And That's How the Cookie Crumbled

AWESOME NEWS GUYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I applied for Culinary & Catering Management @ Temasek Poly and guess what ....... I GOT THE PLACE !!!=D This got me having a total mixture of feelings ....of course I was delighted I got what I always wanted. At the same time however, I knew I'd miss my dearest friends to bits. Deep down in my heart, I know I can never find any replacements for those gems <3 The tears I shed held a variety of emotions. I decided to bake some goodies for my beloveds as a 'farewell' gift before I left the sch, in case I were to confirm my decision of transfering(I've decided to stay till early march at least, before poly starts, if I were to go).
I was also unsure though, whether i'd be doing the right thing by transfering. I'm still praying hard for a beam of enoightenment=)
Anyways, back to the goodies.

 I baked some apple crumble muffins for them. Here the recipe for 6:

-> 1 cup all-purpose flour


-> 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

-> 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

-> 1/4 teaspoon salt

-> 1/4 cup butter

-> 1/2 cup white sugar

-> 1 egg

-> 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

-> 3/4 cup chopped apples



-> 2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons packed brown sugar

-> 1-1/2 teaspoons all-purpose flour

-> 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

-> 1-1/2 teaspoons butter
 
 I got this recipe from HERE. I made a few modifications though. An apple muffin without any spice in the batter itself ? That just doesn't make any sense. Hence, I added an pinch of nutmeg and a little more cinammon, to the batter. Also, I used brown sugar instead of white sugar for the batter(as always), and 1/4 cup more of apples(green apples). For the butter, I assumed that the recipe refered to the unsalted version. Thus, I omitted the 1/4 tsp of salt as I was using the usual version.
 
1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 6-cup muffin pan.


2.In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

3.In a large bowl, beat together butter, sugar and eggs until smooth. Mix in vanilla. Stir in apples, and gradually blend in the flour mixture. Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin pan.

4.In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture is like coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over tops of mixture in muffin pan.

5.Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Allow to sit 5 minutes before removing muffins from pan, then cool.
 
Just like other muffins I bake, I always set the temperature higher, then lower it. In this case, I lowered the temperature to 175degrees celsius, upon insertion into the oven, to ensure that the top turns out slightly crisp, with a light, moist and fluffy interior. P.S. 190 refers to the original recipe yield of 12 muffins.
 
 
 

I made similar muffins(above) for the picnic I just had with my new class, but used red apples instead. Everyone loved it=D