Apple Butter Mini Muffins

I am in the thick, thick, thick of writing my cookbook.  It is nearly done (weee!), but I feel like I'm a walking, talking, eating breathing sleeping thesaurus of descriptive words for tasty.  Delicious, mouth-watering, yummy, drool-evoking, scrumptious, life-altering...and so forth, and so on.  It has felt so good to get back into writing steadily, as life with three kids, a busy husband, a part-time job, a slew of activities and about a thousand other things can sometimes get in the way of that!  But even so, breaks are needed.  Eating is needed.  So over the weekend, my little LoLo and I whipped up these really delicious (see thesaurus above for more) Apple Butter Mini Muffins.  It took NO time, they were perfectly moist and flavorful, and they made so many that snack time is covered for weeks.  Anything to make life easier at this point is welcome, so, thanks muffins!  Recipe below...  

Apple Butter Mini Muffins

Yields: 40 mini muffins

Printable Recipe

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

Pinch of salt

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 large egg

1/2 cup Greek vanilla yogurt

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup apple butter

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  In one bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon).   In another large bowl, combine the wet ingredients (oil, egg, yogurt, vanilla and apple butter).  Add dry ingredients to wet and stir until just combined.  Coat a mini muffin pan with baking spray (or use mini liners).  Fill each about 2/3 full, and bake for approx 10 minutes.