COPYCAT PANERA: COBBLESTONE MUFFINS

Copycat Panera: Cobblestone Muffins image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 22

For the dough:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
Raisins (according to preference - I would recommend 1/3 cup)
For the filling:
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3-4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon lemon juice
For the streusel:
1/4 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 15 cupcake molds (one pan of a dozen molds and then three molds on another pan).
Start the filling by melting butter in a pan over medium heat.
To complete the filling, add the apples, brown sugar, salt, pumpkin pie spice and lemon juice to the pan. Stir and cook for 5-10 minutes until golden and soft.
While the filling cooks, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, buttermilk, oil, vanilla and eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed in a large bowl. Now you've got yourself some dough.
Spoon a small amount of dough batter into the bottom of each cupcake mold. Reserve about half the batter.
Divide apple filling evenly between all molds to create a distinct apple layer. Top off with remaining dough batter, making sure to fill in the sides so that the muffin holds together.
Crumble brown sugar, flour, and butter together with fingers to make the streusel. Sprinkle on top of molds.
Bake 50 minutes. Cool in pan for at least 15 minutes.