Moist Apple Muffins
These moist apple muffins are a breeze to make, using simple ingredients that deliver big on flavor! Loaded with fresh, juicy apples and warmly spiced with cinnamon, they’re the perfect treat for busy mornings or a cozy afternoon snack.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ tbspwhite granulated sugar
- 1 ¼ tspground cinnamon
- 1 ¾ cupsall purpose flour (plain flour in the uk)
- 1 ½tsps baking powder
- ½ tspsalt
- 1 ½tsps ground cinnamon
- ¼ tspground nutmeg (optional)
- ⅛ tspground cloves (optional)
- 1 cupwhite granulated sugar
- 2 largeeggs (room temperature)
- ½ cupunflavored vegetable oil (i use canola oil)
- ½ cupwhole milk (room temperature)
- 2tsps vanilla extract/essence
- 1 ¾ cupsdiced fresh apples (peeled and cored. about 2 medium apples.)
Directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 200℃ (390℉) conventional (see note 1 if using a convection oven) and line a 12-hole standard muffin tray with muffin liners. Set aside for now.
- 2
Topping: Combine granulated sugar and cinnamon and stir to combine. Set aside for now.
- 3
Muffin batter: in a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Using a whisk, mix until well combined. Set aside.
- 4
In a large bowl add in sugar, eggs, oil, milk and vanilla. Using a whisk, mix until well combined and smooth.
- 5
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and using a spatula, fold until just combined. Add in diced apples and fold until just combined. Avoid overmixing.
- 6
Distribute the batter into the muffin cases (until almost full — leave a little space at the top). Sprinkle the cinnamon/sugar mixture evenly across the top of the muffins.
- 7
Place into the preheated oven and then once the oven door is closed, immediately reduce the temperature to 180℃ (350℉) conventional (see note 2). Cook for 20-23 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs on it.
- 8
Once done, allow the muffins to cool in the tray for 10 minutes, before carefully placing the muffins on to a wire rack to cool. Enjoy!