Name: Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; ¼ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg; ¾ cup cane sugar (or granulated sugar); 1 ¾ cups King Arthur Measure for Measure; ½ cup unsalted butter (melted); 2 Large Eggs; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 cup milk; 2 apples (medium-sized; peeled and diced)

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A quick, simple apple cinnamon muffins recipe loaded with fresh apples and ground cinnamon. Best of all, they're gluten-free and ready in about half an hour.

For today's dish, Kim and I wanted to do something special. We've been working with gluten-free cooking recently so that we could develop and share some gluten-free options on our blog.

This recipe for apple cinnamon muffins is a result of those efforts. I wish I could take credit for these apple and cinnamon muffins; however, it's King Arthur Flour that gets all the credit for this one.

It only took a few simple changes to their recipe (link to follow), to create these moist, delicious apple cinnamon muffins.

Oh, just to be clear, this is not an ad, paid endorsement, or sponsored post, we just love their products!

Three finished apple cinnamon muffins in liners in table garnished with cinnamon sticks.

Instructions:

First, preheat oven to 375° F. and line a cupcake pan with liners.

Next, gather all your ingredients together and wash, skin, and dice your apples.

Aerial view of the ingredients like baking powder, cinnamon, apples, and melted butter.

Now, in a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients EXCEPT the diced apples.

Then, mix the ingredients with a hand mixer until the batter is smooth and creamy.

A top -down view of the diced apples being folded into the apple cinnamon muffins batter.

Once everything is mixed, fold in the apples, saving about a ¼-cup of diced apples to sprinkle over the top of the muffins just before they cook.

Afterward, using ⅓-cup measuring cup, fill the muffin liners with the batter and sprinkle the muffins with the remaining apples.

A close-up view of the muffin liners filled with ⅓ cup of batter, ready for the oven.

Last, bake for 20-25 minutes, remove when done and serve immediately or store them for later.

I used a modified version of King Arthur's Gluten-Free Whole Grain Banana Muffins for this recipe.

The apple cinnamon muffins in red and gray liners setting on a table.

Tips for Your Apple Cinnamon Muffins:

When it comes to gluten-free recipes, I've learned, more fat you add, the better the final product.
Make sure to remove the core of the apple after the wash and skin them.
My experience is that gluten-free baked goods stick to pans, so please use the liners with this recipe.
Swap the ground cinnamon for apple pie spice for a wonderful warming flavor.

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