Panera Bread Style Cobblestone Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup kefir
1/3 cup oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
1/3 cup raisins
FILLING
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 Granny Smith apples, peeled cored sliced
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon lemon juice
STREUSEL
1/4 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease 15 cupcake molds (one pan of a dozen molds and then three molds on another pan).
In a pan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the apples, brown sugar, salt, pumpkin pie spice and lemon juice to the pan. Stir and cook until golden and soft (7-10 minutes).
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, buttermilk, oil, vanilla and eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed.
Spoon a small amount of dough batter into the bottom of each cupcake mold. Reserve about half the batter.
Divide apple filling evenly between all molds to create a distinct apple layer. Top off with remaining dough batter, making sure to fill in the sides so that the muffin holds together.
Crumble brown sugar, flour, and butter together with fingers to make the streusel. Sprinkle on top of muffins.
Bake 50 minutes. Cool in pan for at least 15 minutes.