Pumpkin Apple Streusel Muffins Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes Servings: 12 Serving Size: 1 each Ingredients - 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups white sugar - 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon - 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg - 1/4 teaspoon cloves - 1 teaspoon baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon salt - 2 eggs - 1/3 cup vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons milk - 1 teaspoon vanilla	1

	- 1 cup pumpkin, packed - 1 cup apple, peeled and grated - 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped - TOPPING: - 2 tablespoons flour - 1 tablespoon white sugar - 1 tablespoon brown sugar - 1 tablespoon butter or margarine - 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon    Streusel topping provides the finishing touch to these spicy, nut-filled, pumpkin and apple treats.   Directions Preheat oven to 350ºF. Prepare muffin tin with liners or lightly grease each muffin cup. In a large mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl slightly beat eggs. Add vanilla, oil, pumpkin and milk. Stir to combine. Fold in apples and nuts. Combine egg mixture and dry ingredients. Stir just until blended.	2

	Spoon into muffin cups. TOPPING Combine 2 tablespoons flour, white sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon. *Cut in 1 tablespoon of butter until mixture appears slightly crumbly. Sprinkle topping on top of muffins. Bake 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven. Leave muffins in pan 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. *Cut In: In preparing pastry, this refers to mixing a fat such as butter or lard with a dry ingredient such as flour until it forms particles of fat that are covered with the dry ingredient. A pastry-blending tool is most often used for this process. The ingredients must not be over blended or a paste will form which will create poor results in the finished pastry.	3