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Magic Stay-Fresh Apple Muffins Recipe
Should you’ve ever been disenchanted by dry day-after muffins, these Apple Muffins are going to blow your thoughts. They keep 100% contemporary for 4 to five days! Made with contemporary apples, this muffin recipe is fast and also you’ve most likely already obtained the whole lot it’s essential make them (you’ve obtained apples, proper?!)
Should you’ve ever been disenchanted / aggravated at stale, dry muffins the day after making them, these Apple Muffins are going to blow your thoughts!! They’re tremendous moist on the day and so they keep moist for 4 to five days!!
Right here’s the key to maintain muffins moist…
The key to those stay-moist Apple Muffins are:
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Brown sugar as a substitute of white – brown sugar retains moisture much better in baked items; and
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Just one egg – Eggs dry out baked items. Effectively, the egg white half does. That’s why you’ll discover some baking recipes solely name for egg yolks – as a result of it binds with out drying out the batter.
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Moisture within the apples which retains the muffin crumb contemporary for days and days!
And that’s the one distinction between the batter for these muffins and the standard muffin mixes. But the shelf life distinction is wonderful!
This magic stay-fresh muffin recipe is a good grasp muffin combine as a result of it’s made with pantry staples:
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flour – wholewheat OR white
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butter
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egg
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milk
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brown sugar
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baking soda
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vinegar*
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cinnamon (or different spice combine)
No buttermilk, no yoghurt, no bitter cream.
I do know there are muffin recipes on the market that swear by them for moist muffins. However they aren’t required for this recipe. I promise you, these Apple Muffins are going to be tremendous moist straight out of the oven – and they’ll keep moist for 4 to five days. No have to even heat them up!
Questioning what the vinegar is for?
Only a contact of vinegar provides baking soda a kick begin, the identical impact that buttermilk and yoghurt has when utilized in batters. Helpful for muffins to present that dome a lift.
I’ve made Apple Muffins right here, however this miracle muffin batter is simply ready in your personal add ins! Simply add 2 to 2.5 cups of diced contemporary fruit, dried fruit, nuts, chocolate or different chips – go wild!
For the contemporary fruit, simply make sure it’s fruit that gained’t bleed an excessive amount of and turn out to be mushy when baked. Some fruits I’ve used that work very properly embrace:
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Pears
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Mango (although, if like me, you like coconut with mango, give these Coconut Mango Muffins a go!)
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Berries – blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, mulberries
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Strawberries (use small ones)
With the tremendous lengthy shelf life of those Apple Muffins, they are perfect for seize and go snacks, popping into lunch bins, afternoon teas and simply usually devouring on an as-needed foundation.
With the candy little dome, a glowing sugar crust (should you so select), tender items of apple and a touch of cinnamon perfume, they give the impression of being and odor as nice as they style. Get pleasure from! – Johnsat x
Ingredients
- 2 level cups apple pieces (peeled) , 0.7 cm / 1/3" cubes (2 large apples, I use red)
- 1 tbsp melted butter , for muffin tim (or use paper liners)
- 115g / 0.5 cup unsalted butter , melted (1 stick)
- 1 cup (200g) brown sugar , packed
- 2/3 cup (165 ml) milk (low fat, full fat, non dairy also fine)
- 1 large egg (approx 60g / 2 oz)
- 1 tsp white vinegar (or any other clear vinegar)
- 2 cups (300g) wholemeal flour (wholewheat flour)(white also ok, Note 1)
- 1 tsp baking soda (bi carb) (NOT baking powder)
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- Pinch salt
- 2 tbsp raw sugar (demerara sugar – large granules)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C/390F.
- Brush a 12 hole, standard muffin tin with melted butter, or line with paper cases. (Note 3)
- Place butter and brown sugar in a bowl, whisk to combine.
- Add milk, then egg and vinegar. Whisk to combine.
- Scatter flour across batter surface, followed by baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Whisk 10 times until the flour is incorporated – some lumps is fine.
- Stir through apple -minimum stirs just to disperse.
- Scoop batter into muffin tin – I use an ice cream scoop – filling it all the way to the top. If using a scooper, leave it the slight ball shape (see video) – don’t smooth the top. You should get 12 (see Note 3).
- Sprinkle with sugar (if using – makes surface slightly crispy), place muffins in the oven.
- Immediately turn down to 180C/350F.
- Bake for 20 minutes (standard) or 18 minutes (fan / convection) , or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Rest in the muffin tin for 5 minutes then transfer to a rack to cool.
- Once fully cooled, store in an airtight container – it will stay moist for up to 5 days. These also freeze very well.
Notes
1. Flour – I like using wholewheat flour for these, but it works perfectly with plain / all purpose white flour as well. The muffins will be a bit paler and they are even softer. (They are soft with the wholewheat too, it’s just they are even softer with white flour).
2. TIP: Chop the apple up into small pieces, otherwise it has a tendency to make the muffin seem too crumbly, noting that this muffin batter only uses 1 egg (which is a reason why it’s so moist but also means the crumb is not as tightly bound as muffin mixes that use 2 eggs, so you need to ensure the apple pieces are chopped fairly small).
3. MUFFIN TIN SIZES: There are mini, standard and jumbo muffin tins. This recipe is for standard muffin tins. Standard muffin tin sizes do differ slightly here in Australia – there are 1/3 and 1/2 cup muffin tins. You should get 12 out of this recipe either way because with the 1/3 cup, the batter mounds slightly over the top of the muffin tin hole plus there is a bit left over. With the 1/2 cup, it fills 12 holes pretty much to the top, scraping every bit of batter out of the bowl.
4. CAKE/LOAF: Don’t use this recipe for a cake or loaf, the crumb is too delicate. Use this recipe (YES it is moist too!) -> https://www.recipetineats.com/easy-apple-cake-recipe/
5. STORING: These keep so great in an airtight container for 4 to 5 days, they stay really nice and moist but it’s it’s really hot and/or humid where you are, keep them in the fridge.
The crunchy top does soften overnight, as it does with anything with a sugar topping. These are also terrific FROZEN – then just defrost before consuming, and yes they are moist even without reheating. 🙂
HUMIDITY warning! If it’s super humid and hot where you are (eg Sydney in summer!) these are prone to becoming mouldy because they are so moist! So store them in the fridge.
6. Recipe adapted from these Brown Sugar Muffins by Taste and Tell.
7. Different measures in different countries – This recipe is fine to use as written irrespective of what country you are in. The exception is Japan – use weights and ml, not Japanese measuring cups.
8. Nutrition assuming 12 muffins.
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