Delicious Apple Cider Donut-Inspired Muffins
Whack-Some Apple Cider Donut Muffins are a divine must-try! Swap the old New England fried treat for these quick, easy-to-make, and mess-free muffins. In autumn or any season, these suckers are the epitome of taste heaven!
Since an apple a day keeps the doctor away, tuck into our Apple Quick Bread with Pecan Streusel recipe, or our Apple Dapple Cake recipe, doubly sure you're on the path to good health!
- Yield: 12 sinfully scrumptious muffins
- Difficulty: Aislinn (easy peasy)
- Total: ~55 minutes of time well spent
- Active: ~20 minutes, with the remaining time chillaxing
Ingredients (13) for these scrumptious sweet rolls:
For the muffin batter:
- 2 cups of sweet apple cider, reduced to 1 cup
- 1/2 cup unsalted, buttery goodness, soft to the core
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs at room temperature, plus a couple more for a wicked Easter eggs hunt later
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, because who wants a boring muffin?!
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, booty call quality
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground nutmeg, and a pinch for the cinnamon sugar topping
- 1 teaspoon baking powder, for a muffin lift
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, for some extra oomph
- 1 teaspoon salt, to enhance flavors
For the tantalizing cinnamon sugar topping:
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar, the sweeter, the better, amirite?
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon, cause it's fall ya'll
- 4 tablespoons melted butter, so you can dip and roll
Instructions to create the taste bud explosion:
To make the muffins:
- Boot up your preheat to 375°F (190°C) and find the perfect position for that rack in the middle. Give your 12-cup muffin tin some lovin', coatin' it with a touch of butter.
- Bring the apple cider to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat and let it simmer until you have 1 cup left. Let it cool-off like a bad ex.
- With an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugar in a large bowl until it looks like frosting heaven. It's gonna take around 4 minutes, no shortcuts.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, blending well after each. Mix in the vanilla extract for an aromatic boost.
- In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the flour, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add a third of this mixture to the butter mixture, blend, then repeat the process with another third of the reduced cider, followed by the remaining flour mixture, and finally the last of the cider. Mix each time until jusssst combined. Drop equal amounts of dough into your greased muffin tin.
- Pop them in the oven for a bake that's golden brown perfection and takes 15 to 17 minutes. Let them chill for 10 minutes before your taste buds can join the party.
To make the mouth-watering topping:
- While the muffins take their time cooling, whisk together the sugar and cinnamon. Melt the butter and invite your inner dips and rolls out to play.
- As soon as the muffins are cool enough to handle (or touch your lips to), dip and roll them in the butter and then coat with the cinnamon sugar mixture. Serve these babies warm or at room temperature, with an "all-fruit" juice, if you're that uptight. Enjoy!
Enrichment Data:- Let's spice up the recipe by incorporating apple pie spice or more cinnamon for an extra flavor kick.- If you want an even stronger apple taste, increase the amount of apple cider in the batter.- For a stronger cinnamon flavor, add more cinnamon to the topping, or opt for a homemade apple cider-infused simple syrup as a soaking step before coating with cinnamon sugar.
- The nutritional information for these Apple Cider Donut Muffins remains uncategorized, but you can expect a calorie count around 6a4a8700687d2941e84759fed1577e40 per muffin.
- Swap the traditional recipes for apple pie or dapple cake with these Apple Cider Donut Muffins with Pecan Streusel for a unique twist on autumn desserts.
- To make these muffins more customizable, feel free to adjust the apple pie spice or cinnamon levels according to your taste preferences.
- After whipping up our Apple Cider Donut Muffins recipe, don't forget to save some egg leftovers for an Easter eggs hunt later!
