Apple Cinnamon Muffins, Eggless Apple Cinnamon Muffin

Apple Cinnamon Muffins Video by Tarla Dalal

1. To prepare eggless apple cinnamon muffin recipe | Indian style apple muffins | place a sieve on a deep bowl and add whole wheat flour.
   
2. Add baking soda. Baking soda helps in rising of the apple cinnamon muffins without the addition of eggs.
   
3. Add cinnamon powder. Make use of best quality cinnamon powder to get a rich, flavorful muffin.
   
4. Add a pinch of salt and sift everything together using a sieve and keep aside.
   
5. For wet ingredients for apple cinnamon muffins, heat a deep non-stick pan add ½ cup of water.
   
6. Add sugar.
   
7. Mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring continuously.
   
8. Switch off the flame, add the vanilla essence.
   
9. Add butter. We have used regular salted butter which will provide moistness to the eggless apple cinnamon muffin, you can use any variety of oil or unsalted butter.
   
10. Add vinegar and mix well. You can even make use of lemon juice if vinegar is not available.
    
11. Add the sifted flour. For an added crunch, you can toss some chopped walnuts, pecans or almonds in the apple cinnamon muffins.
    
12. Add 2 tbsp of water.
    
13. Mix gently until everything is just combined using a whisk.
    
14. Add the apples. Instead of chopping, you can even thickly grate the apples. Make sure the apples are ripe and red as they tend to be naturally sweet and will work best for the recipe. We are using unpeeled apples, the skin provides a good texture to the apple muffins.
    
15. Mix gently and do not overmix as it will yield a rubbery muffin.
    
16. Place 9 paper cups in 9 muffin moulds in a muffin tray. This is easy to clean instead of greasing the muffin tray and adding the batter directly.
    
17. Drop a spoonful of the batter into each muffin mould. You can use an ice cream scoop so that each cup gets an equal quantity of batter.
    
18. Tap it lightly.
19. Sprinkle little cinnamon powder on each muffin mould.
    
20. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°c (360°f) for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in an eggless apple muffin comes out clean. Don’t overbake your muffins or else they will turn dry.
    
21. Let the eggless apple cinnamon muffins | Indian style apple muffins | sit in the muffin tray for about 10-12 minutes before removing to serve.
22. Serve eggless apple cinnamon muffins warm. You can enjoy the eggless apple cinnamon muffins with apple sauce or as it is along with coffee/tea. Also, you can make other muffin recipes like: Chocolate Brownie Muffins, Whole Wheat Carrot and Raisin Muffins, Orange Raisins Muffin, Banana Walnut Muffins for a high-tea spread or kids tiffin treat.
    

1. Q. Can we use lemon juice instead of vinegar in eggless apple cinnamon muffin? A. You will have to use vinegr for the same result.
2. Q. Can we use neutral oil instead of butter in eggless apple cinnamon muffin? A. No you have to use butter.