Panera Bread Style Cobblestone Muffins

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup kefir
• 1/3 cup oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 granny smith apples, peeled cored sliced
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease 15 cupcake molds (one pan of a dozen molds and then three molds on another pan).
• 3 in a pan over medium heat, melt the butter. add the apples, brown sugar, salt, pumpkin pie spice and lemon juice to the pan. stir and cook until golden and soft (7-10 minutes).
• 4 in a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, buttermilk, oil, vanilla and eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed.
• 5 spoon a small amount of dough batter into the bottom of each cupcake mold. reserve about half the batter.
• 6 divide apple filling evenly between all molds to create a distinct apple layer. top off with remaining dough batter, making sure to fill in the sides so that the muffin holds together.
• 7 crumble brown sugar, flour, and butter together with fingers to make the streusel. sprinkle on top of muffins.
• 8 bake 50 minutes. cool in pan for at least 15 minutes.