Easy Apple Spice Muffins (with applesauce)

The perfect breakfast to start a chilly Autumn day! These super fluffy spiced muffins are filled with pieces of apple and deliciously spiced with cinnamon, cloves, and allspice.

Author: Knead Some Sweets

Meal Type: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 12 muffins

Calories: 239 kcal per serving

Ingredients

½ cup - salted butter
¾ cup - dark brown sugar
2 - whole eggs
1 tsp - vanilla extract
¾ cup - buttermilk**
¼ cup - applesauce
2 cups - all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons - baking powder
1 tsp - baking soda
1 tsp - ground cinnamon
¼ tsp - ground cloves
¼ tsp - ground allspice
⅛ tsp - salt
1 ½ cups - apples
1 tbsp - raw turbinado sugar

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350℉. Line a 12-count muffin tin with parchment paper muffin liners.
Whisk together the melted butter and brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, buttermilk, and applesauce in a large mixing bowl.
In another bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and spices. Fold in the chopped apples. Add to the wet ingredients and stir just until no streaks of flour remain.
Fill each muffin liner to the top with batter and sprinkle a little bit of raw sugar on top of each muffin. Bake in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the muffin tin for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling. Enjoy!

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