Apple-cheddar Muffins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup sugar, granulated
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup oats, quick cooking
• 1 cup apple, finely chopped
• 2/3 cup cheddar cheese, sharp coarse grate
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 3/4 cup milk
• 15 slices apples, unpeeled
• butter, melted
• cinnamon-sugar mixture

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400 degrees f.
• 2 cream the shortening and sugar together and add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 3 combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl, mix lightly.
• 4 gradually stir the flour mixture into the shortening mixture.
• 5 in this order, add the oats cheddar and pecans, mixing well after each addition.
• 6 gradually add the milk, stirring until all the ingredients are just moistened.
• 7 grease the muffin pans and fill each cup 2/3rds full of batter.
• 8 dip the apple slices in the melted butter and then into the cinnamon-sugar.
• 9 press 1 apple slice into the top of each muffin.
• 10 sprinkle lightly with cinnamon-sugar and bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.