I had the most amazing time recently watching my adorable niece and nephew for a week! First, let me tell you that I am SO out of shape for all the work that goes in to babies, these cuties are 20 months and 8 months (around there) and they are EASY babies. Still, I managed to be exhausted the entire time! Yep, they went to bet at 6 pm and I was right behind them – no joke!
The cool thing besides all the snuggles, play time and getting to know them, I was able to make little toddler recipes for them. Recipes like these Mini Applesauce Muffins that my niece INHALED. How can you really go wrong with muffins covered in butter and sugar? Not very healthy but supper delicious! I had so much fun treating them to these recipes AND of course they had to be easy to make because I was limited on time and hands! Check out the recipe!
How to Make Cinnamon Sugar Applesauce Muffins
Ingredients You Need
1/2 Cup Butter, softened
1/2 Cup Sugar
2 Eggs
3/4 Cup Applesauce
1 3/4 Cup Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
Ingredients for Topping
1/2 Cup Melted Butter
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
Instructions
Step 1 – Cream together the butter and sugar until smooth
Step 2 – Add the eggs, vanilla and applesauce to the butter mixture and combine well
Step 3 – Mix the flour, salt and cinnamon together in a separate bowl and add slowly to the butter mixture
Step 4 – Scoop into a greased mini muffin tin and back at 350 degrees for 15 minutes
Step 5 – After the muffins have cooled, dip in the butter then the sugar mixed with cinnamon to coat well. Enjoy!
Aren’t these the cutest little muffins? They fit perfectly in little hands too. I did let my older boys try them and they were hooked as well, so I think they’re a great recipe for anyone at any age!
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PinIngredients
- 1/2 Cup Butter, softened
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 3/4 Cup Applesauce
- 1 3/4 Cup Flour
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- Ingredients for Topping
- 1/2 Cup Melted Butter
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
Instructions
- Instructions
- Step 1 – Cream together the butter and sugar until smooth
- Step 2 – Add the eggs, vanilla and applesauce to the butter mixture and combine well
- Step 3 – Mix the flour, salt and cinnamon together in a separate bowl and add slowly to the butter mixture
- Step 4 – Scoop into a greased mini muffin tin and back at 350 degrees for 15 minutes
- Step 5 – After the muffins have cooled, dip in the butter then the sugar mixed with cinnamon to coat well. Enjoy!
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Sheilah White says
December 20, 2017 at 5:39 pmYummeeee
Leandra says
March 24, 2016 at 11:02 amThese mini muffins turned out so yummy. Instead of regular sugar I used Stevia. Except for the topping I used the regular sugar for that. Thank you so much for this recipe. Can’t wait to try others. For some reason it won’t let me rate it, but I give it 5 stars.
Katie says
January 25, 2016 at 5:39 pmI made these for my kiddos today and they are delicious! To cut back on the fat in the muffins, I reduced the butter to 1/4 cup and increased the amount of applesauce to 1 cup. They were still moist and very tasty! I also reduced the baking time by a couple of minutes. Thanks for the great recipe.
Laura says
January 2, 2016 at 9:38 amHi Chrissy, my daughter and I made this recipe yesterday. We like them very much – they are a bit dry as another reader commented, however we added little dabs of homemade cream cheese frosting on top instead of the butter/sugar and cinnamon mixture and that really helps add some moisture. I added 1 t. of cinnamon to the batter. Thank you for a nice recipe 🙂
Tracey says
November 21, 2015 at 4:59 pmAny suggestions for making these in advance and freezing or refrigerating them? Maybe save the topping until serving day? Thank you!!
Julia says
August 19, 2015 at 7:33 amHi,
I baked the mini applesauce muffins last night with my nine year old daughter. The muffins have good flavor and perfect for back to school breakfast. I will say the muffins are a little dry, but I think next time I will not bake as long. I hope my comment is helpful. Thanks for the recipe.
