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If you're just a little bit sick of pumpkin spice, we recommend that you bring your breakfast back to the original fall spice with these Apple Spice Muffins from Once Upon A Chef:

What you'll need:

-1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Heaping 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 cups peeled, cored and finely chopped baking apples (you'll need 2 large apples)
- 6 tablespoons dark brown sugar, packed

How to make it:

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan with butter or spray with non-stick cooking spray.

2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until fluffy, 1-2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the egg and mix well, stopping to scrape the bowl if necessary. Beat in the yogurt. The batter will look grainy.

3. Add the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Beat on low speed until just combined. The batter will be very thick. Add the chopped apples and mix until just combined. Do not over-mix.

4. Use an ice-cream scooper or large spoon to divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups. The cups should be full. Sprinkle the 6 tablespoons of brown sugar evenly over top. Bake the muffins for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove the muffins from the oven, cool them for 5 minutes in the pan, then turn them out onto a rack to finish cooling completely.

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If what you actually want for breakfast is a whole lot of sugary doughnut goodness but you know that it may not be the most practical way to start your day, look no further than these Doughnut Muffins from Once Upon A Chef.

What You'll Need:

- 1 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 12 tablespoons (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons grated nutmeg
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2-1/4 teaspoons cinnamon

How To Make Them:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a standard-size muffin pan generously with nonstick cooking spray.

2. Combine milk and lemon juice in a measuring cup and set aside.

3. In a stand mixer or large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until just mixed in. Stir in the vanilla.

4. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg. Stir with a whisk until well combined. Using a rubber spatula, mix a quarter of the dry ingredients into the butter mixture. Then mix in a third of the milk mixture. Continue mixing in the remaining dry and wet ingredients alternately, ending with the dry. Mix until well combined and smooth, but don't over-mix. The batter will be very thick.

5. Scoop enough batter into each tin so that the top of the batter is even with the rim of the cup. (I like to use an ice cream scoop with a wire scraper for this.) Bake the muffins until firm to the touch, 25-30 minutes. Set pan on rack to cool for a few minutes.

6. In the meantime, prepare the topping: melt the butter in a small dish and combine the cinnamon and sugar in another small dish. When the muffins are cool enough to handle, use a pastry brush to paint the top of each muffin with butter, then sprinkle generously with cinnamon-sugar. If you have cinnamon-sugar left over, sprinkle muffins again. Serve warm, or cool on a rack and wrap airtight. Store at room temperature. Reheat muffins briefly in microwave for that fresh out of the oven taste.

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If you are all about that pumpkin spice and can't get enough PSL goodness, we would like to recommend to you this incredible recipe that will add a little crunch to your muffin crumble, these Pumpkin Pecan Crunch Muffins from Once Upon A Chef!

What You'll Need:

- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1-1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 (15-ounce) can 100% pure pumpkin
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 6 tablespoons demerara sugar (raw cane sugar, also called turbinado)
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- Heaping 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

How To Make Them:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray two standard muffin pans with non-stick cooking spray.

2. Begin with the topping: Combine the flour, butter, demerara sugar, chopped pecans and cinnamon in a small bowl. The mixture will be quite wet. Set aside.

3. Move on to the muffins: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.

4. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar at low speed until just blended. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; continue beating at medium speed until very light and fluffy, a few minutes. Add the pumpkin and beat until combined, scraping down the sides of bowl as necessary. Turn the speed down to low and mix in the flour mixture until just combined.

5. Use an ice cream scoop to transfer batter to muffin pans, filling each muffin tin about ¾ full. Using your hands, divide the topping evenly over the batter. Bake for about 30 minutes. Let the muffins cool on rack for 10 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely (use a butter knife to lift them out of pan).

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If you're not so much into seasonal spice as you are chocolate all day every day, we would like to recommend these incredible Chocoholic Muffins from Once Upon A Chef!

What You'll Need:

- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup low fat buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1-1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Cup semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate chips

How To Make Them:

1. Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees. Spray a standard 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray, then line with paper liners.

2. In a large measuring cup or bowl, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla extract.

3. In another large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir in the chocolate chips. Add the wet ingredients and the melted butter to the dry ingredients and fold together with a rubber spatula until just combined. Do not over-mix the batter or the muffins will be tough (it's okay if there are still a few specks of the dry mixture).

4. Using an ice cream scoop or two spoons, fill the muffin cups to the brim with batter. Place in the oven and bake for 8 minutes, then turn the oven down to 350 degrees and bake for about 12 minutes more, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean (check a few spots as the melted chocolate chips will make the tester look wet). Transfer to a wire rack and let cool for about 5 minutes before removing the muffins from the pan; cool on a rack.

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