Apple Cinnamon Strudel Muffins

Sutton and I made up another delicious recipe this morning. This time we decided to do something with the Granny Smith apples that have been sitting untouched on our counter all week - Yum! This recipe is a result of several other recipes combined...something y'all know I love to do! The apple prep took waaaay longer than I thought it would, but I suppose I should just look into purchasing myself a food processor so I don't have to waste another hour with a hand grater and a bunch of apple slices (remind me of this again when I go try to shred potatoes by hand to make latkes too!).

Ingredients:

2 c. all purpose flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

1/2 c. butter

1/2 c. white sugar

1/2 c. packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 c. milk

1/4 c. applesauce

3 c. apples - I did 1/2 shredded and 1/2 chopped. You can use whatever kind of apples you have on hand.

1/3 c. packed brown sugar

1 tbsp. flour

1/8 tsp. cinnamon

1 tbsp. melted butter

Directions:

* Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease muffin pan or use muffin liners {note: this recipe is supposed to make 12 muffins, but it made 16 for me and could have easily made 18 if I didn't fill them up so high}

* In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.

* In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and blend until smooth. Mix in vanilla, milk and applesauce. Stir in the apples and gradually blend in the flour mixture.

* In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon until well combined and all lumps are gone. Add melted butter until you have a course crumbly mixture.

* Spoon muffin mixture into muffin tins and top with the strudel mix.

* Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.