{"id":14264,"date":"2013-11-19T05:46:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T13:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/?p=14264"},"modified":"2020-04-14T09:32:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T16:32:36","slug":"apple-stuffin-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/apple-stuffin-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Stuffin’ Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Who else thinks stuffing is the best part of Thanksgiving? One of my fondest food memories is the wonderful aroma of onions and celery cooking in butter as mom began preparing the turkey in the morning of and, hours later, our tummies rumbling as the smell of sage and poultry seasoning magically drifted into every corner of our hilltop house as we waited impatiently for the bronzed bird to make it from oven to table. Now, as master of my own kitchen, I can make stuffing any time I want. Usually, the craving doesn’t hit until fall is in the air and I satisfy it with the delicious bread crumb and dried fruit stuffed Pork Chops that are a family favorite or variations on stuffed Portobello mushrooms.<\/p>\n But why should stuffing be just for dinner if you love it so much? I’ve salivated over stuffing muffins viewed around the blogosphere and on Pinterest and it’s been on my list of things to try for awhile now. The final push came last week when I tried a Blueberry Stuffin’ Muffin at the Very Blueberry pre-Thanksgiving feast<\/a> at Erika’s house. I wanted to transform my all-time favorite Cornbread stuffing into a muffin that you could eat at any meal – breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner.<\/p>\n Sweet or tart apples in cornbread stuffing are a perfect match – even better than sausage and cornbread stuffing which can be a little heavy in my opinion – and it so happened that I had the perfect apples adorning my kitchen counter. I’ve been noshing on these sweet \u00a0Green Dragon apples from Melissa’s Produce<\/a> for the past two weeks and decided it was high time that I actually cooked something with them before they all disappeared!<\/p>\n