Apple and cinnamon muffins

I love the combination of apple and cinnamon and when I saw this recipe in Nigella’s book, I had to try them. The result was these yummy, moist and great smelling muffins. I did overfill the paper liners though, but they are still delicious. Overflown but delicious.

Apple and cinnamon muffins

Adapted from the book: Kitchen by Nigella Lawson

2 medium apples

250 gr plain flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

2 eggs

125 gr light brown sugar plus 4 teaspoons more for topping

125 ml honey

60 ml plain yoghurt

125 ml vegetable oil (I used corn oil)

75 gr whole raw almonds

Preheat the oven in 200^oC/ 400^o F. Line a muffin tin with 12 paper liners. Peel and dice the apples. Set aside.

Combine the flour, baking powder and 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon in a small bowl. In a large bowl whisk together the 125 gr of sugar, eggs, honey, yoghurt and oil. Chop the almonds roughly and add half of them to the flour mixture. Fold the dry ingredients to the wet and stir in the diced apples. Be careful not to overmix. The lumpier the batter, the lighter the muffins.

In a small bowl, combine the rest of the almonds, the 4 teaspoons of sugar and the one teaspoon of cinnamon. This will be the topping of the muffins.

Spoon the batter into the paper liners(about ¾, don’t do it like me) and sprinkle with the topping. Bake for about 20 minutes or until they are golden brown and cooked through.

After you remove them from the oven, allow them to stand in the pan for 5 minutes.

It makes 12 muffins, I got 12 but I think I would have taken at least one more, if I hadn’t overfilled the paper liners with the batter.

 Here is my second attempt without overfilling the muffin liners: