We're between trips to Williamsburg, VA and New Jersey to stalk Gary Francione, and since we won't be around to cook, I've put of our monthly trip to Trader Joes until we get back next week. With very little food in the house, a lot of what I've made has been of the 'throw whatever we have in a pot and pray' school. These muffins were the result of us having lots of apples and just enough flour and sugar for muffin batter.
Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup canola oil
3/4 cup soy or rice milk
1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce, or 1/2 - 3/4 of an apple placed in a food processor and heated
1/2 apple, diced into 1/4 inch chunks
For the brown-sugar mix
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Pre-heat the oven to 350 F. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and cinnamon. Add the oil, milk, and apple sauce and combine. Then fold in the apple chunks. Partially fold in the brown-sugar mix - you want to have a ribbon of brown sugar running through the muffins. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full. If you want, sprinkle a little brown sugar on top. Bake for 18 - 22 minutes, until a fork/knife/toothpick stuck into the muffins comes out clean. Eat immediately or set on a rack to cool.
I choose to eat immediately. I don't mind a burned tongue.
I'm going to try this as I sit, alone, in Florida.