Caramel Apple Cinnamon Muffins with Fresh Apples

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Caramel Apple Cinnamon Muffins with Fresh Apples

Caramel Apple Cinnamon Muffins with Fresh Apples bring that bakery-style flavor home with tender crumbs, warm spice, and real apple goodness in every bite. This healthy apple cinnamon muffins recipe blends apple pie vibes with hints of fritter, crisp topping, and cinnamon roll flavor while still feeling easy and doable.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Course Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings muffins

Calories 406 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the apple cinnamon muffins

1½ cups all purpose flour
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
⅓ cup unsalted butter melted
1 large egg room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
½ cup whole milk room temperature
2 large Granny Smith apples about 2½ cups, peeled and chopped

For the caramel glaze

½ cup brown sugar
½ cup unsalted butter
¼ cup whole milk
3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

For the apple cinnamon muffins

Preheat the oven to 400ºF and line a muffin tin with liners or spray with nonstick spray.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk dry ingredients (flour, brown sugar, white sugar, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon) until well combined.
Add the egg, milk, vanilla bean paste, and butter to the bowl and mix well.
Fold fresh chopped apples into the mixture and stir to combine.
Once combined, use a medium scoop to fill muffin liners ¾ full with batter.
Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean.
While muffins are baking, make the Caramel Glaze following the glaze recipe instructions below.
Cool muffins for 10 minutes, then drizzle muffin tops with the caramel glaze.

For the caramel glaze

Combine brown sugar, butter, and milk in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring continuously until thickened.
Remove from heat and stir in powdered sugar.
Drizzle the hot glaze onto muffin tops after the muffins have cooled slightly. Glaze will harden as it cools, so if it is too thick to pour, simply reheat it in the saucepan and it will become pourable again.

Notes

Placing the chopped apples in a bowl with lemon juice and water helps keep them from turning brown before you are ready to use them. If they do turn brown, it won't hurt anything. They will taste the same as white chopped apples.

Muffins can be stored in an airtight container in a cool, dry place for up to 4 days.

Refrigerate any leftover caramel glaze in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. It is delicious served warm over ice cream, banana bread, or pound cake.

Nutrition

Keyword apple, caramel, cinnamon, muffins

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