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I was nervous to try these due to the lack of reviews but needed something to use up some apple butter. I followed the directions as written other than only using 2 tablespoons sugar in the topping and 1 tsp of apple butter on top of each muffin. Since there is no butter in the topping, it really doesn't mix. Next time I will sprinkle about 1\/4 tsp of sugar on each and sprinkle with nuts. There was no overwhelming delicious aroma as they baked or when they came out of the oven, but they were delicious! I ended up having to bake them for 21 minutes. We enjoyed the next day toasted and topped with a pat of butter.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2011-04-05","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"GoldScissors"},"reviewBody":"Very good. I will be making these again. 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