Apple cheddar muffins

12 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupShortening
½cupGranulated sugar
2largesEggs
cupUnbleached flour
1teaspoonBaking soda
1teaspoonBaking powder
½teaspoonSalt
¾cupQuick-cooking oats
1cupApples; finely chopped
cupSharp cheddar cheese; coarse grated
½cupChopped pecans
¾cupMilk
12slices(thin) unpeeled red apple
Melted butter
Cinnamon-sugar mixture

Directions

From: lfergus!larry (Larry Moore) Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Cream the shortening and sugar together and add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl, mix lightly. Gradually stir the flour mixture into the shortening mixture. In this order, add the oats cheddar and pecans, mixing well after each addition. Gradually add the milk, stirring until all the ingredients are just moistened. Grease the muffin pans and fill each cup 2/3rds full of batter. Dip the apple slices in the melted butter and then into the cinnamon-sugar. Press 1 apple slice into the top of each muffin. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon-sugar and bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

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