APPLE BUTTER BLUEBERRY MUFFINS (WHOLE WHEAT!)

APPLE BUTTER BLUEBERRY MUFFINS (WHOLE WHEAT!) image

Yield 12 muffins

Number Of Ingredients 15

Wet mix:
1/2 stick of butter (softened or melted)
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup of apple butter (or more if you like)
1/2 cup of milk (I used 2% and added a splash of cream)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Dry mix:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup flax meal (I think you should grind your own in your food processor or coffee grinder - I use a magic bullet, don't buy it ground or grind too much in advance as it goes rancid quickly)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
Mix in:
1 1/2 cup of blueberries (frozen or fresh)

Steps:

Position your oven rack to the middle notch and preheat to 400 degrees. Spray or line your muffin tins. Mix butter and brown sugar together. Add remaining wet ingrediants and mix well. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingrediants and mix well. Add wet mix to the dry mix and hand-mix, just until combined. Fold in the blueberries. Spoon into muffin tins. I like to toss a little bit of something on the tops- nine grain cereal, or steel cut oats (you might soak them in apple juice or something first so they're not so crunchy), even some plain old oats would look nice. Bake for 25 minutes (or until toothpick comes out clean) at 400 degrees on middle rack.