Apple Lemon Muffins -makes 6

INGREDIENTS:

250 mL.......... all-purpose flour
10 mL ............baking powder
pinch ............ salt
60 mL ............sugar
1 egg, ......... ...lightly beaten
60 mL ............butter
2 mL ............. lemon juice
125 mL ...........milk
1/2 large .........Granny Smith apple - peeled, grated
15 mL ............. sugar
2 mL ..............ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease 6 muffin cups.

2. In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup sugar, eggs, butter, lemon juice, and milk. Mix the creamed ingredients into the flour mixture until evenly moist. Fold in the apples. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.

3. Mix the 1 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle over the tops of the muffin batter.

4. Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool 1 to 2 minutes before turning out onto wire racks to cool completely.