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Apple Pumpkin Muffins


Damien Hirst, 2007
Diamond Encrusted Skull (Which recently sold at auction for a staggering $100 million dollars)
English Artist & Sculpter

In an attempt to make something slightly healthier for the kiddies and adults during the sugar holiday, I mean, during Halloween, I decided it was high time to consult the muffin man.

For me, the beginning of the holiday season means something with pumpkin loaded with the spices of the season: cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger and these muffins definitely satisfy the seasonal transition.

Morning, noon or night, these are flat out delicious. So howl at the moon and whip up a batch. Everyone will love them, that is of course if you like pumpkin…

Enjoy!



APPLE PUMPKIN MUFFINS

12 tablespoons (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter
1 cup sorghum flour
½ cup cornstarch
½ cup tapioca flour
2 teaspoons guar gum
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar (dark muscovado), packed
½ cup light brown sugar (light muscovado), packed
2 1/8 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 ½ teaspoon freshly ground ginger
1 golden delicious apple, peeled, cored, thinly sliced and then diced
1 15-ounce can unsweetened pumpkin puree
2 large eggs
3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract




Preheat oven to 350ºF and line your muffin tins with 18 muffin/cupcake paper cups and set aside.

In a medium sized bowl, combine all the dry ingredients, including the sugars and stir with a wooden spoon until all the ingredients look evenly distributed.

In a stand up mixer with the paddle attachment, cream the butter until soft and then add all the dry ingredients at once and mix on low for about 2 minutes. Add the eggs, pumpkin and vanilla and mix on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Lastly, add your diced golden delicious apple and mix for 1 minute more.

Using an ice cream scoop, fill your muffin cups with your batter and bake at 350ºF for 25 minutes. The muffins should have nice fissures traversing the tops and the utmost edges should be slightly darker than the rest of the muffin. A wooden skewer inserted into one of the muffins will come out clean.

Makes 18 muffins.




Jean Morin, 1600-1650
Memento Mori, 1640’s, after Philippe de Champaigne
Etched engraving 12 5/8 x 12 9/16
The Karen G. and Dr. Elgin W. Ware, Jr. Collection
The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas.
Parisian Artist

October 26th, 2007 — 1:55 pm

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