Cinnamon Apple Muffins Recipe

Need a healthy alternative for breakfast?  Try these cinnamon apple muffins!  This recipe is easy to make and your entire family will love them.  Add these muffins to your meal plan today.  I make them in a mini muffin pan so they are in bite sized portions but the recipe will work in a regular sizes muffin tin as well.  Whip up a batch and enjoy!

Cinnamon Apple Muffins

Ingredients:

Muffins

• 1 cup peeled and diced apples 
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Cinnamon Sugar Coating

• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 5 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Peel and chop apples coarsely.  Add them to a food processor and pulse until they are diced fine.
3. Add apples to a bowl with lemon juice, milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and butter.  Mix well.
4. Add the oats to a food processor and pulse until a fine dust.
5. In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients of pulsed oats, flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking powder.
6. Add the wet ingredients to the dry slowly stirring to combine.
7. Use a non-stick cooking spray to coat your mini muffin cups.
8. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full with the mixture.
9. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
10. Allow to cool about 10 minutes.
11. Brush with the 2 tablespoons of melted butter for the coating. 
12. Add cinnamon and sugar to a bowl.  
13. Put your muffins in the bowl.
14. Add a lid and shake to coat.
15. Enjoy these cinnamon apple muffins with your family!

This healthy recipe is one that the whole family will love.  They can grab a few of these on their way out the door in the mornings.  Keep them on hand for snacking as well.  Y’all enjoy and make a batch of cinnamon apple muffins today!

Love this and want more apple recipes?  Try the links below!

• Caramel Apple Cookies
• Caramel Apple Cheesecake
• Skillet Caramel Apple Pie
• Cake Mix Apple Cobbler
• Plus 3o more apple recipes here!

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Cinnamon Apple Muffins

Author Angie Holden

What You Will Need

• 1 cup peeled and diced apples
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 5 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Peel and chop apples coarsely.  Add them to a food processor and pulse until they are diced fine.
• Add apples to a bowl with lemon juice, milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and butter.  Mix well.
• Add the oats to a food processor and pulse until a fine dust.
• In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients of pulsed oats, flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking powder.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry slowly stirring to combine.
• Use a non-stick cooking spray to coat your mini muffin cups.
• Fill muffin cups 3/4 full with the mixture.
• Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Allow to cool about 10 minutes.
• Brush with the 2 tablespoons of melted butter for the coating.
• Add cinnamon and sugar to a bowl.
• Put your muffins in the bowl.
• Add a lid and shake to coat.