Brown Sugar and Spice Muffins
Moist and tender, heartwarming muffins flavored with brown sugar and spice. A cinch to make too!
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Brown Sugar and Spice Muffins
makes about 12 muffins
These would also be tasty with some raisins, or other dried fruit, or nuts added
Ingredients
Dry:
2 cups (300 g.) all-purpose flour
1 cup (200 g.) brown sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Wet:
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups plain yogurt or sour cream
1/3 cup (78 ml.) vegetable oil
1/4 cup (59 ml) unsweetened applesauce
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
For Topping
cinnamon sugar
ground nutmeg
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 Degrees Fahrenheit, 190 degrees Celsius, Gas Mark 5. Spray or grease a 12 count muffin tin. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and gently fold the mixture into the dry mixture. Don't mix it too much, your muffins will be tough if you do. Just mix it enough to blend it, then stop.
Scoop the batter into the muffin tins using an ice cream scoop. Sprinkle tops of muffins with a little cinnamon sugar, then top them with a little freshly grated nutmeg.
Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 20 minutes, (check after 18 minutes.) Let the muffins cool on a wire rack in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove the muffins from the tins by running a knife along the edge to loosen, then remove and let cool on a rack, or remove them and serve them!