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Easy Paleo Apple Muffins

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These paleo apple muffins are so quick and easy to put together and so good! Bake them on the weekend and freeze for grab-and-go breakfasts during the week. They’re gluten-free and grain-free with a dairy-free option.

Apple muffins on cooling rack

Homemade apple muffins are a great treat for breakfast or as an afternoon snack. And because they’re not too sweet and have a hint of cinnamon, they make a perfect base for your favorite toppings. I love them warm out of the oven with a little ghee, a drizzle of honey, and a hot mug of cappuccino.

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The secret to easy apple muffins

The secret to this paleo apple muffin recipe is getting the apple pieces small enough to cook through by the time the muffins are done. You can use a food processor or mini chopper, but I find using a grater is the fastest way to do this. Just peel the apple and grate it until you get to the core—super easy!

These easy apple muffins are made with almond flour. The almond flour makes a nice thick muffin batter so the apple pieces stay suspended in the muffins and don’t fall to the bottom. So you get little pieces of apple goodness in every bite.

Apple cinnamon muffins with apples and cinnamon sticks

Be sure to use very finely ground almond flour in this apple cinnamon muffin recipe. I find this type of almond flour gives the muffins a better texture and works better than almond meal in this recipe.

These apple muffins are quick and easy to put together on a weekend morning and stock your freezer. You can bake them for breakfast and freeze any leftover muffins for grab-and-go breakfasts during the week.

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5 from 3 votes

Paleo Apple Muffins

These apple muffins are so quick and easy to put together. You can bake them on the weekend and freeze for grab-and-go breakfasts during the week.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time30 mins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Baked
Diet: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Paleo, Vegetarian
Servings: 9 muffins
Calories: 218kcal
Author: Lisa Wells

Ingredients

  • 200 grams almond flour about 2 cups
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 large apple grated and drained
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil or ghee

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease or line muffin tin.
  • Combine dry ingredients in large bowl. Toss grated apple with lemon juice in medium bowl. Add remaining wet ingredients and combine. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
  • Using a large ice cream or cookie scoop, fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
  • Bake for 20 - 25 minutes, until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.

Notes

For dairy free: use coconut oil in place of ghee

Nutrition

Calories: 218kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 114mg | Potassium: 51mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 95IU | Vitamin C: 1.8mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 1.2mg

More almond flour quick bread recipes

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  • Lemon Blueberry Scones
  • Carrot Pineapple Muffins
  • Blueberry Muffin Recipe
  • Cranberry Orange Muffins
  • Paleo Cornbread Recipe
  • Strawberry Muffins

What’s your all-time favorite muffin flavor? Let me know in the comment below!

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  1. Jen Evans

    April 11, 2013 at 7:01 pm

    Just made these and they are amazing! My kids went back for seconds! 🙂

    Reply
    • Lisa

      April 12, 2013 at 7:54 am

      Thank you! So glad you enjoyed them!

      Reply
  2. BasyaG

    July 02, 2013 at 12:15 pm

    about how many calories are in a muffin?

    Reply
    • Lisa

      July 03, 2013 at 7:26 am

      I don’t track calories, but you can use websites like MyFitnessPal (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/) or SparkRecipes (http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp) to calculate the nutritional values.

      Reply
    • HappyForks.com

      August 13, 2014 at 11:13 am

      BasyaG, if you want to know how many calories have recipe which you’re going to prepare, check out happyforks.com/analyzer. This apple paleo muffin has 208 calories. You will find there also information about many nutrients. Just try it by yourself!

      Reply
      • Natalie

        November 30, 2014 at 7:48 pm

        Looking forward to trying these!! And thank you so much for the tip about Happy Forks recipe analyzer!! I am motivated to try more Paleo recipes with my family but I need to calculate the nutritional information because our son has diabetes. This makes it so much easier! 🙂

        Reply
  3. Carla Bruns (@CarlaABruns)

    September 07, 2013 at 10:50 pm

    Terrific recipe! Sounds wonderful.

    Reply
  4. April

    October 01, 2013 at 10:05 pm

    I just made these using maple syrup in place of the honey (only because I didn’t have enough honey on hand). I also added about a teaspoonful of vanilla extract and sprinkled cinnamon on top of each muffin before baking. They are wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing!

    Reply
    • Lisa

      October 05, 2013 at 2:24 pm

      You’re welcome April! The maple syrup and cinnamon sounds good – I’ll have to try it!

