Made to order Muffins

Having fun on another snow day...

I encourage you to bake these muffins to keep everyone warm and cozy on a cold winter day.  These are delicious right out of the oven, heated slightly in the microwave, or eaten at room temperature with butter.  They do not require much sugar because of the sweet drop-ins, add-ons and mix-ins.  Feel free to use any candy bars, dried fruits, or crispy toppings your family likes to eat.  I used chocolate kisses for my son, butterscotch chips for my daughter and toffee almonds for my husband.  The possibilities are endless so have fun with these.  But be sure to have a tall glass of milk handy to wash them down :)    

Buttermilk Surprise Muffins

2 C flour
2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1 t salt
1 1/2 t cinnamon
2/3 C sugar
1 egg
1/4 C applesauce
1 C buttermilk
2 t vanilla
1/4 C oil
chocolate kisses, butterscotch chips, chocolate chunks, toffee almonds, etc. 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, wet ingredients in another bowl.  Add wet to dry and stir to combine.  Fill greased muffin cups 3/4 full.  Put muffins in the oven and set timer for 17 minutes.  After 5 minutes of baking, open oven door and drop chocolate kisses point facing down into muffins, sprinkle some muffins with butterscotch chips, and leave some plain if you'd like.  With the remaining batter for your next batch, mix in chocolate chunks (or what I did was grind up some toffee covered almonds and mixed that into the batter).  Let muffins cool in pan for 5 minutes then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.