On a recent cold winters day, I did what all Moms do when they are going crazy and need to get out of the house – I went to a mall. But, it’s a bad time for shopping. There’s mostly winter clearances with massively picked over items and just a few new spring items in the shops. What I could glean from the few new items on the shelf is that black & white is going to be big.
Now, I have a bit of a conundrum with this. I am just not much of a black and white gal. I do have my fair share of black items but I am much happier in colour or print. What to do? Buy a few pieces to keep up with the trend, or just stick to my own personal style? Well, considering that my budget is pretty reduced considering I am, ahem, no longer working, I think I’ll just stick with what I have.
But in an ode to the trend, I thought I’d use some leftover black and white scrap fabric to create a cutting edge food photo…… and it turned out a bit more 80’s retro than cutting edge.
I made these muffins to bring to a new Mom. I like muffins for Moms. Easy to eat, no heating required, and part healthy part treat. OK – these are mostly treat but there is a bit of apple in them.
This apple muffin recipe is easy, delicious and moist. Don’t forget the crunchy topping! I got 18 muffins.
- 2¼ cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ cup melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1½ cups brown sugar
- 2 cups small diced apples
- • Topping:
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup flour
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- Heat the oven to 375F
- To make the topping, in a bowl combine the brown sugar, flour, vanilla, and butter.
- For the muffins, in a large bowl mix the flour and baking soda
- In another bowl mix the egg and milk, lemon juice, butter and vanilla.
- Add the brown sugar to the wet mixture and mix.
- Mix wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
- Mix until just combined.
- Add the apples to the mixture and mix just until the apples are throughout the batter.
- Fill the muffin liners until they are ¾ full.
- Add the topping
- Cook for about 25 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Michelle Little
Writer & Photographer
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