Lunch: Apple Pumpkin Muffins

Recipe by kellyrht If you like pumpkin, you'll love these moist muffins. With an appealing streusel topping and tender apple bits throughout, they make a great accompaniment to a meal or a handy breakfast on the run.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Apples

Health benefits of Apple Pumpkin Muffins

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Apples will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full)

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups raw sugar
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 cups peeled and chopped apples
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup raw sugar
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners.
Combine 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, 1 1/2 cups raw sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Mix eggs, pumpkin, and oil in a small bowl. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture until just moistened; fold in apples. Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full.
Combine butter, 1/2 cup raw sugar, 1/4 cup whole wheat flour, and cinnamon in a small bowl; sprinkle over muffin batter.
Bake in preheated oven until golden and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from muffin cups to wire racks.

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