Categories: Cupcakes- Muffins-Brownies- Blondies
Ingredients
- Cinnamon Topping:
- 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 1/3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. butter
- 1 98oz.) container sour cream
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 cups peeled and diced Granny Smith apples
- 1 (14 oz.) pkg. caramels
- 3 Tbsp. whipping cream
- 1 cup chopped lightly salted, roasted pecans
- Wax paper
- Food-safe twigs or craft sticks
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare cinnamon topping as directed.
- Beat sour cream and next 3 ingredients at low speed with an electric mixer 30 seconds or until blended.
- Stir together flour and next 3 ingredients. Add to sour cream mixture beating at low speed just until blended. (Do not over mix) Stir in diced apples. Spoon into a lightly greased 12 cup muffin pan, filling three-fourths full; sprinkle with Cinnamon Topping.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely (about 30 minutes).
- Microwave caramels and cream in a microwave-safe bowl at high 1 to 2 minutes or until smooth, stirring at 30-second intervals. let mixture stand, stirring occasionally,, 5 minutes or until thick enough to coat muffins.
- Quickly dip bottom three-fourths of each muffin into caramel mixture; roll bottom half of caramel-coated portion of muffin in chopped pecans, and place muffins, caramel sides up, on lightly greased wax paper. (If caramel mixture begins to harden before you’ve dipped all the muffins, microwave a few seconds to soften.) Insert food-safe twigs or craft sticks into caramel-covered portions of muffins.
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Cinnamon Topping:
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Stir together first 3 ingredients in a small bowl. Cut I butter with am pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse meal.