Since today's Friday (yay!), I thought I would give you something to spice up your weekend. I wish I was going to be eating these this weekend, but Saturday morning I'm doing a color run. I realize I should be looking forward to this and excited about it, but I'm kind of not. I'm not too excited about getting dirty. Pathetic, right? Oh well. It's close to my house, and I'm sure it will be more fun than I'm expecting. After that, it's home to work on some baking recipes. I'm definitely looking forward to that!
Anyway, this is another muffin recipe from a great cookbook I got for my birthday. And this recipe is another win. It's a muffin with a great crumb that is studded with apple chunks. There's wonderful cinnamon flavor, and it has a brown sugar/cinnamon crunch on top. The brown sugar gets a little caramelized while it bakes, which is pretty unique. I would not skip the brown sugar on top because they don't have much sugar in them otherwise. While I don't want to eat a cupcake disguised as a muffin for breakfast, it does need to be a little sweet. This is that muffin. I hope they make your mornings warm and cozy!
Apple Cinnamon Muffin Recipe
Makes 6-7 muffins
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For the muffins:
1 egg
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 Granny Smith apple peeled, cored, and chopped
For the topping:
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Line your muffin tin with paper cups.
In a large bowl, whisk together the egg, sugar, milk, and melted/cooled butter. Add in the baking powder, cinnamon, and salt and stir to combine. Stir in the flour until just incorporated. Fold in the chopped apples. Spoon the mixture into the paper cups. Note: It's a pretty thick batter. I filled the cups almost full and put about 1/4 cup of the batter in the cups.
To make the topping, mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle it on top of the batter.
Bake the muffins for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then remove from the pan to cool.
Source: Best-Ever Book of Cupcakes & Muffins
Anyway, this is another muffin recipe from a great cookbook I got for my birthday. And this recipe is another win. It's a muffin with a great crumb that is studded with apple chunks. There's wonderful cinnamon flavor, and it has a brown sugar/cinnamon crunch on top. The brown sugar gets a little caramelized while it bakes, which is pretty unique. I would not skip the brown sugar on top because they don't have much sugar in them otherwise. While I don't want to eat a cupcake disguised as a muffin for breakfast, it does need to be a little sweet. This is that muffin. I hope they make your mornings warm and cozy!
Apple Cinnamon Muffin Recipe
Makes 6-7 muffins
Print this recipe
For the muffins:
1 egg
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 Granny Smith apple peeled, cored, and chopped
For the topping:
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Line your muffin tin with paper cups.
In a large bowl, whisk together the egg, sugar, milk, and melted/cooled butter. Add in the baking powder, cinnamon, and salt and stir to combine. Stir in the flour until just incorporated. Fold in the chopped apples. Spoon the mixture into the paper cups. Note: It's a pretty thick batter. I filled the cups almost full and put about 1/4 cup of the batter in the cups.
To make the topping, mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle it on top of the batter.
Bake the muffins for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then remove from the pan to cool.
Source: Best-Ever Book of Cupcakes & Muffins
