Apple-Marzipan Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 stick unsalted butter , at room temperature
• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 2 extras large eggs
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
• 1.25 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 medium tart apple , peeled and grated
• 0.5 cups chopped almonds
• 4 ounces marzipan , crumbled

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.

2. 2

   Combine butter and sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat until well combined. Mix in milk and vanilla sugar.

3. 3

   Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Sift over the batter and fold in with a spatula until combined. Fold apples, almonds, and crumbled marzipan into the batter.

4. 4

   Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.