---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Apple Walnut Crumb Muffins
 Categories: Cakes, Brunch, Muffins
      Yield: 12 Muffins
 
    1/2 c  Toasted wheat germ; plus a
           - little for dusting the cups
      2 c  Unbleached flour
      1 tb Baking powder
      2 ts Cinnamon
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 lg Egg
    1/2 c  Brown sugar; lightly packed
  1 1/4 c  Milk
    1/4 c  Unsalted butter; melted -OR-
    1/4 c  Flavorless vegetable oil
      1 lg Apple; peeled, cored and
           - grated
      1 c  Walnuts; chopped
  1 1/2 c  Oat and brown sugar crumb
           - topping (recipe follows)
 
  Butter 12 muffin cups and sprinkle a litle wheat germ into each one. Tap
  the muffin pan on all sides to spread the wheat germ around. Preheat oven
  to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine the flour, wheat germ, baking
  powder, cinnamon and salt. Whisk the egg and brown sugar in a separate
  bowl. Whisk in the milk. Make a well in the dry ingredients, add the liquid
  including the melted butter and stir to blend. When a few streaks of dry
  are still visible, fold in the grated apple and walnuts. Divide the batter
  evenly among the muffin cups. Scatter a good amount of crumb topping over
  each muffin and bake for 22 minutes. Cool the muffins in the pan on a rack
  for 3 minutes, then pop them out and serve hot.
 
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