Recipe: Applesauce Muffins

 

Applesauce Muffins

My daughter, Addie, made these for a special brunch she made for a class project.  They are moist and dense - good with a cup of coffee!  

1 cup butter, softened

2 cups sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 cups applesauce

4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 tsp. ground allspice

1/4 tsp. ground cloves

1 cup chopped walnuts, optional

Cinnamon-sugar, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes.  Beat in eggs and vanilla.  Stir in applesauce.  Combine flour, baking soda and spices; stir into creamed mixture.  If desired, fold in nuts.

Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups 3/4 full.  Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, 20-25 minutes.  Cool five minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.  If desired, sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.