Ingredients
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1/2 cup sugar
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1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine, room temperature
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1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
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2/3 cup corn oil or 2/3 cup vegetable oil
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1 cup buttermilk
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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2 1/2 cups flour
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1 1/2 cups apples, peeled and diced
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1/2 cup pecans, toasted
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1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Grease and flour muffin tins or use paper liners.
- In a small bowl combine white sugar and butter and mix with a fork until crumbly and set aside for topping.
- In a large bowl combine brown sugar, oil and egg.
- In a separate bowl combine buttermilk, soda, salt and vanilla.
- Alternately add buttermilk mixture and flour into the brown sugar mixture, stirring with a wooden spoon until combined.
- Fold in apples and pecans (if using).
- Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins and then sprinkle with reserved topping mixture.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick tests done.