Apple Oatmeal Nut Muffins

1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups oatmeal
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk
1 large apple
1 cup chopped nuts
non-stick cooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray muffin tins (makes 12) with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Beat together olive oil, sugar and eggs in a large mixing bowl  .
3. Stir oatmeal into egg mixture.
4. Dump flour onto egg and oatmeal mixture.  Sprinkle baking powder and cinnamon evenly over the top of the flour.  With a fork, blend baking powder and cinnamon into flour and continue mixing until everything is lightly blended.
5. Add milk and mix into a batter.
6. Peel and core apple and cut into small pieces, blend into batter.
7. Add nuts and mix well.
8. Pour by 1/3 cupfuls into muffin tins.
9. Place in hot oven and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out clean.