Pumpkin-apple Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup pumpkin (canned)
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 granny smith apple, peeled and finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Recipe

• 1 combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
• 2 combine pumpkin, butter, and eggs, and add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened. fold in chopped apple, and spoon into greased muffin pans, filling two-thirds full.
• 3 combine 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice; sprinkle evenly over muffins.
• 4 bake at 350° for 20 minutes. remove from pans immediately, and cool on wire racks.