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Apple Cinnamon Muffins Recipe
Apple Cinnamon Muffins Recipe brings together ground cinnamon, apples, and baking powder. Keep an eye on the mixing instruction as you work. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 27 min
- Total
- 47 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 15 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Desserts
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Baked & roasted
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 16–30 minutes · Total: 31–60 minutes
- Dietary characteristics
- Vegetarian
A few quick notes
1. Stop mixing at the stated point
Keep an eye on the mixing instruction as you work. Once the mixture reaches the point described in the recipe, move on to the next step instead of giving it extra mixing out of habit.
2. Mix the thickener as directed
The thickening step has its own little bit of preparation. Follow the mixing step before adding it, then use the consistency check in the method as you finish.
3. Get the oven ready first
Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. Then use the preparation steps that follow to get the food ready for the hot oven.
Get to know the ingredients
Ground cinnamon
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: In a medium bowl whisk together the all-purpose flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
Apples
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Next wash, peel, and remove the core from the apples.
Baking powder
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Now in a large bowl add the dry ingredients for the muffins (all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg).
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Enjoy! Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Set out the first ingredients
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
Keep the mixtures separate until their step
The method prepares more than one mixture before bringing them together. Set out the separate bowls or containers it calls for, then combine them at the stated step.
Leave room for the cooling step
The cooling step comes before another part of the finish. Set the food aside as the method directs and keep that pause in mind before cutting, coating or putting the final parts together.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the oven. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Keep an eye on the mixing instruction as you work. Once the mixture reaches the point described in the recipe, move on to the next step instead of giving it extra mixing out of habit.
What check should I look for as it cooks?
Keep this part of the method in view: Bake the muffins in the preheated oven for 26-28 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Budget Bytes. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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