Apple Cider Bread Or Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 eggs
4 c. flour
1 1/2 Tbsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 c. apples, peeled, cored and chopped
1 tsp. cinnamon

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0.
Grease and flour 2 loaf pans or eighteen muffin cups.
Cream the butter and 1 1/4 cups of the sugar together in a large bowl.
Add eggs and cream thoroughly.
Sift the dry ingredients together.
Add them to the egg mixture, alternating with the cider.
Stir in chopped apples.
Divide the batter between the prepared loaf pans.
Combine the remaining 1/4 cup sugar with cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle it over the batter.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for 50 to 70 minutes for bread or for 30 to 40 minutes for muffins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Yields 2 loaves or 18 muffins.