Fall is my favorite time of year and one of the best days is when I see the message from the local orchard that the Honeycrisp are ready! When I chose my recipe for this month's Muffin Monday I knew it would be something with apples. I chose Caramel Apple Muffins from Taste of Home and it's a standard dry mix to start off. Flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, spices. I reduced the amount of cinnamon called for to 1 1/2 teaspoons and used my Microplane to grate in a nice amount of nutmeg. I didn't measure, maybe 1/2 teaspoon? The wet ingredients are milk, egg, melted butter and vanilla. I melted the butter in a glass bowl and let it cool slightly before whisking the other ingredients into it. For the caramel, you can use the candies that you have to unwrap but I like these bite sized bits. Be advised that the recipe says to eat the muffins warm because the caramels will reharden when cool. If you'd like caramel flavor without that issue, you can use extract. Dependi
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