Apple Muffins / Eggless Apple Cinnamon Muffins

These Apple Muffins are super delicious, with warm cinnamon and full of apple bits in each bite. These muffins are tender, moist, buttery, eggless, and topped with cinnamon sugar.

Making the Eggless Apple Cinnamon Muffins is easy without an electric mixer. The muffins have fantastic flavor and are perfect for enjoying any time.

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Flavorful and Delicious Apple Muffins

When it comes to baked goods full of apples, we mostly think about fall. So, having apple muffins with warm flavors on cool autumn mornings is very comforting.

But in reality, they are perfect for baking throughout the year. If you like to include fresh fruits in your muffins, you should try apple muffins. These muffins are delicious, bakery-style, and incredibly easy to make.

Flavor: The muffins are full of apple pieces, giving sweet and tart flavors to the muffins. Also, I have flavored the muffins with cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Plus, it has an extra cinnamon flavor from the topping. And not to forget the irresistible buttery flavor.

Texture: Apple Muffins are fluffy and tender. These muffins are moist, light, and have soft crumbs.

Straightforward: The recipe is manageable and even easy for beginner bakers. We require very straightforward ingredients, and mixing the batter is pretty quick.

Equipment: There is no need for any electric mixer to make the muffin batter. All you need are mixing bowls, a whisk, and a spatula. 

Ingredients and Notes

• Apples: I like to use Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, and Gala apples to make these muffins. They are firm, and I like that there are intact apple pieces in each bite, even after baking. But you can use any apple variety of your choice. However, make sure to use firm and crisp apples.
• All-Purpose Flour: I have used unbleached all-purpose flour to make these delicious muffins. Instead of all-purpose flour, you can also use whole wheat flour, preferably white whole wheat flour. Or swap half of the all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour.
• Sugar: I have added brown sugar and granulated sugar both. Brown sugar makes the muffins extra moist, and you can use either dark or light brown sugar. 
• Baking Powder and Baking Soda: They are essential as leavening agents and make muffins tall and fluffy. Do not interchange with each other. Also, make sure that they are active and not expired.
• Butter: We need butter for the muffins and the topping. It makes the muffins soft and deliciously buttery. Instead of butter, you can use sunflower, canola, or vegetable oil. However, if using oil, add ⅓ cup of it. But for the best flavors, I will highly recommend using butter.
• Sour Cream: Sour cream makes the muffins very moist and tender. Instead of sour cream, we can also use plain yogurt.
• Milk: Use full-fat or low-fat milk, but not fat-free milk.
• Salt: It contrasts sweet muffins and helps elevate the flavors.
• Ground Cinnamon: I have added ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon to the batter, but you can add more or less as per your preference.
• Ground Nutmeg: Nutmeg adds warm flavor to these eggless apple cinnamon muffins. But you can skip it if you want or add as much of it as you like.
• Vanilla Extract: I will recommend using pure vanilla. It adds a warm and sweet flavor to the muffins.

How To Make Apple Muffins

Preparations

• Preheat the oven to 425° F.
• Grease the muffin pan with non-stick oil spray or line it with paper liners.
• If you use paper liners, grease them lightly. Set aside.

Making The Batter

• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, and ground nutmeg in a medium mixing bowl.
• Whisk well and set aside.

• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together melted butter, sour cream, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla. 
• Mix until the mixture is well combined and smooth.

• Add milk and stir until everything is well combined.

• Now add dry ingredients to wet and stir until just combined.

• Then, gently fold in the diced apples. 
• Do not overmix.

Baking The Muffins

• Use the ice cream scoop or a spoon to divide the batter evenly between the muffin tins.
• Fill each muffin tin all the way up to the top.

• Bake the muffins for 5 minutes at 425° F, and then, keeping the muffins in the oven, reduce the oven temperature to 350° F.
• Continue baking for another 14-15 minutes or until the cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Remove the muffins from the oven and let them cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Then, transfer onto a cooling rack and let them cool completely.

Topping The Muffins

• In a small bowl, whisk sugar and cinnamon together. And in another bowl, take the melted butter.
• Working one by one, use a pastry brush to spread butter on the top of each muffin. Then, roll the top of each muffin in the cinnamon sugar until evenly coated.
• If you have leftover cinnamon sugar, sprinkle it on the muffins again.

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