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Gingerbread Muffins

Name: Gingerbread Muffins
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 24 min
Total time: 46 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 0.5 cups white sugar; 0.25 cups applesauce; 0.25 cups molasses; 3 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 egg; 1.5 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0.5 teaspoons salt; 0.5 teaspoons ground cloves; 0.5 teaspoons ground ginger; 0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 0.5 cups boiling water; 1 teaspoon white sugar , or to taste

Total Time

46 min

22m prep · 24m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

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Difficulty

Medium

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🥬 Vegetarian 🥛 Dairy-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

An easy-to-make delightful treat! Irresistible and divine with tea, these gingerbread muffins will fill your kitchen with the smell of the holidays. Passed down to me from my mother-in-law. My husband grew up on these muffins and still loves them!

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Ingredients

0.5 cups white sugar
0.25 cups applesauce
0.25 cups molasses
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 egg
1.5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
0.5 teaspoons salt
0.5 teaspoons ground cloves
0.5 teaspoons ground ginger
0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg
0.5 cups boiling water
1 teaspoon white sugar , or to taste

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
2

Combine 1/2 cup sugar, applesauce, molasses, vegetable oil, and egg in a medium bowl; beat with an electric mixer until combined.
3

Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg in a separate bowl. Add flour mixture to applesauce mixture, stirring until combined. Add water; mix until well combined. Pour batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each about 2/3 full. Sprinkle lightly with remaining sugar.
4

Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes.