Apple Streusel Cheddar Muffins

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 2 large apples, peeled and finely chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese or 1 cup extra-sharp cheddar cheese, grated (4 ounces)
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons walnuts, chopped
• 1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated (or more)

Recipe

• 1 cream together the butter, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and baking powder.
• 2 beat in the eggs.
• 3 (the mixture will look curdled; that’s ok.) stir in the apple, cheese, and walnuts, then the flour until just combined.
• 4 mix streusel ingredients together in a small bowl.
• 5 preheat oven to 350f.
• 6 grease the cups of a 12-cup muffin tin.
• 7 fill each cup about half-full.
• 8 sprinkle about one tbs of streusel mixture on top of each muffin.
• 9 fill the cups with the remaining batter.
• 10 (it’s stiff, and will mound up above the rim of the cup a bit.) sprinkle the remaining streusel atop the muffins.
• 11 the streusel will spill off the muffins onto the pan; don’t be too finicky about trying to make it stick.
• 12 bake for 30 minutes, or until they’re golden brown.
• 13 after removing from oven, cool breifly in the tins (about 5 min) then finish cooling on a cooling rack.