Whole Wheat Apple Muffins

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Hello ! I am not going to tell you a sorry this time, since I am not going to be irregular here,any more:-) Did I tell you that my little one is a preschooler now ? Time sure flies and in no time he will be in school ! How I wish I could freeze time ! No, I am not complaining,every age is great as a kid. Lil M loves preschool and he is learning a lot new things too. Mamma is happy that she gets some me time and to see that he is getting some new friends. In the beginning when the I asked him whether he has some friends, he told me yes, but when I asked for names,he answered they don't have names,they are all "friends".

This is a post I was thinking to do last month. The Fall is all over in my part of the world and the place is almost covered by snow. We already had a couple of snowstorms and seems like this winter is going to be a big one. I am the only one in my family who doesn't like winter that much,well I don't hate it mainly because of all the great holidays.

The thing I like the most about Fall is the colors. And of course the Apples ! The Honey crisp is a favorite in my house and the colors blend so well with the fall leaves,isn't it? I used these beauties in this recipe and you can use any apples that you like.

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat Flour- 1 cup
All purpose flour- 1 cup
Baking powder- 1 tsp
Baking soda- 1 tsp
Salt- a pinch
Cinnamon- 1 Tbsp
Unsalted Butter- 1/2 cup,at room temperature
White granulated sugar- 1/2 cup
Brown sugar, packed,divided- 1/2 cup
Egg- 1, lightly beaten
Buttermilk- 1 cup
Apples- 1 large, peeled,cored and chopped coarsely
Walnuts- 1 cup, chopped coarsely

Method:

1.Preheat the oven at 450 degree F.Line muffin pans with paper liners and set aside.
2.Whisk together the flours,baking powder,baking soda,salt and cinnamon and keep aside.
3.Beat the butter and white sugar and 1/4cup brown sugar until creamy.
4.Add the egg and mix well.
5.Gradually add the buttermilk and beat to mix in.
6.Add the flour mixture and mix gently.
7.Fold in the apple pieces and walnuts.
8.Spoon out in the muffin pan.Sprinkle the remaining brown sugar on top and bake for 10 minutes.Turn the heat down to 400 F and bake for another 5-8 minutes.
9.Cool the muffins in the pan for 5 minutes and then turn them on a wire rack and cool completely.

Notes:

1.Adding walnuts is optional. You could add one more apple or raisins or any dried fruits or nuts instead of that.
2.These muffins keep well for several days (well, if you have any left overs !)

Sending this to Cook Eat Delicious-desserts , a wonderful event with a great giveaway in Nayna's blog,Simply Food which is the brain child of Raven from Cookeatdelicious.com. Do check out this cool event here.


Recipe adapted from : Smitten Kitchen