Simple Apple Cider Honey Muffins — the coziest strategy to welcome the weekend and the autumn season! These tender, warmly spiced muffins are made with boiled-down spiced apple cider (for additional apple taste), uncooked honey, apple butter, brown sugar, and a mixture of cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg. They’re baked till completely fluffy, then dipped in candy cinnamon sugar for that impossible to resist end.

I promised no pumpkin till October — and I’m sticking to it! There are nonetheless so many apple recipes I’m excited to share first. The climate this week has me absolutely in fall baking mode. Round right here, it seems like mid-to-late October: chilly, colourful, and ideal for cozy baking days.

These muffins disappeared the second I baked them. I made just a few with chocolate chips only for my sister and little brother, Oslo — they’re obsessed! They’re straightforward sufficient to make with youngsters, and Oslo loves including the chocolate chips. They pack superbly for college lunches, and so they’re nice for a fall gathering.

Whereas Asher and Oslo are workforce chocolate chip, my mother and I really like them with toasted, chopped pecans. They really feel completely autumn, and add a beautiful crunch.

Listed below are the small print

Elements

• apple cider – I really like a spiced apple cider, no added sugar 
• salted butter 
• vanilla extract 
• eggs
• honey – I like to recommend a thicker uncooked honey
• apple butter – use my do-it-yourself, it’s the most effective
• darkish brown sugar 
• all-purpose flour, you need to use complete wheat too
• baking powder
• cinnamon 
• nutmeg
• all-spice 
• cloves 
• salt 
• honeycrisp apples 
• toasted pecans or chocolate chips – non-obligatory

And for the Topping

• melted butter
• cinnamon 
• granulated sugar

Instruments for Success

For these muffins, you’ll simply want the fundamentals — a regular 12-cup muffin pan lined with paper liners, a superb mixing bowl, and a small pot to boil the cider and focus all that cozy apple taste.

Steps

Step 1: boil the cider

I really like utilizing spiced cider — no sugar added! Boil the cider on the range till it’s diminished to about 1 cup. This concentrates the flavour and makes every muffin particularly scrumptious with numerous cozy apple taste.

Step 2: make the batter

Combine the browned butter with the eggs, honey, apple butter, brown sugar, and vanilla. Add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.

Stir within the chopped apples. I like to chop mine thinly with a mandolin, then chop them for little apple bits in each chew.

Step 3: bake the muffins

Fill the muffin cups nearly to the highest. Bake for about Half-hour, till the tops are deeply golden and your kitchen smells unbelievable.

Step 4: add the topping

This subsequent step is a yummy addition. Soften a bit extra butter and brush the tops — and sides, in case you’d like — of every muffin.

Combine the cinnamon and sugar collectively, then dip every heat muffin to coat. It’s like a comfortable apple cider doughnut in muffin type!

These muffins aren’t too candy — simply completely spiced and moist with a refined honey sweetness. Such an ideal fall deal with to bake all season lengthy (and even by means of the vacations).

Searching for extra apple recipes? Listed below are just a few concepts: 

Mini Apple Cider Truffles

Brown Butter Apple Blondies with Cinnamon Maple Glaze

Salted Maple Apple Tarte Tatin with Cinnamon Pumpkin Seeds

Cinnamon Spiced Apple Fritters with Vanilla Espresso Glaze

Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts with Cinnamon Maple Glaze

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