Flourless Apple Cinnamon Muffins with Peanut Butter

Easy 8-ingredient gluten free apple muffins made with peanut butter and applesauce! No oil or refined sugar. Moist, crazy fluffy and flourless with 6g of protein per muffin.

How tall and gorg and fluffy are theeeeese!!

Once we hopped aboard the flourless pumpkin muffins train, I knew I had to post an apple cinnamon version. How could I not? Then fall came and went and here we are in February still talking about apples. Oof!

Now I'm already onto lemon blueberry and banana chocolate chip and beyond. So many muff flavors to master, so little time. P.S. Don't miss my healthy apple muffins with almond flour for a more traditional tasting muffin!

The low down on key ingredients

• Nut butter: Any nut butter should work (I've tested AB, CB, and PB) as long as you enjoy the flavor since that will be what's dominant. Sunflower butter is great for a nut-free version. (A natural reaction occurs with sunflower seed butter and baking soda that makes muffins turn an odd shade of green. It's harmless, but beware!) Whatever you use, it should be able to pour out of the container.
• Maple syrup: I've only tested this recipe with a liquid sweetener. Honey or agave work well. You can also omit the sweetener if you're cool with less sweet muffins!
• Cinnamon: It may sound crazy, but I developed this recipe with a a full tablespoon for warm spice goodness. You could add ground ginger, nutmeg, and vanilla extract for a flavor boost but my goal here was to keep the ingredient list simple.

You can even make in the blender!

You can totally whiz all the ingredients in a blender versus a mixing bowl if that's your jam.

I hope you're as in love with these delish Flourless Apple Muffins as I am! If you make these, please leave a comment and star rating letting me know how it turned out. I'm so grateful for your feedback!

Flourless Apple Cinnamon Muffins with Peanut Butter (gluten free!)

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• Author: Alexis Joseph
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 24 minutes
• Total Time: 29 minutes
• Yield: 12 muffins 1x
• Category: Muffins
• Method: Oven
• Cuisine: American
• Diet: Gluten Free

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Description

Easy 8-ingredient Gluten Free Apple Muffins made with no oil or refined sugar. Moist, fluffy and flourless with 6g of protein per muffin.

Note: These have a more eggy, spongey texture--I love it! Just know they aren't the same as traditional muffins 🙂

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Ingredients

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• 1 cup creamy natural salted peanut butter*
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3 large eggs
• ¼ cup pure maple syrup or honey*
• 1 medium apple, diced small (1 ½ cups, I like Honeycrisp)
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• ¾ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp fine sea salt (½ tsp if peanut butter is unsalted)

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a muffin tin liberally with cooking spray or line with paper liners/silicone baking cups.
2. Whisk together all ingredients except chopped apple in a large mixing bowl. You can also blend all ingredients in a food processor or high-speed blender. Fold in apple.
3. Divide batter evenly into muffin tin, filling each to the the top. Bake for 22-25 minutes (mine took 24 minutes), or until a knife comes out clean. Allow muffins cool for at least 20 minutes before removing from the pan and cooling on a wire rack.

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Notes

*You can omit the sweetener if you want a less sweet muffin with no added sugar. You can also sub overripe mashed banana for the applesauce!

STORAGE: Store muffins on the counter in an air-tight container for up to 3 days and then store in the refrigerator or freezer.

NUT BUTTER: Your peanut butter should be the drippy kind that easily pours into the measuring cup, and not refrigerated. Almond butter or cashew butter will also work. Use sunflower seed butter for nut free. If your peanut butter is not salted, use ½ tsp fine sea salt.

Unfortunately this isn't a recipe that can easily be made vegan because the eggs are so important for structure. Flourless muffins made with nut butter are funky like that.

For more classic apple muffins made with flour, try the muffin version of my Apple Cinnamon Swirl Bread!