Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice

Studded with crisp, fresh diced red apples and drizzled with sweet cinnamon powdered sugar icing, these apple cornbread muffins are the perfect morning pick-me-up. But don’t let the sweet icing fool you. These delicious fruit-filled cornbread muffins are just as at home tucked beside a steaming bowl of savory chili or soup as they are served alongside your morning coffee or tea. And while you could leave the icing off for dinner, let’s be honest, why would you ever want to?

Apples are a significant part of my family’s heritage. They are literally woven into our bloodline. In addition to being a primary source of income for so many generations of my family, they were also the reason why so many of my family members passed away, all too often, at a young age or experienced rare and often painful cancers in their later years that were not considered to be “normal cancers” in most medical circles.

So obviously, when I go to a farmer’s market and see a gorgeous apple, I appreciate it. I can almost instantly tell by sight whether or not it will be a good apple or a bad apple. My family knows its apples. But also, at the same time, I don’t take an apple for granted. I see the work that went into that apple coming to fruition, and I acknowledge every single person that made that apple come to be. And yes, I pray for them.

I also pray that, over the years, as a society, we’ve learned that bigger doesn’t always mean better, looks aren’t the be-all and end-all, and what we spray and treat our fruit with needs careful monitoring and constant testing. In my lil’ world, an apple will never just be an apple. It’s life and nature. And frustratingly, sickness and sometimes death, but it is also a thing of beauty. Something to cherish and appreciate.

Apples are also an annual indicator that the holiday season is just around the corner. A delicious reminder to dust off our baking pans, preheat our ovens, and embrace the irresistible combination of cinnamon and spice, now that the heat of summer has finally come to an end. A way to show our family and friends love through pies, strudels, quick breads, and muffins. And these muffins, filled with glorious chunks of apple, are definitely something to cherish and appreciate.

Ingredients:

Muffins:

• 1 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1/2 Cup Yellow Cornmeal
• 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Light Brown Sugar, Packed
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
• 1 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 3/4 Cup Half and Half
• 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter, Melted
• 1/4 Cup Sour Cream
• 2 Eggs
• 2 Apples (Divided)
• 1 Tablespoon Unsalted Butter, Cold

Icing:

• 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
• 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
• 2 Tablespoons Half and Half

Directions:

Muffins:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugars, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and baking powder until well combined.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together the half and half, melted butter, sour cream, and eggs until well combined.
4. Peel, core, and finely dice the apples. Gently stir 3/4 of the apples into the flour mixture just until coated and evenly distributed.
5. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and gently stir until just combined. Make sure there are no more streaks of flour, but do not overmix the batter.
6. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin with the cold unsalted butter. Make sure to get a little butter on the top of the muffin tin so the top edges of the muffins will not stick.
7. Use a large spoon or ice cream scoop to evenly distribute the batter between 12 muffin cups. They will be full. Garnish each muffin with a sprinkle of the reserved diced apples.
8. Bake for 24 to 28 minutes, or until a knife or toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
9. As soon as you remove the muffins from the oven, gently run a knife around the edge of each muffin to prevent sticking. Gently lift the muffins out of the muffin tin and set them on a cooling rack. Allow the muffins to cool completely before icing.

Icing:

1. Whisk all of the ingredients together in a small bowl.
2. Use a fork or a spoon to drizzle the icing over the cooled muffins.

Suggestions:

• Use crisp, firm apples for this recipe. Braeburn, Pink Lady, Honeycrisp, Fuji, Cortland, or Gala apples will all work well for this recipe. I used Honeycrisp apples.
• When fully baked, these muffins will be golden brown around the edges, and the center of their tops will no longer appear wet and will spring back when lightly touched. When you insert a knife or toothpick into the center of a muffin, it should come out clean or with a few crumbs clinging to it. If the knife or toothpick comes out with wet batter, the muffins need more time in the oven. Check the muffins for doneness after 20 minutes of baking, then every 2 minutes after.
• Gently run a knife under the edge of each muffin as soon as you remove them from the oven to ensure they don’t stick to the muffin tin. Removing the muffins from the muffin tin immediately ensures they don’t continue baking.
• Serve these muffins without icing if you prefer a less sweet alternative.
• If you drizzle the icing over the muffins before they cool, the icing will melt off.

Improvements:

• If you don’t want to ice these muffins, serve them warm from the oven, drizzled with honey or spread with butter.
• Add a teaspoon of vanilla to the muffin batter.
• Top each iced muffin with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt.
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Apple Cornbread Muffins with Cinnamon Icing

Ingredients:

Muffins:
• 1 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1/2 Cup Yellow Cornmeal
• 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Light Brown Sugar, Packed
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
• 1 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 3/4 Cup Half and Half
• 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter, Melted
• 1/4 Cup Sour Cream
• 2 Eggs
• 2 Apples (Divided)
• 1 Tablespoon Unsalted Butter, Cold
Icing:
• 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
• 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
• 2 Tablespoons Half and Half

Directions:

Muffins:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugars, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and baking powder until well combined.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together the half and half, melted butter, sour cream, and eggs until well combined.
4. Peel, core, and finely dice the apples. Gently stir 3/4 of the apples into the flour mixture just until coated and evenly distributed.
5. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and gently stir until just combined. Make sure there are no more streaks of flour, but do not overmix the batter.
6. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin with the cold unsalted butter. Make sure to get a little butter on the top of the muffin tin so the top edges of the muffins will not stick.
7. Use a large spoon or ice cream scoop to evenly distribute the batter between 12 muffin cups. They will be full. Garnish each muffin with a sprinkle of the reserved diced apples.
8. Bake for 24 to 28 minutes, or until a knife or toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
9. As soon as you remove the muffins from the oven, gently run a knife around the edge of each muffin to prevent sticking. Gently lift the muffins out of the muffin tin and set them on a cooling rack. Allow the muffins to cool completely before icing.
Icing:
10. Whisk all of the ingredients together in a small bowl.
11. Use a fork or a spoon to drizzle the icing over the cooled muffins.

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