Medium French Dessert

Upside-Down Caramel Apple Muffins

Name: Upside-Down Caramel Apple Muffins
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 37 min
Total time: 53 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 bakings apples , peeled and sliced; 0.5 cups packed brown sugar; 0.5 cups butter; 1 pinch salt; 0.5 cups chopped walnuts

Total Time

53 min

16m prep · 37m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Medium

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I've made these upside-down caramel apple muffins a couple of different times, and they have been an absolute hit — like a there-were-none-left hit. Soft and tender apples covered in a caramel glaze are the stars of this show. Haven't tried it yet, but vanilla ice cream probably wouldn't be a bad idea!

Ingredients

3 bakings apples , peeled and sliced
0.5 cups packed brown sugar
0.5 cups butter
1 pinch salt
0.5 cups chopped walnuts

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
2

Make apple base: Stir apples, brown sugar, butter, and salt together in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and syrupy, about 30 minutes. Stir in walnuts. Divide mixture among the prepared muffin cups and set aside.
3

Make batter: Whisk flour, brown sugar, baking powder, apple pie spice, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl until well combined. Make a small well in the center and set aside.
4

Whisk melted butter, applesauce, egg, buttermilk, and vanilla together in a medium bowl until smooth. Pour into the well in flour mixture and mix until just combined; batter should be lumpy. Pour batter over apple mixture in the muffin cups.
5

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of each muffin, then carefully flip the tin onto a serving platter. Serve hot.