Description
Light and moist, these applesauce muffins are easy and delicious! They’re packed with brown sugar, cinnamon, and unsweetened applesauce, topped with extra sugar for a crunchy finish.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup unsalted butter (melted and cooled)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
Instructions
- Prep. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. Set aside.
- Make the batter. Combine the butter and sugar in a bowl. Beat with a hand-held mixer until the sugar is dissolved. Add the applesauce and vanilla extract and stir to combine. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat well with the hand mixer after each addition.
- Add the dry ingredients. Stir in the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg into the butter-egg mixture. Stir until just combined.
- Bake the muffins. Divide the muffin batter between the paper liners, filling each up to ¾ full. Top the muffin batter with brown sugar. Bake the muffins for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool. Remove the muffins from the oven and let them cool for 5 minutes in the muffin pan, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20-22 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 242
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg