All Things Maple

And all at once ,

summer collapsed into fall.

Oscar Wilde

Maple Nut Muffins

Cook's Notes: Warm Maple Nut Muffins straight from the oven are a delicious way to start your day. These muffins are sweetened with pure maple syrup, nuts and a cinnamon sugar topping. Pair the muffins with your favorite warm beverage  and you have the perfect recipe to usher in the fall season. Recipe makes 9 regular sized muffins and was adapted from bakeorbreak.com.    
Cooking Tip: Add an extra topping crunch and sparkle by mixing a little cinnamon with white sparkling sugar. This jar was purchased at Michaels in the baking section. A good substitute is cinnamon mixed with granulated sugar,   

Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup packed light or dark brown sugar
• 1 -1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. Saigon cinnamon 
• 1/4 tsp. salt 
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup (not pancake syrup) 
• 1/2 cup milk or half and half
• 1/4 cup butter, melted and slightly cooled
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• Cinnamon sugar garnish 

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Line 9 standard muffin cups with paper liners.
• In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
• In a separate bowl, lightly beat egg with a whisk. Add maple syrup, milk or half and half and melted butter. Stir to combine.
• Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients. Stir just until combined. Stir in nuts.
• Divide dough evenly among muffin cups filling about 3/4 full. Sprinkle each muffin with cinnamon sugar mixture.

• Bake 18 minutes or until a pick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 10 minutes before serving.
  

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