The Only Best Apple Cinnamon Muffin Recipe You Will Ever Need and Love!

I promise you, this is the only apple cinnamon muffin recipe you will ever need! It always works perfectly; it’s easy to make, well-developed, and effortless to change with flavors and spices.

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If you are always searching for a new muffin recipe to see if it works, and you’re tired of trials and failures, plus it’s essential for you that the recipe will be a bit healthier, then this is precisely for you!
I love these muffins. It’s the only recipe I make repeatedly, and they always work. The base I will share today will allow you to experiment with different flavors for every occasion, every time of the year.

I do not have to introduce muffins; we all know and love them. I’ve come across a lot of failures when making muffins. Once I found that recipe, I developed it, and since then, I have used it all the time. I tried making it with various additives, and they always worked perfectly. I want to share with you this apple cinnamon muffin recipe and a few inspirations today. You will see many muffin recipes on this blog, all of which will be built on that base.

Did you know that about muffins?

Muffin comes from the word ‘moufflet (soft) ’, French. Muffins are originally British and American. Both types of muffins vary in terms of taste and history.

In the past, muffins were sold door to door by hawkers in England as a snack bread before most houses were provided with ovens in the early nineteenth century, giving rise to the traditional English nursery rhyme “The Muffin Man,” which dates from 1820 at the latest.

The most enormous muffin weighed 146.65 kg (323 lb) and was baked by Schär and NIP Food in Milan, Italy, on 16 October 2015.

Why walnuts are suitable for your body?

Here, walnuts are rich in antioxidants, a source of omega-3, which is essential in our diet, especially if you are entirely plant-based. Walnuts have a low glycemic index (IG=20). As mentioned before, eating them will not have a quick glucose spike.

As you might know, walnuts are a fantastic food for our brain. They even have a shape that reminds and looks like a human brain. I am always amazed by these little things. How God thoughtfully created us and everything around us. Here is what science says about consuming walnuts and their brain health effects;

“Walnuts contain several components that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Animal and human studies from our and other groups suggest that supplementation with walnuts in the diet may improve cognition and reduce the risk and progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Human clinical trials have also suggested an association of walnut consumption with better cognitive performance and improvement in memory when compared to baseline in adults. “

“Our recent study in AD-tg mice has shown that a walnut-enriched diet significantly improves antioxidant defense and decreases free radicals’ levels, lipid peroxidation, and protein oxidation compared to a control diet without walnuts. These findings suggest that a diet with walnuts can reduce oxidative stress by decreasing the generation of free radicals and boosting antioxidant defense, thus resulting in decreased oxidative damage to lipids and proteins.”

“Together, these reports suggest the benefits of a walnut-enriched diet in brain disorders and other chronic diseases due to the additive or synergistic effects of walnut components for protection against oxidative stress and inflammation.”
Read more here.

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Everything you need to make apple cinnamon muffin recipe

• Organic wheat/ spelt flour
• Soy drink (almond, coconut drink, or milk)
• 2 ripe bananas
• Honey (maple syrup, agave syrup)
• Oil (coconut, rapeseed)
• Baking soda & powder
• An apple (grated)
• Walnuts (toasted and chopped)
• Cinnamon
• Vanilla extract
• Salt to taste

How to make apple cinnamon muffin recipe at home?

STEP 1:

Prepare two medium-size mixing bowls. Put all dry ingredients into the first one: flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and stir it to combine.

STEP 2:

In the second bowl, combine all wet ingredients: banana puree (make it with a fork), oil, milk/drink, honey, and vanilla extract. Whisk to combine.

STEP 3:

Start incorporating the dry ingredients into the wet ingredient batter. Slowly, not everything at once. This will allow you to combine it thoroughly.

If the batter seems too dry, which might happen due to the flour you use, or if you use sugar instead of maple syrup or honey, add more drink/milk.

STEP 4:

When your batter is ready, taste it if you are satisfied with its sweetness and saltiness. Then, grate an apple and add to a muffin mix. Toast walnuts on the frying pan (dry-toasting), crush them in a food processor, then add to a batter. You can skip toasting, but I love the aroma this gives to a final taste.

STEP 5:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celcius (375 F), and in the meantime, refill your muffin baking forms. The silicon muffin forms work best. The paper ones must be firmer to keep the muffin shape right.
When the oven is warmed, place your muffins and bake for 25-30 minutes. It also depends on your range, so look at them now and then and see how the process goes.

FINAL STEP:

When your muffins are baked through, let them cool down and enjoy! These are perfect for fall and winter. You can spice them up with gingerbread spice mix, cardamom, and nutmeg and give even more touch to the final flavor.

Enjoy your apple cinnamon muffins watch leaves fall down, drink your favorite tea, and have family time.

It’s easy to change the flavor; here is how you can do it

• In the recipe, initially, we have two ripe bananas. This will count as about 3/4-1 cup of banana puree. You can easily use apple, pumpkin, or even carrot puree. You can use strawberry or raspberry puree for a more summery flavor. For more exotic, mango puree would be fantastic. There are endless ideas.
  
• 1/2 cup of grated apples you can change for pumpkin, carrot, pear, zucchini, blueberries, strawberries or any fruit of your choice.
  
• 1/3 cup of walnuts you can change for any nut of choice. You could add chia seeds or coconut flakes, chocolate chips, and dried fruit instead.

Hungry for more muffin ideas?

Easy Cherry Banana Muffins (Plant-Based & No Sugar)

Vegan blueberry muffins

I hope you will enjoy this easy recipe and will get some inspiration from today’s post. Let me know what you would like to see and what you would like to know. I would love to connect with you and help you even more!  
Domi