Apple Donut Mini Muffins

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Apple Donut Mini Muffins - Bite sized mini muffins that taste just like cider mill cinnamon sugar donuts filled with bits of apple!

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings mini muffins

Preheat the oven to 375°F and lightly spray a mini muffin pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg and whisk together.
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, 1/2 cup granulated white sugar, 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Add the cubed butter and use a pastry cutter, or a fork, to cut in the butter to the flour mixture until incorporated.
1/3 cup unsalted butter
In a separate medium mixing bowl, add the egg, milk, and grated apple and whisk together.
1/2 cup grated apple, 1 large egg, 1/4 cup milk
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir together until just combined.
Use a cookie scoop to evenly fill all 24 wells of the mini muffin pan with approximately 2 teaspoons of batter.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until just golden.
While they’re baking, in a small microwave safe bowl, melt the butter.
1/2 cup unsalted butter
In another small bowl, add the cinnamon and sugar and mix together.
1/4 cup granulated white sugar, 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
Once the muffins are done and slightly cooled, dip each one first into the melted butter, then roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture, fully coating each.

A small cookie scoop (#60, about 2 teaspoons) makes portioning the batter simple and yields exactly 24 mini muffins.
No pastry cutter? No problem—use a fork to cut in ingredients.
Any apple variety you love will work. Gala, Granny Smith, Fuji, or Braeburn are all great choices.