Delicious and moist apple muffins with tart apple, cinnamon and ginger. Perfect fall treats you can have it as breakfast or as dessert.
How was your week, here it is so cold and rainy, yes it has been continuously raining for two days. So we did our shopping on Saturday and rest of the shopping was done by hubby during Sunday and Monday.
While coming back in the car, my daughter asked for cupcakes or muppins (muffins). I told her I will make apple muffins for her. She got extremely happy and even tried to help make the muffins. I made apple muffins with granny smith apples.
If you ask me what the difference between muffins and cupcakes is, I have discussed it in this post here in Three cheese carrot bell pepper savory cupcakes. One thing I found that, there is no frosting in a muffins.
Yes that is the uniqueness of a cupcake. This apple muffin is quite easy to make and only need few granny smith apples. Yes they survive the baking very well. You can also use Gala, Braeburn, Rome, Jon Gold, Honey Crisp, and SweeTango apples in these muffins. I added chopped apple into them. If you don’t like chopped apple in your muffins, you can even grate and add to them.
The most important spice you need to add to this muffin is cinnamon and ground ginger, yes apple and cinnamon goes well together. For this recipe along with apples, flour, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla, you’ll just need some butter, milk, baking powder, salt, and eggs. If you don’t have any eggs in your recipe try to add some apple sauce or apple butter.
I adapted the recipe from here, I skipped the cinnamon sugar topping, thought it will increase the sugar content of the recipe. My daughter and son enjoyed them; it is such a delight to see those peeking apple pieces in each muffin.
First toss together diced apples and 2 teaspoons of flour, cinnamon and ground ginger to coat apples in a separate bowl.
Spice coated apple
Cream butter and sugar and then add egg
Gently fold in flour mixture, alternating with milk. Stir until just combined.
apple muffin batter
Fold in apples
Transfer into muffin tins
After baking at 375 F for 25 minutes.
I used cupcake liner so that my kids can handle them, you can skip that part and just grease the muffin tin itself. This apple muffins is in a must try at least one time category. You are going to love them to the core.
Apple muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour + 2 teaspoons for coating apples
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon +11/2 teaspoon cinnamon for coating apple
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 cups diced apples
- ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Line the muffin tin with cupcake liner, if you want you can grease them well with oil and coat with layer of flour.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Toss together diced apples and 2 teaspoons of flour, cinnamon and ground ginger to coat apples in a separate bowl. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar together until it is pale in color, about 3 minutes.
- Add an egg, one at a time, taking care to fully incorporate before adding the other. Mix in vanilla.
- Gently fold in flour mixture, alternating with milk. Stir until just combined.
- Fold in diced apples and scoop mixture into prepared muffin tins, filling about ? to ¾ full.
- Bake until a toothpick or skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 25minutes.
- Once muffins have baked, keep them in tilted position for 5 minutes
- and then remove from the muffin tin. Once it is completely cool serve.
Notes
Nutrition
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Reeni says
So cute how she calls them muppins! Yes apple and cinnamon are a happy couple - these are scrumptious!
Maureen Kentoff says
Note: you forgot to include the additional cinnamon in the list of ingredients for coating the apples. Just made these and added 1/4 t of nutmeg and some raisins. Delish!
Swathi says
Maureen glad you liked it yes nutmeg and raisins will make it more delectable, thanks for notifying about the missing ingredients list.
Winnie says
These are wonderful muffins!!
My favorite ever spice is cinnamon, and I can almost smell the wonderful aroma of these muffins 🙂
Suja Manoj says
Yummy and flavorful muffins,adipoli
Jean | DelightfulRepast.com says
Lovely muffins, Swathi! I prefer frostingless muffins to cupcakes any day!
farin ahmed says
Yummy apple cinnamon muffins!!! looks so cute
Ritu Ahuja says
Apple muffins are super tempting. Yummy yummy 🙂
Sona says
Apple baked based are my favorite.. these muffins look yummy..
Priya says
I love bakes with apples. The muffins look so good Swati. And so sweet of your little one in trying to make her 'muppins' 🙂
mira says
These muffins look awesome! Need to try them!
Sundari says
Yummy and oft muffins!! love the cute muffin liners 🙂
Hema says
Delicious muffins, perfectly baked..
Gourmet Getaways says
No frosting needed! Always great to see the goodies out of the oven with that usual heavenly aroma that fills the kitchen 🙂 Love the colour and texture!!
Julie & Alesah
Gourmet Getaways xx
Jeena says
Wow swathi, so well made muffins these are.. Great combination too..
Sindhiya says
Delicious muffins!!! love the cinnamon apple combo..Yum!
Rafeeda says
Apple and cinnamon are an awesome match and I am sure these muffins were gobbled up...
marudhuskitchen says
Flavorfully delicious muffins ☺
Nalini Somayaji says
As yummy as always...perfect apple muffins ..love them ...
Ami@NaiveCookCooks says
I love muffins and especially if they are packed with freshly chopped fruits! These look so yummy Swathi 🙂
rashi mehrotra says
What is 3750F in degree Celsius
Swathi says
Rashi it is 375 F. that 0 is typing error. Now I corrected.
julie says
apples and cinnamon make a great combo,can smell the flavors here..yummy ones!!
Hadia Lebanese Cuisine says
Sounds delicious, Swathi! I love apples and cinnamon together I guess Your apple muffins would make a great afternoon treat ! Thank you for sharing. Pinned!
Marisa says
Hi Swathi, your muffins are delicious. Here in Spain we called them "magdalenas". I do love the mixture of apples and cinnamon. It's a perfect treat for children. Cheers.
traditionallymodernfood says
Muffin looks delicious. I m sure it will b grt a hit among kids