Pumpkin Apple Spice Cupcakes

• For crumble topping & Apple filling
• 1/4 cup Ground Hazelnuts
• 2 tablespoons Dark Brown Sugar
• 2 tablespoons Melted Butter
• 1/8 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 2 Honeycrisp Apples- peeled and cored
• 2 tablespoons Light Brown Sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter (Room Temp)
• CupCake Batter
• 1 cup All Purpose Flour
• 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
• 1/2 cup Dark Brown Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 3/4 cup Pumpkin Puree
• 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon All Spice
• 1/2 teaspoon Ground Ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs (room temp)
• 1/3 cup Greek yogurt (non flavored)
• 1/4 cup butter (room temp)
• 1 tablespoon dark molasses

1. Combine ground hazelnuts, 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar and 2 tablespoons melted butter. Allow to cool and set aside.
2. Cut apples into uniform 1 inch cubes and saute apples, 2 tablespoons golden brown sugar and 1 tablespoon butter until tender (not mushy). Allow to cool and set aside.
3. Sift remaining dry ingredients to combine in large bowl. Using a hand mixer combine eggs, yogurt, butter and molasses in separate bowl. Add the dry ingredients in small amounts until all incorporated and mixed completely.
4. To Assemble: rn1.tFill each cupcake 1/2 full with batter. Making a shallow indent for the apple filling. rn2.tdd 1 table spoon of apple mixture in indent of batter. (Goal is to have the batter surrounding the apples.) rn3.top the batter/apple filling with the remaining batter. Leaving 3/4 inch of space at top of each cupcake. rn4.tprinkle the crumble mixture over the top of each cupcake. rn5.take until the topping is golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes. rn6.tool cupcakes in pan for about 20 minutes. rnIf I have any of the apple filling left over I warm them up and add to plate when serving.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/7604-pumpkin-apple-spice-cupcakes (may not work)