Apple Cinnamon Muffins

AmberBreakfast, Dairy-Free, Desserts & Treats, Events & Announcements, School Lunch Ideas, Snacks, Thanksgiving & Winter Holidays, Vegetarian Friendly8 Comments

Happy almost Thanksgiving everyone! Here’s a recipe video for a light and fluffy apple and cinnamon muffin recipe that’s soft and sweet, with a crunchy cinnamon-sugar sprinkle and soft apples and crunchy walnuts! I love serving them in these easy to make rustic muffin liners. Everyone will love them!

Check out the video on Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube, and please leave a comment! 

Thank you, and happy Thanksgiving!

XOXO

-Amber

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Apple, Cinnamon, and Walnut Muffins

This light and fluffy muffin is soft and sweet, with a bit of crunchy cinnamon-sugar sprinkle. I love serving them in easy-to-make rustic muffin liners because they look super cool. These muffins are a perfect choice for brunch and snacks, and I sometimes bring them to school for a class treat—it’s always a big hit!
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 2 cups
Author Amber Kelley

Ingredients

Muffins:

  • 2 cups/260 g white whole wheat flour or 250 g all-purpose flour divided
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup/120 ml coconut oil melted
  • 3/4 cup/170 g light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup/85 g honey
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup/245 g unsweetened applesauce for homemade, recipe follows
  • 1 cup/120 g chopped walnuts toasted
  • 1 cup/150 g grated apple

Topping:

  • 1/4 cup/60 g light bro
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup/60 g chopped walnuts toasted

Instructions

To make the muffins:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners, or use homemade muffin liners (instructions follow). Combine 13/4 cups/225 g of the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
  2. Whisk the coconut oil, brown sugar, and honey in a large bowl until well combined. Whisk in the eggs and applesauce. Add the dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Stir in the walnuts. Toss the grated apple with the remaining 1/4 cup/35 g (25 g if all-purpose) of flour and stir into the batter.
  3. Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups.
  4. To make the topping, combine the sugar, cinnamon, and walnuts in a small bowl. Sprinkle on top of the muffins. Bake until puffed and set in the center, about 25 minutes.
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Homemade Applesauce

Author Amber Kelley

Ingredients

  • 3 medium-size sweet baking apples, such as Honey Crisp, Pink Lady, or Fuji
  • 1 cinnamon stick

Instructions

  1. Peel the apples and core them. Dice the apples into roughly 1/2-inch/1.5 cm cubes.
  2. Place the apples in a saucepan along with 1/2 cup/120 ml of water. Add the cinnamon stick. Cover and let it simmer over low heat for 15 to 20 minutes. If it looks too dry, add a bit more water as you cook. If it looks too watery, cook them uncovered to let some water evaporate. Cook until the apples are softened with very little liquid.
  3. Once the apples are cooked, remove the cinnamon stick. Purée the apples in a food processor for a smooth applesauce, or mash them with a potato masher for a chunkier applesauce.
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Homemade Muffin Liners

Author Amber Kelley

Instructions

  1. Cut a 6-inch/15 cm square piece of parchment paper.
  2. Center one square over one of the cups of your muffin tin.
  3. Push the parchment paper into the muffin cup, crease the parchment paper where the edges overlap each other, and insert a narrow glass or juice cup in each muffin cup to keep in place.
  4. When you are ready to scoop your batter into the tin, quickly remove the glass and replace with the batter. These liners look so rustic and cute!

8 Comments on “Apple Cinnamon Muffins”

  1. Love the recipe its perfect for this time a year and I am so in love with cinnamon – I put it on everything 🙂 xoxo Katie

  2. Hello Amber 🙂 I have been looking for the perfect Apple Cinnamon Muffin recipe ever since I lost my favourite childhood recipe. That recipe always brings back a fond memory I have of my father. I was 10yrs old and had just made a fresh batch of muffins. We had visitors. My father came into the kitchen, since he could smell the baking. He tasted one muffin. Then he closed the kitchen door and ate another one. His instructions to me were to NOT serve those muffins to the visitors, since he wanted to eat them all up for himself, they tasted so good! I was so pleased to have come across this recipe when I googled “apple muffins Jamie Oliver” 🙂 Now my husband will get a chance to taste what I’ve always described baking as a child and I can make a batch again for my father 🙂 All the best, Samina xxx

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