Spiced Apple Cranberry Filled Muffins (gluten free) (Edit recipe)

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A recipe "riff" on a recipe my sweet friend Alli of @allisappetite - also a creator here, put our heads together to work on. We worked on her family Apple Bundt Cake recipe together to make it gluten free and the results were AMAZING! We'll be sharing that one soon. Since we love muffins so much, I couldn't resist making a variation of that recipe and these are the result! These are filled with the cranberry sauce you get after making the CRANBERRY SIMPLE SYRUP I shared last month. The combo of spiced apple with the cranberries and a kiss of orange are so, so good!! Enjoy!

PREP TIME

15 minutes

COOK TIME

35 minutes

INGREDIENTS

20

Serves: 9-10

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Ingredients

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Process

Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results
  1. Preheat your oven to 400° and line your muffin tins with parchment liners.
  2. In a medium sized bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and cloves. Whisking well to combine, set aside.
  3. In another bowl, add egg, oil, orange juice/zest and vanilla. Whisk well to fully combine then pour into the dry ingredients. Mix well with a rubber spatula, keep in mind the batter will be on the thick side until the apples are added.
  4. Add grated apples into a small bowl and toss with sugar and cinnamon to fully coat. Add this to the batter and fold into the batter until well incorporated.
  5. Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin to about the top edge of the liner. Using a small spoon, add a dollop of cranberry sauce pressing it in a bit so it is in the center of the batter. Repeat with all muffins (you should get 9-10) then sprinkle a bit of sugar on top of each muffin, if using.
  6. Place muffins in the oven and IMMEDIATELY reduce oven temp to 385°. Bake for 32-35 minutes or until a deep brown. You’ll be tempted to take these out sooner, but be patient and let them get that golden color!
  7. Remove from the oven and allow to set in the muffin tin for 5 minutes, then carefully remove to a cooling rack.
  8. Enjoy as is or dust with powdered sugar or alternately, mix ½ cup powdered sugar with apple juice until you have the consistency you want, then drizzle over the top of the muffins.

Notes

You can use whatever cranberry sauce you'd like, or even your favorite jam. But also, PLEASE TRY MAKING YOUR OWN! The CRANBERRY SPICE SIMPLE SYRUP is so dreamy and the leftover sauce is naturally sweetened with just a kiss of spice from the cinnamon stick and cloves!

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This is our estimate based on online research.
Calories:362
Fat:12 g
Carbohydrates:59 g
Protein:1 g
Cholesterol:0 g
Sodium:216 mg
Fiber:2 g
Sugars:38 g
Sugar Alcohol:0 g
Calculated for total recipe.
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