Apple Walnut Muffins
- Yield: 2 dozen
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 35 mins
Ingredients
- 4-- apples (1 1/2 - 1 3/4 lbs.), peeled, cored and halved*
- 4-1/2cups all-purpose flour
- 1-3/4cup sugar
- 2tablespoons sugar
- 1teaspoon salt
- 1teaspoon baking soda
- 1teaspoon cinnamon
- 1-1/2cup chopped California walnuts, toasted
- 2cups canola oil
Instructions
*Use Granny Smiths if you like firm, tart apples, or Golden Delicious if you like sweeter apples. Both are very good in this recipe.
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease standard muffin pans (cups about 4 oz. or 1/2 cup capacity) with butter or vegetable shortening, or coat them generously with nonstick cooking spray.
- Chop the apples coarsely, or dice them, so they are in about 1/4” – 1/3” pieces. You should have about 4 cups, and slightly more or less is okay.
- In a very large bowl combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. With a wire whisk, stir the dry ingredients together for a minute or two, until evenly mixed.
- Add the apples and the nuts, then stir and toss to distribute them evenly and coat them with flour. Add the oil, then mix vigorously using a large wooden spoon–or plunge right in with your clean hands to mix–until the ingredients are completely blended.
- The batter will be very stiff and chunky, almost like a dough, and different from most batters you have probably worked with.
- Scoop up 1/3-cup blobs of the batter, and in your hands, pat them quickly into irregular balls, and place in the prepared muffin pans.
- Bake 35 – 40 minutes, until the muffins are golden brown, the tops look dry, and they spring back when pressed gently. Cool in the pans 5 – 10 minutes, then remove to racks to cool completely. The cooled muffins may be stored in a sealed container at room temperature for up to two days. Freeze for longer storage.
Courtesy of Chef Karen Holmes of Karen’s Bakery & Café in Folsom, Calif.
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 380
- Glycemic Load 12
- Fat 24g
- Saturated Fat 1.5g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 8g
- Monounsaturated Fat 13g
- Cholesterol 0mg
- Sodium 150mg
- Potassium 100mg
- Carbohydrate 39g
- Fiber 2g
- Sugars 19g
- Protein 4g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 2%
- Calcium 2%
- Iron 8%