Description
These gluten-free and vegan apple butter muffins are perfectly sweet, spicy and full of bright apple flavor. A perfect snack, or dessert to capture fall perfectly.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 or 1 cup of cubbed honeycrisp apple (skin on)
- 1/2 cup of vegan butter
- 1 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1 cup of dairy alternative milk
- 2 cups of gluten-free flour
- 1/2 cup of apple butter
- 2 tsp of ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp of ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 3 tsp of sugar for the top
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 350°f and line your muffin tin with parchment muffin liners or grease each cup with vegan butter
- In your bowl with a mixer cream your sugar and your butter together until smooth
- Next add in your vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg and baking powder
- When that is combined alternate adding in 1/2 cup at a time, the dairy alternative mik and the gluten free flour until a batter forms
- Next cube 1/2 of your apple and gently fold it into your batter with 3 tsp of your apple butter
- Using a tablespoon, add one tablespoon to the bottom of your muffin liner, then a teaspoon of apple butter and top with another 2 tablespoons of muffin batter
- Continue this layering technique until you have filled 9 spots in your pan or until the batter is gone, sprinkle each some sugar before baking
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean