Apple Walnut Crumb Muffins

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Title: Apple Walnut Crumb Muffins
Categories: Cakes, Brunch, Muffins
Yield: 12 Muffins

1/2 c Toasted wheat germ plus a
Little for dusting the cups
2 c Unbleached flour
1 tb Baking powder
2 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Salt
1 Large egg
1/2 c Lightly packed brown sugar
1 1/4 c Milk
1/4 c Unsalted butter, melted, or
Flavorless veg. oil
1 Large apple, peeled, cored
And grated
1 c Chopped walnuts
1 1/2 c Oat and brown sugar crumb
Topping (recipe follows)

Butter 12 muffin cups and sprinkle a litle wheat germ into each one. Tap
the muffin pan on all sides to spread the wheat germ around. Preheat oven
to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the flour, wheat germ, baking
powder, cinnamon and salt. Whisk the egg and brown sugar in a seperate
bowl. Whisk in the milk. Make a well in the dry ingredients, add the liquid
including the melted butter and stir to blend. When a few streaks of dry
are still visible, fold in the grated apple and walnuts. Divide the batter
evenly among the muffin cups. Scatter a good amount of crumb topping over
each muffin and bake for 22 minutes. Cool the muffins in the pan on a rack
for 3 minutes, then pop them out and serve hot.

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