Easy Applesauce Muffins Recipe
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Fall has me in a baking mood with muffins, cookies, pies, all the things. These muffins are great for lunchboxes, after-school snacks, or lazy weekend mornings.
These cozy applesauce muffins are soft, sweet, and rolled in cinnamon sugar. They’re a fun, tasty treat that’s perfect for the season.
You’ll only need a couple of bowls to whip up a dozen muffins, and they smell so good while baking. Make a double batch to share with friends or neighbors. They’re that good.
Easy to make, and loved by everyone. Hope you love them like we do!
Want to mix it up? Make mini muffins instead. Quick, easy, and always a crowd-pleaser. Hope you love them as much as we do!
Try my Cranberry Muffins, or my Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Muffins too!
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Why you’ll love this
- These muffins are super easy to make.
- Perfect for snacking.
- Uses commonly available ingredients!
Is there any better combination than apples and cinnamon? If you love the combination, you’ll also love applesauce pancakes, or these apple cinnamon waffles!
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Key Recipe Ingredients
Note: This highlights some ingredients. Full list is in the recipe card.
I use homemade applesauce, but store bought unsweetened applesauce works too!
How to make this recipe
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JumpGet prepped
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Line a 12-hole muffin pan (muffin tin) with paper liners. Melt the butter and mix the sugar and cinnamon together for the topping
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Make the muffin batter
In a stand mixer, or in a large bowl with handheld mixer, cream the butter and sugar until pale and creamy.
Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
Add applesauce and mix until well blended.
Into the wet ingredients fold in the sifted dry ingredients, until just combined.
Scoop and bake
Using a large cookie scoop, divide the batter evenly into the muffin cups.
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. The tops should be golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center should comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and cool 5 minutes.
Dip the muffins in cinnamon sugar
While the muffins are still warm. dip in melted butter and then in cinnamon sugar mixture.
Cool on wire racks, and devour.
Kylee’s Notes
This applesauce muffin recipe does well as mini muffins. Check your muffins in half the usual cooking time, as they’ll cook faster than full sized muffins.
What to do with leftovers
Line an airtight container with paper towels, and place your muffins inside in a single layer. Place the lid on and seal. These muffins will keep for a few days.
Substitutions/Additions
You can opt to use have all purpose flour and half whole wheat flour if you wish.
Add a little Pumpkin Pie Spice to your muffins for an extra kick of Fall flavor!
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Applesauce Muffins
Ingredients
Optional Topping:
- ¼ cup melted butter
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Muffins
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter 1 stick, softened
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cups applesauce
Instructions
Get prepped
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Melt ¼ cup melted butter and mix the ½ cup white sugar and ½ teaspoon cinnamon.
- Sift the 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder and ½ teaspoon salt together.
- Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper liners
Make the muffin batter
- In a stand mixer, or in a large bowl with handheld mixer, cream the ½ cup butter and ½ cup white sugar until pale and creamy.
- Beat in the 2 large eggs, one at a time.
- Add ¾ cups applesauce and mix until well blended.
- Fold in the sifted dry ingredients, until just combined.
Scoop and bake
- Using a large cookie scoop, divide the batter evenly into muffin tins and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and cool 5 minutes.
Dip the muffins in cinnamon sugar
- While the muffins are still warm. dip in melted butter and then in cinnamon sugar mixture.
Notes
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About Kylee Ayotte
I am a born and raised New Zealander (a Kiwi), now living in Phoenix, Arizona. I’m happily married to the love of my life – a hot American boy I met while traveling the world. I’m a mama to 2 awesome little boys and love red things, rugby, cheesecake, and bacon. Mmmmm. Bacon. Meet Kylee
Applesauce Muffins was a first for me, even though I bake every week. I assumed the flavor of applesauce would come through (I used Musselmans original unsweetened), maybe not prominently, but that I would taste it. In all honesty, my muffins look the exact same as the photo; and each and every ingredient is correct – triple checked. I cooked 5 minutes longer than the 15 stated because they were cream colored and “wet” (and my oven even runs 3 degrees high). Truthfully, if it weren’t for the sugar/cinnamon topping, the muffins would taste like plain cake… moist but very plain. (BTW, why is no vanilla called for?) I’m not unhappy I made them, but I won’t be using it again. Thank you for sending me your recipe at any rate. I like to try new bakes.
These muffins are moist but very little apple flavor