This Cinnamon Apple Muffin recipe is super easy to pull together. It doesn't take long to bake them up. They taste SO GOOD with juice, hot tea and coffee; not too sweet but just right. Full of soft, sweet apple bits and the cinnamon just makes them hard to stop eating. Top half the batch with a little brown sugar and oats and they're a fun snack to kill off the late afternoon munchies. Treat yourself to a batch. Bake a batch for your workmates. They will love you for it!
HERE'S ALL YOU NEED
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 medium apple, cored, peeled, small dice
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Optional topping:
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
HEAT OVEN 400ºF. Grease bottoms of 12 medium muffin cups or line with paper baking cups.
In a small bowl, beat milk, oil and egg. Stir in diced apple. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Make a well and pour in wet ingredients. Stir slowly just until flour is moistened--batter will be lumpy. Do not over stir.
Use a 2-inch scooper to divide batter evenly into muffin cups. Should fill cups 2/3 full. Sprinkle with brown sugar-oat topping if you want.
BAKE 18 to 20 minutes, until golden brown. Immediately remove from pan.
Makes 1 dozen muffins.
The nutrition facts below analyze one muffin without topping.
I am fed up with the same old cookies and bread I eat every breakfast and I badly need something new to make my day right. I guess I found a replacement! Thanks for sharing!
I’m glad you found something new, tiny home.
I made these for my family yesterday and they were fantastic. Thank you for this, which I will add to my favorite morning recipes.
Yeaaah! Thank you, Grace, for sharing that with us. Did you have any leftover to try as an afternoon snack? I like them then, too.
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Thank you, Jane.
Made the other day and came out GREAT!! The only thing I changed was added more apples!!
These were delicious! I used half whole wheat flour, added some ground flax and used applesauce instead of oil, and I did use the optional topping….mmmmm mmmm! My 3 year old enjoyed them also, but picked out the apples (which is weird because he loves all fruit, maybe the texture of cooking them threw him off). This will be my go to base muffin recipe for now. Thanks for the recipe!!
Just made these this morning and have had 2 already! I like them alright plain, but they are really delicious with the brown sugar & oat topping. My husband is taking a couple to work this afternoon too
Thank you so much for posting this!
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I’ve been making these muffins each week for the past 3 weeks because the apples are in season right now. I use the applesauce instead of oil and I am just so pleased with this recipe. They are so easy and so delicious and turn out looking just as beautiful as the ones in your picture. I do not bake at all but I could not resist this recipe. Thanks for the wonderful recipe and the new staple in my household.
It was a grey,wet,miserable morning here..and then I baked your muffins and it got a whole lot sunnier : ) These are fantastic..moist,airy and a wonderful flavor..everything a muffin should be! Thanks so much for a keeper of a recipe!
You are welcome, Sonya!
I’m making some muffins tommorrow and I really just wanted something different, but fresh and delicious. I think I’ve found exactly that! I love love LOVE cinnamon and my mouth was watering just looking at that photo! I shall try this then. Thanks!
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