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Easy apple breakfast muffins that are quick to make and delicious. The perfect recipe for those busy mornings when you need breakfast on the go!
Before we get started talking about these apple breakfast muffins, I have a little back story to share. When my kids were young, I wasn’t very good at breakfast. I wasn’t one of those moms who got up early and made pancakes before school. (Does anyone really do that?) My daughter wasn’t a breakfast eater anyway, and my son was perfectly satisfied with a bowl of cereal. At least I thought he was! If I had known how easy it is to make a healthy, but homemade breakfast, I think I would have been better at it. Or at least I would like to think so.
Why This Recipe Is So Wonderful
These apple muffins are easy and quick to throw together. They are moist, and when you bite into a piece of apple, it’s like hitting the jackpot. They don’t have anything weird in them that kids wouldn’t like. In fact, they are very kid-friendly. I wish I could go back to when my kids were still at home, make these for breakfast, and hear what they had to say. I think it would be so interesting! Of course I can’t, so I’m sharing them with the hope that someone out there makes these for breakfast, and thinks of me.
How To Make
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Prepare a muffin tin with Baker’s Joy or muffin liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, or bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter, applesauce, sugars, milk, vanilla extract, and egg.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon gently with a whisk.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, and stir well with a large spoon, or beat with the paddle attachment. Scrape the bowl a few times.
- Fold in apples.
- Using a 2 in. scoop, fill muffin vessels almost to the rim. Use a heaping scoop of muffin batter, and you should come out with 12 muffins.
- Bake 18 – 20 min. or until a knife or toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Apple Breakfast Muffins Tips
- I made a dozen regular sized muffins, but you could make mini muffins for smaller servings.
- I used Honeycrisp apples, and they worked well. They have great texture and flavor. Use whatever apples you like best. Tart apples and sweet apples alike are delicious. It’s up to you whether or not to peel the apples. I didn’t peel them, and they stayed firm in the batter.
- I considered putting a streusel topping on the muffins, but that would definitely cut down on the healthy factor. If you aren’t worried about that, then I think any sort of streusel would be amazing.
- The tulip wrappers are a nice touch, and if you are making this muffin recipe as a gift, they definitely make a good impression! Any type of cupcake or muffin liner can be used. It also works to simply spray the muffin pan with non-stick baking spray or brush the vessels with butter.
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Apple Breakfast Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter (softened)
- 3 tablespoons applesauce
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 large apple (finely chopped)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Prepare a muffin pan with Baker’s Joy or muffin liners.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the butter, applesauce, sugars, milk, vanilla and egg.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon.
- Add dry mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and mix well. Scrape the bowl a few times.
- Fold in apples.
- Using a 2 in. scoop, fill muffin vessels almost to the rim. Use a heaping scoop and you should come out with 12 muffins.
- Bake 18 – 20 min. or until a knife inserted comes out clean.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I have added this recipe to The Pepperberry Inn’s breakfast repertoire! They were a huge hit. I substituted the applesauce for 3 tsp of Boiled Apple Cider, 1 cup of Raisins and the apples , one each Honey Crisp and Granny Smith, were chucky instead of chopped. Walnuts will be added in the future. I also made them Jumbo sized, 35 mins. Thank you!!!
Ann- You always bring sunshine to my day. Your posts are so real and genuine and readers can tell they come from the heart. You are a blessing to so many! God bless you!
Thank you so much Susan…your comment just totally made my day.
Thanks for the info on the tulip wrappers. I was going to ask where to find them.
You are the best! Thanks.