Linda says
October 26, 2014 at 1:33 pmI just made these and they are lovely. I’m glad I saw the other notes about the Baking Soda so I didn’t leave it out. I did find that I needed much less than the 1/2 cup of butter (1 stick) called for in the recipe for the last stage. In fact, I used less than 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) of melted butter for the last stage and even had a little left over. I also didn’t use all of the cinnamon sugar either.
Heather says
October 11, 2014 at 10:34 amThese look so tasty! I can’t wait to try your recipe!
Sara says
October 12, 2014 at 6:17 pmI hope you will hop by and let me know how you like it once you do try it Heather!
Kelly Ninyette says
October 10, 2014 at 10:19 amWow! These sound amazing, can’t wait to try out this recipe!
★★★★★
Sara says
October 12, 2014 at 7:00 pmI hope you will drop by and let us know how you like the cake after you try it Kelly! Thanks for stopping by!
Danielle says
October 5, 2014 at 10:50 pmHow many mini muffins did this recipe make for you?
Sara says
October 13, 2014 at 2:02 pmHi Danielle,
This recipe made 36 mini muffins.
Thanks for stopping by!
Amy says
October 5, 2014 at 12:57 pmI tried this recipe without the baking soda and it was SO good. Very yummy muffins!!
★★★★★
Sara says
October 12, 2014 at 7:21 pmI am glad that you enjoyed it Amy. Thanks for stopping by with your kind words!
Amy says
October 5, 2014 at 10:00 amThe first ingredient list calls for baking soda but it’s not in the instructions. Its not listed at all in the printable version. Can you confirm whether or not the baking soda is supposed to be used??
Thanks!
Sara says
October 13, 2014 at 2:03 pmYes, baking soda is used. Thanks for catching that Amy!
Pearl says
October 4, 2014 at 1:34 pmJust wanna let you know that the “Print” version of your recipe is missing baking soda. The result is still ok, just a bit dense. Thanks for sharing!
Sara says
October 12, 2014 at 7:31 pmThanks for stopping by to let us know Pearl! We really appreciate you looking out for us!
Daniel says
October 1, 2014 at 6:13 amMade the muffins and when they were in the oven I realized I hadn’t added baking soda. Does this need to go I to the flour mixture?
Sara says
October 12, 2014 at 7:57 pmYes, it should go in the flour. If you omit the baking soda the muffins will be fine, just a little heavier.
Thanks for stopping by!
antoinette smyth says
September 25, 2014 at 11:32 amThank you so much for sharing your yummy muffin recipes, we just love the apple ones,
Just goes to show ,there is a child in all off us.
Best wishes.
Antoinette.
★★★★★
Sara says
October 13, 2014 at 2:39 pmThanks for stopping by Antoinette! There is a child in all of us for sure!
Tori says
September 21, 2014 at 12:21 pmI left out the baking soda bc it was left out of step 3. Oops. Too bad I didn’t think about until I was scooping into the muffin tin. I’ll try it again the correct way next time. Thanks for breakfast!
Sara says
October 13, 2014 at 2:19 pmHi Tori,
I am so sorry we missed that! The muffins should still be yummy, just a little heavier.
Thanks for dropping by!
Annie says
September 20, 2014 at 3:36 pmThese are good but I unfortunately followed the printable instructions and the baking soda ingredient wasn’t listed there 🙂 Nonetheless, I’ll make them again with the baking soda! Thanks for the recipe!
★★★★
Rita says
September 18, 2014 at 2:21 pmTurned out well, I used agave syrup and I’m not happy with the texture but that’s my issue not yours. My husband thinks they are little gems!
Dana says
September 17, 2014 at 12:13 pmThese look amazing…and it just happens to be apple weather so I’ll be making these soon!
Jen says
September 15, 2014 at 7:38 amHow many did you get out of the batch?
Sara says
October 20, 2014 at 6:13 pm36 mini muffins. Thanks for stopping by Jen!