I had so many leftover apples from the famer’s market and wasn’t sure what to do with them when T asked for some muffins for the week. I thought it was a great idea and proceeded to make myself some apple cinnamon muffins that he couldn’t have…poor T. I did remedy that later.
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I wanted something that was slightly cinnamon flavored but not overly cinnamon flavored. I did used Vietnamese cinnamon which is stronger form of cassia cinnamon that comes in say a McCormick bottle. So you might want to increase the cinnamon by say 1/8 of a teaspoon or more if you use a different type of cinnamon.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of butter, softened (I leave it out over night)
- 1 1/2 cups of sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoons of vanilla
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup of milk
- 1 apple cut into small pieces (I used honey crisp but I would have used whatever I had on hand)
- 1/2 cup of brown sugar mixed with 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon for sprinkling on top
How to make these amazing muffins
Preheat oven to 375ยบ and prepare a muffin tin. I normally use cupcake liners with no oil or butter for easiest removal.
Cream the butter and sugar together until sooth and pale in a large mixing bowl.
Add in the eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon, stir until mixture is smooth.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt. Taking a half cup of the flour mixture at a time mix with a splash of the milk in the large mixing bowl.
Continue this until the flour mixture and the milk is incorporated into the mixture. Mix until smooth.
Add the apple pieces and stir until just incorporated.
Fill the prepared muffin tin about 3/4 of the way and sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon on the top for crusty coat when they bake.
Place in the preheated oven and bake for about 25-30 minutes or until golden brown and clean when a toothpick is inserted into the middle.
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Glaze
- 1/2 cup of unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup of brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
- milk as needed if you need to thin
How to Make the Glaze
In a saucepan melt the butter and brown sugar over low heat until smooth and just combined.
Add in the cinnamon.
Take off the heat and cool for 5 minutes.
Add the powdered sugar and stir until smooth.
Glaze should be a runny consistency but should coat the back of a spoon. If it is too thick add a splash of milk to thin, if it is too thin add a tablespoon of powdered sugar.
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