These apple muffins are filled with fresh apple chunks and caramel pieces, all topped with soft caramels. A brown butter batter adds extra toffee flavor to these muffins. If you like caramel apples, you are sure to enjoy this recipe.
Caramel Apple Muffins
These muffins are made with a brown butter and applesauce spiced cake, then filled with apple and caramel chunks and topped with soft caramels. They have that nostalgic flavor of a caramel apple during the fall season. This recipe is sure to make your kitchen smell incredible.
Ingredients
- 2 cups apples, diced 240 g
- 1 tsp lemon juice 5 g
- 1/2 cup butter 113 g
- 1/3 cup brown sugar 60 g
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup applesauce 180 g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract 6 g
- 1 1/2 cups flour 180 g
- 2 tsp baking powder 8 g
- 1 tsp cinnamon 5 g
- 1/2 tsp salt 3 g
- 20 soft caramels
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375º F. Line a muffin pan with cupcake wrappers.
- In a bowl, combine the diced apples and the lemon juice. Set the apples aside.
- In a saucepan, brown the butter over medium heat. Pour the butter into a mixing bowl to let it cool.
- Add the brown sugar, egg, applesauce, and vanilla extract. Whisk the mixture until it is smooth.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt until the batter is smooth. Fold in the apples. Cut up 10 caramels into smaller pieces and add them to the batter.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared baking pan. Top each muffin with a soft caramel.
- Bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes. Remove the muffins from the oven and let them cool.
