Spiced apple tree muffins alongside streusel topping too cinnamon dearest butter

I intend in that place is zero I savour to a greater extent than than baking amongst apples. Especially if in that place is cardamom involved. I adore cardamom , if I haven't mentioned it earlier (which I'm pretty certain I have). Not only amongst apples , it goes pretty much amongst anything inward my majority - java (!) , rhubarb , strawberries , blueberries , cinnamon buns , Semlor , you lot shout out it!

Apples e'er appear to inspire me to bake , together with that was definitely the representative today. With my quaternary majority inward the making I've had almost no fourth dimension to create novel recipes for the blog. I experience similar I speak nigh my quaternary majority constantly , but it's pretty much all I tin post away intend nigh at the moment. It's been thence much fun to brand , together with I've learned thence much during the process. I can't aspect to part to a greater extent than on this soon!

Anyway , these muffins:

So moist , slightly crunchy on tiptop together with only thence perfect. The apples are simmered inward a mixture of butter , saccharide , cardamom together with cognac. Need I enjoin more? My kitchen withal smells amazing.

SPICED APPLE MUFFINS WITH STREUSEL TOPPING
AND CINNAMON HONEY BUTTER

makes eight large muffins

INGREDIENTS
Streusel topping
4 tbsp all role flour
two tbsp turbinado saccharide (brown saccharide industrial plant too)
1/4 tsp dry soil cinnamon
1/4 tsp dry soil cardamom
pinch of salt
two tbsp (30 g) mutual coldness butter

Apple filling
1 large apple
1 tbsp turbinado saccharide (brown saccharide industrial plant too)
1 tbsp (15 g) butter
two tsp cognac
1/8 tsp dry soil cardamom

Muffins
1 1/4 cups (180 g) all role flour
two tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp dry soil cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
two eggs , at room temperature
2/3 loving cup (100 g) low-cal brownish muscovado saccharide (packed inward the criterion cup)
100 g (1 scant stick) softened butter
1/3 loving cup + 1 1/2 tbsp (100 ml) sour cream (or thick yogurt) , at room temperature

Honey butter
five tbsp (75 g) softened butter (I e'er utilisation salted but experience gratis to utilisation unsalted)
3/4 tsp dry soil cinnamon
three tbsp honey

INSTRUCTIONS
For the streusel topping
1. Stir together flour , saccharide , cinnamon , cardamom together with common salt inward a bowl. Add the butter together with press together amongst your fingers until it reaches a crumbly texture. Put the bowl inward the refrigerator piece you lot fix the rest.

For the apple tree filling
1. Peel , substance together with die the apple. Put inward a sauce pan together amongst saccharide , butter , cognac together with cardamom. Bring to a boil , thence simmer on medium high until apples acquire slightly soft together with the saccharide melts , nigh 3-4 minutes. Remove from rut together with permit cool piece you lot fix the muffin batter.

For the muffins
1. Preheat oven to 200°C (392°F). Prepare a cupcake pan amongst eight muffin liners (you mightiness acquire a couplet to a greater extent than or less depending on the size of your liners).
2. Mix flour , baking pulverization , cinnamon together with common salt inward a bowl. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl , trounce saccharide together with eggs until fluffy together with lighter inward colouring , nigh two minutes. Add the butter together with trounce until incorporated.
4. Add the dry out ingredients together with the sour cream together with stir until smooth.
5. Fill the liners nigh 1/4 sum amongst batter , add together about apple tree mixture to each liner , thence tiptop amongst to a greater extent than batter , the remaining apple tree mixture together with the streusel topping.
6. Bake for 18-21 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.

For the cinnamon dear butter
1. Beat butter , cinnamon together with dear until smoothen together with fluffy. Serve amongst muffins (preferably piece the muffins are withal a lilliputian fighting warm.