies in the picture below,
The lone muffin that I saved for a mid-night snack!
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that looks mouth wateringly delicious!
ReplyDeletewow...next time you better make a eggless one for me ok...mid night snack???...are you guys still up to those antics??..wow!..:))
ReplyDeleteI like that picture with the li'l hand!
whose hand is that? wish it was mine;)
ReplyDeleteI love this stuff. I make an apple cake with streusel (will post it some day).
ReplyDeleteLooks like there's been going on while I was away.
that looks delicious rachel. btw, can you buy muffin pans in chennai?
ReplyDeleteRachel, those muffins surely look inviting! Loved the cute little 'taster' fingers!
ReplyDeleteShravan Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSrivalli Will keep that in mind...yes I do have midnight-snack times!!! :DD Thank you!
Sia Those are the hands of my lil taster who wanted the streusel from every muffin!
ReplyDeleteAprna Do post it soon..Yes loads happened during your absence :D
arundathi Thanks and you have mail!
ReplyDeletePurnima Thanks!
yay i can see the picstoday. very yummy.
ReplyDeleteBTW i came here for my surprise ... u left a comment on my last post... i know i'm a bit late , but just got the time to return my comments .. !
where is it ?? :D
Gorgeous!! Love anything with Streusel topping!:))
ReplyDeleteJust before I started typing in this comment, I realised I was reading this as strudel and not streusel - so this is like a cobbler or a crumble topping?
ReplyDeletethey look awesome rachel!!i love it..i wish to have a bite of that cake:)
ReplyDeletethe muffins are so inviting, Rachel! Yummy!
ReplyDeleteAsha So do I. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSra Strudel is a pastry sheet that is made from flour, while in streusel..it is a mixture of butter, sugar and cinnamon which are sprinkled. The former is is a pastry sheet rolled with a filling inside and baked. And the latter is almost like a crumble...
Ranji Thanks
ReplyDeleteUma Thank you!
Mmmm...Rachel this looks really delicious !! Lovely pics too!!
ReplyDeleteTopping Tempts me Rachel..Wish I could join with your little one..Lovely Muffin's..
ReplyDeleteam drooling over the pics..Wish I too can pop my hand inside my monitor and have a bite of the muffins..Am making these today
ReplyDeleteWow, delicous muffin, no wonder someone cannot wait ....
ReplyDeletePlease allow me to nibble at the piece that's breaking off at the end of the last photograph :)
ReplyDeleteapple muffins, can't resist them! so your little one had an enjoyable time...:))
ReplyDeletelooks delicious........wow, good to meet you here dear
ReplyDeleteHmm, they look delicious, will try them for sure the next time I plant to prepare muffins!
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Looks delicious, Rachel.....that pic with the little hands trying to grab a muffin is priceless...
ReplyDeleterachel,
ReplyDeleteMuffin looks delicious.
Muffins are always good:) yours look lovely too!
ReplyDeleteSwati Thanks.
ReplyDeleteLavi Thanks.
divya vikram Do make them and post it as well.
Cham :D she was more in favour of the topping.
ReplyDeleteCynthia Sure go ahead..help yourself :D
Cham :D she was more in favour of the topping.
ReplyDeleteCynthia Sure go ahead..help yourself :D
Lissie She did with the streusel.
ReplyDeleteSapna Guess you got the wrong person!
Mona Please do.
ReplyDeletejayashree Thank you so much.
Prajusha Thank you!
ReplyDeleteFarida Thanks..
These look great rachel! apple and stresel are the best pairings:)
ReplyDeleteThat lone muffin has my name on it ...
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