Rene's Apple Muffins

2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and finely diced
1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon, heaping
½ cup vegetable oil
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup raisins
1 cup Pecans, chopped

Mix apples and sugar and set aside. Stir flour, soda, cinnamon and salt with a fork. Mix together vegetable oil, egg and vanilla in a mixing cup. Stir oil mixture into apples. Stir in flour mixture. Stir in raisins and pecans. Drop into well-greased muffin tins, filling ¾ full. Bake in preheated 350° oven for 20 minutes. Makes 24 medium muffins.