These apple cider donut muffins are light, fluffy, and full of spiced apple cider! A crunchy cinnamon sugar topping makes the perfect bite. All the flavor of your classic apple cider donut without all of the work, you can make these muffins with traditional spiced apple cider or spice your own. These muffins make a great after school snack or sweet treat.
These cinnamon sugar apple cider donut muffins are much quicker to make than apple cider donuts!
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Ingredient List:
- Unsalted butter
- Granulated Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Vanilla
- Milk
- Apple Cider
- Large eggs
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
- Nutmeg
- Allspice
- Flour
- Kosher salt
- Baking Soda
If desired you could add chopped apple pieces to the batter
Tools I used for this recipe:
- KitchenAid 6 Qt. Stand Mixer – I always recommend a stand mixer as it saves time and helps to keep baked goods consistent.
- Rubber Spatula – a must for any home baker! Perfect for scrapping batter out of the mixing bowl.
- Non-stick Muffin Tin – just one of those pans you need!
- White Paper Liners – good basic muffin or cupcake liners to have on hand
Apple cider muffins are light & airy, top with cinnamon and sugar for extra flavor!
Highlights of the apple cider doughnut muffins:
- Tender muffins
- Apple flavor
- Cinnamon sugar coating
- One-bowl recipe
- Easy recipe
- Can be made into mini muffins
- Fall flavor
Instructions for the apple cider muffins:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, line or grease a muffin/cupcake pan and set aside.
In a small saucepan combine the apple cider, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, and cinnamon Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and allow to simmer until reduced by about half. Allow the apple cider concentrate to cool slightly.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, stir to combine.
In a large bowl combine the spiced apple cider mixture, vanilla, melted butter, milk, and the egg. Whisk well to combine. Add in the sugars and mix again.
Add the dry flour mixture into the wet ingredients and fold to combine, remove any lumps if necessary.
Using a portion scoop, fill each muffin tin 2/3 of the way full with apple cider muffin batter. Bake for 20-22 minutes in a 350* f oven, until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Transfer to a cooling rack.
In a small bowl melt the remaining butter for the topping, in a separate bowl mix together the cinnamon and sugar. Dip each muffin into the melted butter than into the cinnamon sugar mixture, and enjoy! Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Apple Cider Muffins
Ingredients
For the muffins:
- 2 cups All-purpose Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 cup Apple Cider
- 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
- 1 tsp Ground Ginger
- 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Ground Allspice
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup Butter, melted
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 cup Almond milk, unsweetened, can substitute dairy milk or any other milk alternative
- 1 Egg, room temperature
For the cinnamon sugar topping:
- 1/4 cup Butter, melted
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 3 tsp Cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, line or grease a muffin tin and set aside.
- In a medium saucepan combine the apple cider, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, and cinnamon Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and allow to simmer until reduced by about half. Allow to cool slightly.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, stir to combine.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the spiced apple cider mixture, vanilla, melted butter, milk, and the egg. Whisk well to combine. Add in the sugars and mix again.
- Add in the dry ingredients and fold to combine, remove any lumps if necessary.
- Using a portion scoop, fill each muffin tin 2/3 of the way full with batter. Bake for 20-22 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Transfer to a cooling rack.
- In a small bowl melt the remaining butter for the topping, in a separate bowl mix together the cinnamon and sugar. Dip each muffin into the melted butter than into the cinnamon sugar mix, and enjoy!
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