Apple Cinnamon Muffins
A quick, simple apple cinnamon muffins recipe loaded with fresh apples and ground cinnamon. Best of all, they’re gluten-free and ready in about half an hour.
For today’s dish, Kim and I wanted to do something special. We’ve been working with gluten-free cooking recently so that we could develop and share some gluten-free options on our blog.
It only took a few simple changes to their recipe (link to follow), to create these moist, delicious apple cinnamon muffins.
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Instructions:
First, preheat oven to 375° F. and line a cupcake pan with liners.
Next, gather all your ingredients together and wash, skin, and dice your apples.
Now, in a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients EXCEPT the diced apples.
Then, mix the ingredients with a hand mixer until the batter is smooth and creamy.
Once everything is mixed, fold in the apples, saving about a 1/4-cup of diced apples to sprinkle over the top of the muffins just before they cook.
Afterward, using 1/3-cup measuring cup, fill the muffin liners with the batter and sprinkle the muffins with the remaining apples.
Last, bake for 20-25 minutes, remove when done and serve immediately or store them for later.
I used a modified version of King Arthur’s Gluten-Free Whole Grain Banana Muffins for this recipe.
Tips for Your Apple Cinnamon Muffins:
- When it comes to gluten-free recipes, I’ve learned, more fat you add, the better the final product.
- Make sure to remove the core of the apple after the wash and skin them.
- My experience is that gluten-free baked goods stick to pans, so please use the liners with this recipe.
- Swap the ground cinnamon for apple pie spice for a wonderful warming flavor.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¾ cup cane sugar, or granulated sugar
- 1 ¾ cups King Arthur Measure for Measure
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
- 2 apples, medium-sized; peeled and diced
Instructions
- First, preheat oven to 375 degrees F. and line a cupcake pan with liners.
- Next, in a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients EXCEPT the diced apples.2 teaspoons baking powder¼ teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon salt½ teaspoon ground cinnamon¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg¾ cup cane sugar1 ¾ cups King Arthur Measure for Measure½ cup unsalted butter2 Large Eggs1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract1 cup milk
- Then, mix the ingredients with a hand mixer until the batter is smooth and creamy.
- Now, fold in the apples, saving about a 1/4-cup of diced apples to sprinkle over the top of the muffins just before they cook.2 apples
- Afterward, using 1/3-cup measuring cup, fill the liners with the batter and sprinkle the muffins with the remaining apples.
- Last, bake for 20-25 minutes, remove when done and serve immediately or store them for later.
Excellent gluten free recipe. I used raw sugar & apple pie spice in place of cinnamon & nutmeg & sprinkled cinnamon & sugar on top. Delicious!
Thank you Jill! Kim and I are glad you liked the recipe. Thank you again for coming back to comment on the recipe. Have a lovely day 🙂
Hi ,
I made these today – I’d post a photo but I don’t think I can ? Only change I made was adding cinnamon sugar to unbaked muffin tops & then drizzled cooled muffins with a cinnamon sugar glaze .
Thank you, Cathy! That’s sounds like a great modification. Kim and I are thrilled you enjoyed the muffins. Thank you again for coming back to comment on and rate the recipe card. Have a lovely day 🙂