We are down to one laptop again so I haven't been able to post anything. John's busy doing taxes so I guess he gets priority on the laptop. Remember when I shamelessly begged for your recipes...well I didn't really expect to get any but I did get a couple from you. Thank you!
I had just bought a pack of 16 apples from Costco and was wondering how in the world I was going to eat all of them when I got an email from Marissa with her favorite apple muffin recipe. They are so easy. I literally had them in the oven in under 10 minutes. We sat down to watch the Olympics and I handed John a warm muffin.
He semi-shouted "Wow."
I quickly scanned the TV to see what I had missed in the speed skating.
"No...the muffins. They're really good."
These muffins have a brown sugar topping that gives the top a slight crunch and then the bottom is super moist. Love 'em. Thanks for the recipe Marissa.
Apple Muffins
Source: Marissa PinonCream together:
2 cups sugar (I use 1 1/2 cups)
2 eggs
1 cup oil
1 Tablespoon vanilla
Sift:
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups peeled, cored, diced apples (around 3 apples)
Brown sugar for topping (around 1/2 cup)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pan with paper liners.
Cream together sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and ground cinnamon (I never sift and they turn out fine). Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture and mix until combined. The batter will be very thick. Add the diced apples.
Fill paper liners almost to the top, about 3/4 of the way full. Sprinkle with brown sugar.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-24 minutes. Makes 18 muffins.
Ooh, I'm making these for sure! My husband loves anything and everything apple and I don't bake with them enough. I'm sure he'd love these. Thanks for sharing the reader recipe.
These looks so good and tasty!!!! Apple muffins are a great hit in my household!!! Will try n make them!
Oh my goodness! I saw these on food gawker! I made them for breakfast! SO GOOD!!!! I will be making these more often! Also, I think they would be great as cookies!
I'll be posting pictures of mine on my blog:
http://goodcookbecky.wordpress.com/
I did use sugar in the raw instead of brown sugar. Gave it a nice crunch!
yay I'm glad you liked them!
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I love muffins with that crunchy topping, so these look fabulous! Can just imagine how tasty they are - soon I shall stop imagining and definitely give these a try :)
I made these this morning and my husband loved them. The only change I made was to use 1/2 cup oil and half a cup of cinnamon applesauce instead of the full cup of oil. very good!
Greetings from Downunder! Thanks to you, I shall probably NEVER get out of the kitchen again! My husband (who's a fairly hard person to please when it comes to food) claims that these are the best apple muffins that I have ever made....if not the best muffins full stop.
I must admit, I was a bit wary about the amount of sugar called for, and thought they might end up too sweet, but they were perfect.
Now it's back to the kitchen to make yet another batch..........
I finally blogged about them here:
http://lickthebowlgood.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-bout-them-apples.html
Oh my word. I'm thanking God for you and your blog of deliciousness, Christy. I had some apples to use, so I googled Apple Muffins and you popped up. Then I got clicking around and printed several recipes.
Oh my word. Again.
Muffins were the bomb. Fiesta Chicken and Cilantro Lime Rice ROCKED OUR WORLD and I'm sure I'll be making it once a week until we absolutely can't stand it anymore. Thanks so much!
Did anyone preheat the oven? or just whack 'em in and whack her on? :P
Ha ha! Funny. I changed the directions so the oven is preheated.
Can any one tell me the English measurements for this recipe please ??
just made them, but a bit too sweet for me, next time I will reduce the amount of sugar, bisides that they are PERFECT! Nice and moist, just right!Had some doubts because the batter was so think, and I used olive oil, because I had no idea what type of oil. Will keep this recipie and make them again, not changing anything besides a half cup less sugar for me.
thanks for sharing
the batter was think Ha Ha I meant thick!
So good to see a recipe for muffins that does not include any milk, as my husband is lactose intolerant. I am making them now and the smell wafting out of the kitchen is wonderful.
