Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups flour
• ⅔ cup sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup (1 stick) butter
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 bag cinnamon chips*
• 2 apples, peeled, cored and grated*

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400º and line mini muffin cups with paper liners
2. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
3. Mix together sour cream, egg, and vanilla.  Melt the butter and add to mixture.
4. Stir butter mixture into flour mixture until combined
5. Add cinnamon chips and apples
6. Pour batter into muffin cups
7. Bake for 20 minutes (until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean)

 

**for other muffin types, substitute cinnamon chips and apples with other ingredients.  Here are some suggestions:

• Cranberry orange
• Blueberry lemon
• Pineapple coconut
• Pumpkin chocolate chip: also add ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg, ⅛ teaspoon allspice