Honey Apple Cornmeal Muffins

These muffins are perfect for breakfast, brunch, snack time or to add to a lunchbox.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2/3 cup cornmeal
6 tablespoons butter, melted
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup honey
2 eggs
1/2 cup raisins, plumped
1/2 cup diced unpeeled apple (approximately 1/2 a small or medium apple)

Method:
To plump raisins, place in a saucepan and add just enough water to cover. Bring to boil over medium heat. Remove from heat and strain water from raisins. Preheat oven to 400*. Into a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in cornmeal. Combine butter, milk, honey and eggs and mix thoroughly with a fork. Add all at once to dry ingredients, stirring just enough, with the fork, to dampen flour mixture.  Fold in raisins and apple. Spoon batter into 18 regular sized greased or paper lined muffin cups. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes, until browned and toothpick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean. Makes 18 muffins. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. 

Note: If paper liners are used, cool muffins completely, before removing the paper, otherwise the wrappers will stick to the muffins. If you desire to serve warm muffins, bake in greased pan without paper liners.