Hello lovelies,
I hope you had a good January so far, maybe you even took part in Veganuary. Either way, I think we deserve something sweet to say goodbye to the first month of the new year: these delicious apple cinnamon muffins. Apple and cinnamon is definitely my favorite combination, it just fits together perfectly and tastes great as a compote, cake, with crepes or just in these muffins. The pairing even works as a little energy ball: my Apple Strudel Pralines taste like a tiny apple strudel you can eat with your fingers, no oven needed.
Compote, cake and muffins each turn out best with a different apple. The full chart is in my guide to which apples suit which bake.
The muffins are made very quickly and have only a few ingredients. As a topping I used whipped vegan cream this time and mixed in a little apple cinnamon compote. The muffins also taste absolutely delicious without the cream. For more sweet and savory ideas with apples, see my collection of recipes all about apples.
The muffins are great for a delicious Zvieri (this is what the afternoon snack here in Switzerland is called), but are also suitable for breakfast (with or without cream :-)) - or for the lunch box, where a batch of them rides along with the soups and grain salads from my vegetarian meal prep recipes for busy weeks. My kids really like them, preferably even without the cream. They taste great with a cup of tea or coffee and are nice souvenirs for a brunch or a playdate. And since we're already brewing tea: my fudgy chai brownies with chocolate ganache get their spice from strong brewed chai and stay moist thanks to red beans nobody ever tastes.
As you can see in the picture, the muffins are really fluffy, even without the addition of eggs. The combination of baking powder, baking soda, mineral water and apple cider vinegar is important. Do not leave out any of these ingredients, otherwise they will not become so fluffy. It‘s important for muffins, or generally for vegan cakes and doughs, that you don't stir them too long, otherwise there will be no air left in the dough. It‘s enough if you mix the ingredients well, even small lumps of flour are not bad. That vinegar and baking soda team is also what lifts my vegan carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, an egg-free take on the Swiss Rüeblitorte.
I hope I made you feel like baking. Try these delicious apple cinnamon muffins. If you love the apple and cinnamon combination as much as I do, you will probably also enjoy my vegan apple cake with crumbles. And if you want to bake even more fluffy muffins, be sure to check out my berry muffins and the rhubarb streusel muffins.
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