Sweet Apple Muffins Recipe
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Everyone loves delicious, fluffy, and aromatic muffins. They always have a little something special inside. For example, a piece of chocolate, a tart berry, sweet candied fruit, or pieces of fresh seasonal fruit. In the summer, people make muffins with apricots, cherries, peaches, plums, and other seasonal fruits, but apple muffins can be made all year round!
Apples are an excellent source of vitamins A, C, and E, essential for the proper functioning of the human body. Furthermore, apples are excellent for the absorption of iron from other foods. Scientists claim that regular consumption of apples can protect against nervous breakdowns and mental disorders. Therefore, apple baked goods are not only delicious but also healthy. And most importantly, the recipe for these pastries is very simple and requires no special talents or skills.
Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Cinnamon is a wonderful spice that pairs well with apples and is great for adding to apple muffins.This muffin recipe is one of the most popular, as it combines the sweet and sour taste of traditional apples with the spicy oriental notes of aromatic cinnamon.
The beauty of apple muffins is that the fruit is added not only to the dough, but also inside the pastry as a filling.
Ingredients for the dough:
- wheat flour - 260 g
- chicken eggs - 2 pcs
- full-fat cow's milk - 1/2 cup
- May honey - 1/4 cup
- sunflower oil - 1/4 cup
- baking powder
- green apples - 4 pcs
- sugar - 2 tbsp
- ground cinnamon - 1.5 tsp
- powdered sugar
Muffins are traditionally made using a special method of mixing ingredients. The dough recipe is as follows: mix flour, baking powder, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together in a deep bowl; beat the eggs, milk, sunflower oil, and honey with a mixer.
Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix with a spoon. Finely grate 2 apples and add them to the batter. Then, using a pastry bag or a regular spoon, pipe the batter into the muffin cups. Mix 1 tablespoon of sugar with 0.5 teaspoon of cinnamon. Meanwhile, cut the remaining 2 green apples into 2x2 cm cubes and, dipping each one in the sugar-cinnamon mixture, place them in the center of the muffin. You can use as many fillings as you like; the recipe doesn't limit this process; in fact, the more fruit you use, the juicier the apple cinnamon muffin will be.
Place the filled muffin tins in the oven for 30 minutes. The batter should rise well and brown.
Apple and Pumpkin Muffins
Green apples pair beautifully with many fruits and even vegetables. But one of the most interesting and rich pairings is the wonderful pairing of apple and pumpkin.
The benefits of pumpkin are hard to overstate. It contains a wealth of vitamins: C, E, beta-carotene, PP, iron, copper, zinc, magnesium, and many other beneficial substances. Furthermore, this miracle vegetable is considered a dietary vegetable. Therefore, the recipe for apple-pumpkin muffins should be in every girl and woman's cookbook.
In this version of the dish, the apple is part of the dough, and the filling is juicy pumpkin.
Ingredients for the dough:
- sifted wheat flour - 260 g
- heavy cream - 200 ml
- granulated sugar - 100 g
- chicken eggs - 2 pcs
- butter - 100 g
- baking powder
- cinnamon - 1 tsp
- zest of 1 orange
- apples - 3 pcs
- pumpkin - 200 g
The recipe is also simple. Combine the sifted flour, half the sugar, baking powder, zest, and cinnamon in a deep bowl. Separately, in a deep, dry bowl, beat the eggs, gradually whisking in the cream. Melt the butter and add it to the cream and egg mixture. Combine all ingredients together, adding the grated apples.
Cut the pumpkin into small pieces, bring to a boil, and simmer with sugar for 15 minutes. Press the batter into the prepared muffin cups, placing a few pumpkin pieces inside each muffin. Bake in a preheated oven for 30-35 minutes.
Apple muffins and the pumpkin is ready. Bon appétit!
