Sourdough Apple Cinnamon Muffins

These simple to make sourdough apple cinnamon muffins make a delicious snack any time of the day. Delicious crisp exterior and tender crumb are the secret to these successful muffins.

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword Sourdough Discard

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Servings Muffins

Calories 239kcal

Equipment

Mixing Bowl
Digital Scales
12 Hole Muffin Tin

Ingredients

200 g Sourdough Starter Discard or Active Starter
150 g All Purpose Flour
50 g Sugar
2 Eggs
6 g Baking Powder 1 tsp
100 g Vegetable Oil Light flavor
150 g Apple unpeeled, diced - 1 large apple
4 g Cinnamon Ground (1 tsp)
5 g Salt (1 tsp)
5 g Vanilla Extract

Optional - Crunchy Almond Sugar Topping

50 g Sugar raw
80 g Almond Meal
30 g Butter melted

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180C/350F and grease a 12 hole muffin tin with butter.
If you are going to be using the topping, prepare this first. Add sugar, almond meal and melted butter to a bowl and mix until well combined. Set aside.
Mix the sourdough starter, 2 eggs, vanilla extract and oil in a bowl. Whisk together until well combined. It's ok if the oil sits on the top, it will combine once it is poured into the dry ingredients.
In a separate bowl mix together all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and sugar. Once combined, add the diced apple and mix until all of the apple is coated in the flour mixture.
Now pour the liquid ingredient mixture into the dry ingredients. Gently fold together until just mixed - don't over mix or the muffins will be tough.
Spoon mixture into greased muffin tin. This recipe will fill a 12 hole muffin (each hole around ¾ full).
If you are adding the almond crunch topping, spoon a small amount into the centre of each muffin (it will spread out as the muffins cook).
Bake at 180C/350F for approximately 20 minutes or until muffins are golden brown. If using the almond sugar topping, just watch them as they can burn easily.

Notes

The topping for these muffins is completely optional. If making for kids lunchboxes or snack time, it's absolutely fine to leave them out. They are sweet enough without it.

You can use whatever apple you like for these. I've used a large green granny smith apple (approx. 150g). I've diced the apple for texture but you could grate it if you prefer. You can peel it if you want to - I've left the skin on because I like to get as much fibre into my kids as possible!

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