Apple muffins topped with nut brittle

Name: Apple muffins topped with nut brittle
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 130 g butter; 150 g sugar; 2 eggs; 90 g ricotta; ¾ dl milk; ¼ tsp bourbon vanilla sugar; ½ tsp cinnamon; 250 g white flour; 1 parcel baking powder; 1 pinch salt; 2 apples; 40 g cane sugar; 30 g flaked almonds; 1 tbsp white flour

desserts Baking sweet bake

Total: 40 min. | Active: 20 min.

vegetarian

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Muffins are an incredibly versatile sweet treat. What's more, they don't require any special baking skills. Just make sure that you don't over-mix the batter. You want it to remain soft. Once you've made the basic mixture, you can flavour it however you like – with seasonal fruit, chocolate, creams ... let your imagination run wild! Muffins are also perfect for making with children as they are so quick and easy. These muffins with apple and a sweet nut brittle topping are a treat for all ages.

Recipe by:
Sarah - Fragola & Limone

Ingredients

for 12 pieces

Muffin mixture
100 g	butter, melted, left to cool
150 g	sugar
2	eggs
90 g	ricotta
¾ dl	milk
¼ tsp	bourbon vanilla sugar
¼ tsp	cinnamon
250 g	white flour
1 parcel	baking powder
1 pinch	salt
2	apples, cut into cubes

Topping
30 g	butter, soft
40 g	cane sugar
30 g	flaked almonds
1 tbsp	white flour
¼ tsp	cinnamon

How it's done

Muffin mixture

Whisk the butter and sugar in a bowl. Add the eggs, ricotta, milk, vanilla sugar and cinnamon, whisk until smooth. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, sieve into the mixture and fold in. Mix in the apples. Transfer the muffin mixture to the prepared tin.

Topping

Mix the butter, sugar, almonds, flour and cinnamon in a bowl, spread on top of the muffins.

To bake

Approx. 5 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 210°C. Reduce the temperature to 190°C, bake the muffins for a further 15 mins. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, remove the muffins from the tin.

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