Apple Cinnamon Muffins

There are more apples than we can keep up with. During these times we often add sliced apples to our salads. Today I decided to make muffins (always looking for reasons to pull out the Kitchen-Aid mixer). I searched for a basic recipe online and made the following. The bad news is it ended up only using two apples!

Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 2 cups finely chopped apples, peeled and cored

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375
• Mix first four ingredients in a bowl and mix together
• Chop apples. Keep in a bowl with some lemon juice sprinkled on top to prevent browning
• With mixer on low, add all remaining ingredients and mix until flour is moistened
• Spoon batter into a greased muffin pan
• Bake until golden brown on top - 18 - 24 minutes
• Let cool for 5 minutes before removing muffins from the pan
  

Yields about 8-10 muffins. I used regular white flour today but next time I might experiment with whole wheat flour for some or all of the flour.