Instructions: * Note: You may substitute one of the following for applesauce: 4 1/2 ounce jar strained plums or apricots with tapioca or strained pears or strained squash.

Combine baking mix, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg in medium bowl; mix well. Beat together applesauce, evaporated milk, oil, and egg. Add liquid mixture to dry mixture; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fill 12 buttered muffin cups 2/3 full of batter. Bake in hot oven (400 degrees) 15 to 20 minutes. Cool slightly; remove from pan.

For the topping: Mix together sugar and cinnamon. Dip tops of muffins in the melted butter, then roll tops in cinnamon-sugar mixture.

This recipe yields 12 muffins.

Comments: Using baby food fruit eliminates the need to puree.

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