Apple Muffins With Warm Vanilla Sauce

• 3 apples peeled, cored, cut into 8 and scored several times with a knife
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2/3 cup butter softened
• 1 1/4 cups caster sugar
• 4 eggs + 2 egg yolks
• 1 5/8 cups plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons calvados according to taste
• 1/2 cup semi-skimmed milk
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1 vanilla pod halved lengthways, seeds scraped out
• icing sugar
• ground cinnamon

1. Preheat the oven to 350u0b0F. Line a 6-cup muffin pan with paper liners. Sprinkle the apples with the lemon juice and set aside. Beat the butter and 3/4 granulated sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in 3 eggs, one at a time. Sift together the flour and baking powder and beat into the egg mixture, alternating with the brandy in 3 additions, until incorporated.
2. Spoon the batter into the paper liners and top each with 3 apple pieces, pressing down lightly. Bake for 25-30 mins until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
3. About 10 mins before the end of baking time, place the milk and cream in a saucepan. Scrape in the vanilla seeds, add the vanilla bean and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; remove the vanilla bean and save for another use.
4. In a metal bowl, whisk together the remaining egg and egg yolks. Gradually whisk in the remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar. Place over a saucepan of simmering water and gradually beat in the vanilla mixture. Cook, stirring, until smooth and thickened. Remove from the heat; cover to keep warm.
5. Remove the muffins from the oven. Cool on a wire rack. Sprinkle with the cinnamon and confectioners' sugar and serve with the vanilla sauce.

apples, lemon juice, butter, caster sugar, eggs , flour, baking powder, calvados according, semiskimmed milk, whipping cream, vanilla, icing sugar, ground cinnamon

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Apple-Muffins-with-Warm-Vanilla-Sauce-1412310 (may not work)