Reduced Sugar Apple and Cinnamon Muffin
Well, It was one of those Saturday afternoons when it’s dark and kind of rainy outside and you just want some sweets… I went to the library the other day and read this recipe from Nigella Lawson.
I’ve never tried her recipes before, but it sounded pretty good and I’ve loved her show. So I decided to give it a shot, except I wanted to use less sugar, so I used stevia instead of sugar. Reduced sugar cause I still used the honey.
Everyone got so excited in the house when they smelled the cinnamon-laced goodies baking in the oven with the aroma filling up the main level of the house!
Reduced Sugar Apple and Cinnamon Muffin
Ingredients
- 2 Apples Use fuji for sweeter flavor or granny smith for mild flavor.
- 1 3/4 cup Spelt Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Soda
- 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 2/3 cup Stevia plus for sprinkling
- 1/2 cup Honey
- 1/4 cup Plain Greek Yogurt
- 1/2 cup Flavorless Vegetable Oil
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Raw Almonds chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 F.
- Peel and core the apples, then chop into small dices and put them in a bowl.
- Line the muffin pan with paper muffin cups. Measure the flour the baking powder, and 1 tsp of ground cinnamon into another bowl.
- Whisk together the 2/3 cup of stevia, the honey, yogurt, vegetable oil, and eggs in another separate bowl.
- Chop the almonds and add half of them to the flour mixture. Put the other half of the almonds into a small bowl with the second tsp fo ground cinnamon and the 4 extra tsp fo stevia. This will make the topping for the muffin.
- Now, mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Add the chopped apples and stir to combine but don't over mix.
- Spoon this bumpy batter into the paper muffin cups, then sprinkle the rubbly topping mixture over them.
- Put the pan into the preheated oven and cook for approximately 25 minutes, or until ready (check the muffins with a toothpick until it's ready)
- Remove the pan from the oven and let it stand for about 5 minutes before taking out the muffins and placing them on the cooling rack.
Notes
Of course you can use any type of sweetener you like or brown sugar. I had stevia at home in that point of time.