Upside-Down Caramel Apple Muffins

Name: Upside-Down Caramel Apple Muffins
Total time: 65
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 3 baking apples, peeled and sliced; ½ cup packed brown sugar; ½ cup butter; 1 pinch salt; ½ cup chopped walnuts; 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup packed brown sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ¾ teaspoon apple pie spice; ¼ teaspoon baking soda; ⅛ teaspoon salt; ¾ cup butter, melted; ¾ cup applesauce; 3 tablespoons buttermilk; 1 egg, lightly beaten; ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe by Benjamin Ray Cummings from allrecipes.com

Dessert 1 Hr. 5 Mins.

Ingredients

12 servings

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3 baking apples, peeled and sliced
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½ cup packed brown sugar
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½ cup butter
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1 pinch salt
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½ cup chopped walnuts
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1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
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½ cup packed brown sugar
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1 teaspoon baking powder

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¾ teaspoon apple pie spice
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¼ teaspoon baking soda
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⅛ teaspoon salt
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¾ cup butter, melted
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¾ cup applesauce
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3 tablespoons buttermilk
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1 egg, lightly beaten
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¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Stir apples, brown sugar, butter, and salt in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and syrupy, about 30 minutes. Stir in walnuts.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a muffin tin; divide apple mixture among muffin cups.
Whisk flour, brown sugar, baking powder, apple pie spice, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Make a small well in the center and set aside.
Combine butter, applesauce, buttermilk, egg, and vanilla extract. Pour into the well in the flour mixture. Mix until just combined; batter should be lumpy. Pour batter over apple mixture in the muffin cups.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of each muffin. Carefully flip pan onto a serving platter; serve hot.