Recipe
Apple Snack Muffins
adapted from Apples for Jam by Tessa Kiros
Ingredients
¾ c. | sugar |
1 | stick unsalted butter, softened |
2 | eggs |
1 c. | all-purpose flour |
1 t. | baking soda |
1 t. | baking powder |
½ t. | ground cardamom |
½ t. | ground cinnamon |
2 | apples, coarsely grated |
1 t. | vanilla extract |
Yields about 24 mini-muffins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Butter a 12 cup mini-muffin tin. You will bake with this twice.
- Beat together sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and continue to mix until completely combined. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cardamom and cinnamon. Then, add it to the wet ingredients with the mixer on low until flour is completely incorporated.
- Add in the apples and vanilla and mix through. Scraped down the sides of the mixing bowl.
- Fill each muffin tin until ¾ full. Bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until the tops of the muffins spring back when touched. Cool on a wire rack and serve.
Naptime Notes
Naptime Recipe Serving ideas
I’ve made this before as Apple Bread and it is delicious either way. These muffins will be perfect for packing in her lunchbox and I plan to do so this fall!
Naptime Stopwatch
Preparing the batter takes 20 minutes, tops.
Naptime Reviews
My daughter loved the small size of these, they were prefect for her fingers. My husband loved them, too, he indulged happily after dinner.
Printed from: https://thenaptimechef.com/2010/09/apple-snack-muffins-for-her-teacher/