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Cinnamon Sugar Apple Doughnut Muffins

Tender, nutmeg-scented muffins packed with grated apple and applesauce, brushed with butter and rolled in crunchy cinnamon sugar like an apple cider doughnut.

Cinnamon Sugar Apple Doughnut Muffins

Ingredients

  • 2¼ cups280 gAll-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup150 gGranulated sugardivided
  • 1¾ tsp8 gBaking powder
  • ¾ tsp3 gBaking soda
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • 2¼ tsp6 gGround cinnamondivided
  • 1 tsp2 gGround nutmeg
  • ½ cup120 gUnsalted buttermelted and divided
  • 2 large100 gEggsroom temperature
  • ⅔ cup160 gUnsweetened applesauce
  • ½ cup (120 ml)120 gButtermilk, low-fatroom temperature
  • 1½ tsp6 gVanilla extract
  • 1 medium200 gApplepeeled and coarsely grated

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and grease a 12-cup muffin tin. Melt the butter and let it cool slightly.
  2. Peel and coarsely grate the apple, then squeeze it lightly to remove excess juice.
  3. In a bowl, whisk the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, the salt, the nutmeg and one-third of the cinnamon.
  4. In a second bowl, whisk two-thirds of the sugar with three-quarters of the melted butter, then whisk in the eggs, the applesauce, the buttermilk and the vanilla until smooth.
  5. Stir the grated apple into the wet mixture, then fold in the flour mixture just until no dry streaks remain; a few lumps are fine.
  6. Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups.
  7. Bake 18 to 20 minutes, until the tops spring back and a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
  8. While the muffins bake, make the topping: stir the remaining one-third of the sugar with the remaining two-thirds of the cinnamon in a small shallow bowl.
  9. Cool the muffins in the tin for 5 minutes, then lift them out. Brush each top with the remaining one-quarter of the melted butter and dip it in the cinnamon sugar.
  10. Cool on a rack for at least 10 minutes before serving.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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