Apple Spiced Muffins
Apple Spiced Muffins
These muffins are inspired by my carrot cake muffin recipe! The carrot cake muffins came out so good I wanted to play around with swapping the carrots for apples and see how they’d come out. Super happy with the final product!
What’s pretty cool is you can now make apple muffins + carrot cake muffins at the same time for your family and let them choose which ones to enjoy each day. Make the same batter wet and dry and instead of adding carrots or apples you can split the batter in half and add 3/4 cup carrots to one bowl + 3/4 apples to the other. The nuts are an option should you choose to use walnuts or pecans if combinding the two.
These muffins are gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and can be made vegan friendly too!
If were making apple spiced only muffins follow the guidelines below!
You’ll need:
1 1/2 cup chopped apples
1/2 cup Grass-fed butter, ghee, or vegan butter (room temp for easy mixing)
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg (or one flax egg if vegan)
1 cup almond or cassava flour
2 tsp pumpkin spice
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Optional: Simple Mills Vanilla Icing + more pecans for topping
To make: (makes 10-12)
Preheat the oven to 350 and line the muffin tray with muffin cups
Chop apples and set aside
In a mixer mix butter, coconut sugar, vanilla extract, egg or flaxseed egg.
Remove the bowl, add the dry ingredients, and mix with a rubber spatula until form.
Toss in pecans and apples
Spoon into 12 muffin cups and bake for 30 minutes
Cool for 15 minutes to set
Enjoy as-is or spoon some simple mills icing for a delicious twist on a healthy dessert.