I love this recipe! I've tried it many different ways, and I've settled on a few small changes. Instead of a cup of oil, I use 1/2 cup of apple sauce and 1/2 cup oil. I haven't tried using 1 cup of applesauce yet, but that may work and be much healthier. I use 2 teaspoons of cinnamon and 1 1/2 teaspoons of nutmeg to boost up the spice. They say you're supposed to cook with Granny Smith's, but I think it tastes better with Fugi apples because they're sweeter and give a better result. I use 6 or 7 mini apples, preferably organic because they're more flavorful. I grab a bag of apples for a few bucks every week at the farmers' market. This is by far my favorite recipe of all time, and will probably be my breakfast for the rest of the school year. Thank you!
I've been eying this recipe forever...and the wilting apples in my refrigerator gave me the perfect excuse to finally make it. Delicious and moist! My family loved them.
these are ridiculous, absolutely delicious ... made them before going to brunch with friends in nyc - got unanimous wow around the kitchen island ... a few side notes, cut apples into small chunks so that the muffin doesn't fall apart too easily - i used muffin cups, seem to work best, i also substituted one cup of ap flour with teff flour and used coconut oil instead of regular oil for a healthy twist ... great blog, really fabulous, makes me want to try all the recipes here ...
I made these using a cup of unsweetened applesauce instead of the oil. I also put in extra cinnamon and some nutmeg. I forgot to put the sugar on top before baking them, but they didn't really need it. I shared them with my walking group friends and everybody really liked them. Thanks for the recipe!
I just made these and loved them! I also just looked through your whole blog and can't wait to try all these recipes.
I just made these as mini-muffins for my daughters preschool class snack. They are awesome! I substituted 1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce for 1/2 c. of the oil. The texture was still just right. Next time, I'll try coconut oil instead of veg. oil. They were a little too sweet even though I held back on some of the sugar. Next time, 1 c. will suffice. Great, easy, fast recipe!
Just pulled these muffins out of the oven and they smell amazing. I filled them all the way to the top as the recipes calls so they are ginormous and took about 32 minutes at 350. Anyone else have this issue? Can't wait till they cool!
@chattyszakacs,
I changed the recipe so that you only fill them 3/4 of the way. I live in Florida at sea level so everything cooks really fast so I am not suprised they took that long. I hope you love them as much as we do!
They were wonderful!! I got a zillion compliments on them. I'm going to attempt to use that muffin recipe as a basic recipe and try all sorts of different flavors. Today, I'm going to try making sweet potato muffins...I'll let you know how they turn out!
Besides overcooking them, the sweet potato muffins turned out delicious. I used the same recipe for the apple muffins and instead of apples, grated 3 cups of sweet potato (1 large potato). I pulled them out at 23 minutes (the apple muffins took over 30 for me) and they were burning on the bottom...I suggest checking them after about 18.
Making these in Finland too!
http://kaikkiaitinireseptit.blogspot.com/2010/11/mielettoman-makeat-omenamuffinssit.html
I have an abundance of apples right now, so I made these the other day. Aside from eating way too many of them myself, those that I did share made a HUGE impression on all who tried them. My daughter, her friend, my husband, sister, niece, and a few more. I read these posts that say... everyone loved them... they're amazing... etc. etc. .... and I always think, okay, how good can they be? But in this case, they were REALLY good.
So I'm off to make some more. Thanks for the recipe.
these came out way too sweet... the rest is amazing. next time less sugar!
I found these through a google search and made them for my husband who ruled them the standard for all future muffins. Our first batch was gone in 3 days so I'm making more today.
that is amazing! why nobody told me to double amounts of batter?
thank you for an amazing recipe, i love them!
Oh these were delicious! I tweaked them a little by adding applesause instead of oil, using only 3/4 of the sugar, using whole white wheat flour, and adding one shredded carrot (gotta sneak those veggies in when the kids aren't paying attention. They were a big hit at breakfast this morning. Thanks for the recipe!
i wanted to say thanks for sharing this recipe! we have been having a hard time getting my picky 2 year old to eat anything, and he LOVED these. I changed the ratio so there was a little more apple and a little less sugar, so now I have a somewhat healthy snack to give him that he likes. thanks!
