- Vegetarian
- 25 minutes
- 16 muffins
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups quick–cooking rolled oats
- 1½ cups buttermilk
- 2 cups all–purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 egg
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups apples (unpeeled or peeled)
- Thin apple slices
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400℉.
- In a bowl combine oats and milk and let stand for 5 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Whisk together sugar, maple syrup, egg, butter and vanilla; add into milk mixture.
- Pour mixture over dry ingredients and add apples. Stir just until moistened.
- Drop into prepared muffin pan. Press one thin unpeeled apple slice on top of muffin, to dress it up.
- Bake for about 25 minutes or until tops are firm to the touch.
- Let cool in pan. Transfer to rack.
- Brush warm muffin tops with maple syrup. Let cool completely.
