Cinnamon Sugar Apple Muffins
Cinnamon Sugar Apple Muffins - soft muffins full of juicy apples, coated in brown sugar and cinnamon, make a perfect breakfast. It´s a right recipe at a right time - ideal for apple season.
I enjoy fall and its pleasant days, colors; fruits….I feel really inspired in the kitchen, too. I enjoy preparing desserts with apples and cinnamon, because I like the smell of it and taste, too.
That´s why, I´d like to share the recipe for Cinnamon Sugar Apple Muffins. They´re quick and easy to make, so delicious and juicy. I usually use granny smith apples for this dessert and you choose your favorite sort.
What do you need to prepare Cinnamon Sugar Apple Muffins?
- MUFFINS
- 1 ½ cup + 1 tablespoon All purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- Pinch of Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 6 tablespoon Unsalted Butter, softened
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 ½ cup diced and peeled apples
- TOPPING
- 1 ¼ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- ⅔ cup Brown sugar
- 8 tablespoon (1 stick) unsalted butter , melted
How to prepare Cinnamon Sugar Apple Muffins?
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease muffin pan or line with paper liners. Combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Place apples, 1 tablespoon flour and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl. Toss to coat. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add an egg and beat some more, until combined. Mix in vanilla. Beat at a low speed while slowly adding dry ingredients and milk. Fold in apples. Scoop the batter into prepared muffin pan. Bake for 25 minutes.
To make the topping - combine cinnamon and brown sugar. Dip the muffins into the melted butter, drain, then coat into brown sugar and cinnamon mixture, so that they´re completely coated.
Notes:
They freeze really well but freeze them without cinnamon sugar topping up to 2 months. This is what preparing of Apple Muffins looks like and I really enjoy it. It really is perfect breakfast.
WELL, THIS WAS JUST A SHORT VERSION OF THE RECIPE THAT YOU CAN FIND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST, ALONG WITH THE QUANTITIES OF THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS.
Nothing can beat the smell of baked apples with cinnamon coming from the oven. Once you feel it, you´ll wish to prepare apple treats over and over again. Start your day with Cinnamon Sugar Apple Muffins, fresh from the oven and enjoy their incredible taste.
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Cinnamon Sugar Apple Muffins
Cinnamon Sugar Apple Muffins – soft muffins full of juicy apples, coated in brown sugar and cinnamon, make a perfect breakfast. It´s a right recipe at a right time – ideal for apple season. I enjoy fall and its pleasant days, colors; fruits…
Ingredients
- MUFFINS
- 1 ½ cup + 1 tablespoon All purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- Pinch of Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 6 tablespoon Unsalted Butter, softened
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 ½ cup diced and peeled apples
- TOPPING
- 1 ¼ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- ⅔ cup Brown sugar
- 8 tablespoon (1 stick) unsalted butter , melted
Instructions
- TO MAKE THE MUFFINS - Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease muffin pan or line with paper liners. In a medium dish, combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.
- Place apples, 1 tablespoon flour and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl. Toss to coat.
- In a large dish, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add an egg and beat until combined. Mix in vanilla. Beat at a low speed while slowly adding dry ingredients and milk. Fold in apples. Scoop the batter into prepared muffin pan. Bake for 25 minutes, or until the toothpick comes out clean or with a few crumbs on it.
- TO MAKE THE TOPPING - combine cinnamon and brown sugar. Dip the muffins into the melted butter, drain, then coat into sugar and cinnamon mixture, so that they´re completely coated.
Notes
They freeze really well but freeze them without cinnamon sugar topping up to 2 months.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 10 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 298Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 66mgSodium: 216mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 1gSugar: 27gProtein: 2g
If it is not really a perfect breakfast, then I'm an astronaut 🙂 I love cookies and cakes, and muffins, and so on with apples, it's the simplest and the most delicious kind of pastry in the world! And this magical combination of apples and cinnamon makes me eat them till the very end))) Have you ever tried to make a piquant accent using grounded cardamom? Of course, there is already nutmeg, I'm just curious))) Thank you for the recipe and for your cute blog!
Thank YOU, Ann. It really is perfect breakfast 🙂
Best regards!
Do these freeze well?
Hi Austin,
They freeze really well but freeze them without cinnamon sugar topping up to 2 months.
Best regards.
The picture looks like it has coarse white sugar on it. My brown sugar didn’t look like this when I made them.
Hi Laura,
Dip the muffins into the melted butter, drain, then coat into brown sugar and cinnamon mixture, so that they´re completely coated. The muffins are darker on the outside than sugar and this makes the sugar lighter.
Best regards,
Dragana
Do you prepare the apples in any way besides dicing them?
No Cristy, just dicing them.
Best regards!
Do you peel the skins off the apples?
Yes Kari, thank you for your note.
Best regards!
What’s the best way to store them other than freezing?
Hi Becky,
you can store muffins in airtight container or bag and place them in the refrigerator shelf for few days.
Best regards,
Dragana
your recipe looks really good but I would have liked to able to save/copy the pic to have with recipe
You can print the recipe card and save the picture, Frances.
Best regards,
Dragana
You will probably hate this question ?? could I use canned apples with as much syrup/filling removed??
I am not sure Linda, you need to bake muffins.
Best regards,
Dragana
What kind of apples are the best to use for this recipe?
Hi Ami,
I used granny smith apples for this dessert and you can choose your favorite sort.
Best regards,
Dragana
I'm looking at the recipe and ingredients and it doesnt list amounts of each ingredient. Am not sure how to make it without that.
Hi Dawn,
Recipe card with amounts of ingredients is on the bottom of the post.
Best regards.
If I would make them as mini muffins, about how long should I make them. Also ,I have never removed the paper liners before serving, but it looks like they were taken off befoer sugaring, right ? Or , could you just sugar the tops and leave the paper liners on the muffins?
Hi Angela,
A recipe that makes 10 regular - sized muffins will make 30 mini muffins.
Yes, paper liners were taken off before sugaring and you can sugar just the tops.
Best regards,
Dragana
Hi i made your cinnamon sugar apple muffins today best ever apple muffins thank you ever so much i WILL make them again
Thank YOU Roger, I'm so glad to hear that.
Enjoy!
Best regards,
Dragana
Do you cool the muffins before coating them
Yes Heide, it needs to cool down a bit, but not completely.
Best regards,
Dragana
This recipe is perfect for a cold November day! Note - your recipe instructions at the bottom don't include the milk.
Thank you Rebecca.
Yes, there is a milk in step 3.
Enjoy.
Best regards,
Dragana
Hi there! Love these! Do I use dark or light brown sugar? Thanks!
Thank you Emily, I'm so glad. I used light, but you can use dark if you like. It's a matter of taste.
Happy Holidays!
Best regards,
Dragana
Hi , I don’t eat egg what would be a good substitute?
Hi Mary,
There are so many egg substitute options available for baking, including:
Apple sauce,smashed banana, chia seeds, flax meal.
Best regards,
Dragana
If I would make these in jumbo muffin tin do you know how long to cook them?
Hi Brandy,
We haven't used a jumbo muffin tin. Time of baking will be longer and you should check it from time to time. It' done when the toothpick put in the centre comes out dry.
Best,
Dragana
Can ifry them in an air fryer?
I didn't make on that way, Olga.
Best,
Dragana