I LOVE every recipe I've ever made off of your blog. I constantly tell my husband "She and I can't be friends anymore!" after making something scrumptious off your blog. These muffins were no exception except we've renamed them "Snickerdoodle Muffins" 'cause that's what they taste like to us. ;)
Muffins. I. love. Muffins. Maybe it's the carb crazed little mouse that stuck inside me that drives me to muffins. mmmmmm....
Your site is beautiful too! First time here!
Great recipe. I used 2 1/2 cups flour and already cooked a batch of apples, this is an excellent recipe! Great suggestions from others too
Awesome muffins..2nd batch this week
my muffins did not raise very good will try one more time
@bruzze,
these muffins do not rise that much so you probably made them correctly.
am looking forward to trying this recipe. I have heaps of bottle apples in the garage that I hope will be perfect for these.
I'm bookmarking this blog. These muffins are spectacular--I was trying to figure out what to do with 5 overripe apples and this is it!
Great recipe! I used 1/2 c of sweetened low fat yogurt and 1/2c of applesauce instead of the oil/ Turned out great! Next time I will try adding a carrot and maybe some whole wheat flour.
Oh.. I never have tasted an apple muffin. I would love to try this out.
I guess everything I wanted to say was already written but I would just like to thank you for this amazing recipe! I served it in an apple bread form and although it took about twice the cooking time, it was definitely worth the wait! My family was smiling during the entire meal and were thoroughly impressed! Thank you!!
i came across your blog while searching for...well i can't remember what now but this is one really easy apple muffin recipe! i halved the amount of sugar as I can't really tolerate sweetness and it turned out wonderful! thanks for sharing =)
I don't think baking soda is the right kind of leavening for this recipe. Baking soda requires an acid to work, like buttermilk or yoghurt or honey.
This recipe has no acid in it, so baking powder would be called for, as it is in most muffin recipes. No wonder these muffins don't rise much.
I'm searching for good muffins/cupcakes recipes this one is really nice!!!!!! I'm going to try this one :)
Love, Julia
http://julia-mylifeandthoughts.blogspot.com/ (follow meee :) )
I've been looking for about a month for an easy, yummy looking apple muffin recipe. My oldest son is in a 3yr old preschool class and we have snack duty all next week. Monday is Johnny Appleseed Day, and I wanted to bake apple muffins. I can't wait to make these and eat them, and of course share them with his class!!!
I just found your blog today, so I'll be back soon.
I just made them and they're delicious! Thanks for a simple and tasty recipe.
Thank you so much for this recipe! I was looking for something simple because I didn't want to go out to get extra ingredients, and I had all these on hand. Made it exactly as the directions, though the thickness of the batter admittedly freaked me out a bit (it reminded me of cookie batter rather than muffin batters I'm used to.) but my tutorial group thought it was amazing, so I'll definitely be making them again. :)
These were delicious! I went apple picking yesterday afternoon and wanted to bake something with what we brought home. I used 1/4 cup of oil and 3/4 cup of applesauce and they were still very moist. Definitely a keeper!
I made these muffins recently and they were SO good! I shared it on my blog and linked back here. Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe!
http://herestohandyandy.blogspot.com/2011/10/pinterest-thursday-apple-day.html
Best apple muffins ever!! Most recipes I found called for barely any apples (1 cup at most)...this was exactly what I was looking for! I took your advice and used only 1 1/2 cups of sugar (I used 1 cup white, 1/2 cup light brown), and I used half all-purpose and half whole wheat flour. My husband begged, so I added chopped pecans, as well. I've now made 2 batches in 3 days...we are in love. And stocking the freezer. :)
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe!
These are AMAZING! I posted the link to your post on my blog so hopefully you'll be getting more admirers.
My assistant in my classroom found this recipe and we made these this week with 50 little 4 year olds. They loved them. Even the picky eaters. Thanks!
I'm making these for the second time today. They are pretty amazing! I made it exactly too recipe the first time and after a day or two, they became really oily. So I replaced half the oil with applesauce and it worked out great!! Now if only I could find some minions to peel and chop all the apples...
Has anyone tried freezing these?