      Reply
    • Felicia

      January 06, 2018 at 7:42 pm

      I had to do the same with maple syrup since I didn’t have enough honey as well. 🙂 Cannot wait for these to cool off!

      Reply
  5. Emily Isenberg

    October 16, 2013 at 1:48 pm

    Can you use oil in place of the ghee?

    Reply
    • Lisa

      October 18, 2013 at 12:28 am

      Coconut oil should work, you can substitute it for ghee in most recipes.

      Reply
  6. Maggie

    February 17, 2014 at 7:01 pm

    So good! I added cloves and ended up using a mixture of honey and molasses since I was out of everything else. REALLY good! Thank you!

    Reply
    • Lisa

      February 18, 2014 at 6:08 pm

      You’re welcome – I’m so glad you enjoyed them!

      Reply
    • Flora

      November 17, 2019 at 1:26 am

      Can I substitute 100gram of almond flour with high protein flour?

      Reply
      • Lisa

        November 17, 2019 at 10:27 am

        Hi Flora, almond flour has very different properties from other flours so I do not recommend substituting another type of flour in this recipe.

        Reply
  7. Cristina

    February 22, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    Do you think it would be ok to substitute coconut flour for the almond flour?

    Reply
    • Lisa

      February 24, 2014 at 1:35 pm

      This recipe will not work with coconut flour. Coconut flour and almond flour have very different properties, so they can’t be substituted for each other.
      If you prefer coconut flour muffins, try these banana blackberry or lemon poppy muffins.

      Reply
      • Christina

        July 25, 2014 at 7:14 pm

        How do you know when to use Almond or Coconut flour, in general?

        Reply
  8. Jen @ DesertFarmgirl

    April 16, 2014 at 11:32 am

    I have some apple pulp that I’ve saved frozen from my daily juicing. (sweet red apples) I’m thinking to try this and see if it works without making it mushy. What’s your thoughts? I love to save pulp and reuse! Thanks for the recipe! I’m going to make some either way and freeze them for those sleepy mornings I can’t seem to put a nice breakfast together for my hunny. 🙂

    Reply
    • Lisa

      April 17, 2014 at 11:44 am

      Jen, I have not tried this recipe with apple pulp, but it sounds like it should work. Make sure you drain or squeeze the pulp so it’s not too wet when you add it to the batter. If you try it, let me know how it turns out!

      Reply
  9. Sierra

    April 19, 2014 at 12:19 pm

    These are awesome! Hubby loved them so much he asked me to make more, daughter was skeptical but loved it from the first bite and baby can’t get enough!!

    Reply
    • Lisa

      April 23, 2014 at 11:27 am

      Thanks, Sierra! I’m glad your family loved them!

      Reply
      • Charlotte

        January 13, 2021 at 1:29 am

        I am not on paleo but am celiac so do find a lot of paleo recipes work for me. Would I be able to use butter in place of the ghee? Also could I exchange dried apples for the fresh, obviously needing to add some extra moisture to make up for it?
        TIA

        Reply
        • Lisa

          January 27, 2021 at 6:24 pm

          Yes, you can absolutely substitute butter for the ghee. I haven’t tried using dried apples, but I would probably try soaking and draining the apples first to soften them. I don’t think you’ll need any extra moisture. Hope this helps!

          Reply
  10. mamamamahoney

    September 10, 2014 at 10:46 am

    These sound fabulous, though I’m allergic to almonds. Have you ever tried them with coconut flour?

    Reply
    • Lisa

      September 11, 2014 at 10:39 pm

      Thanks! I haven’t tried these with coconut flour – since almond flour and coconut flour behave differently in recipes, the ratio of dry to wet ingredients would probably need to change quite a bit. Here are a couple coconut flour muffin recipes – Banana Blackberry Muffins and Lemon Poppy Muffins.

      Reply
  11. kate

    September 19, 2014 at 10:23 am

    I have just baked these and couldnt wait for them to cool before trying , they are lovely I didnt have ghee so I used grass fed butter and they taste great thank you

    Reply
    • Lisa

      September 19, 2014 at 11:51 am

      Yay! I’m so glad you enjoyed them, Kate!.

      Reply
  12. Tami Adams

    October 27, 2014 at 4:18 pm

    I’m going out to help my dad do a lot of winter food prepping since he just moved up to the mountains where its possible they can get snowed in quite frequently for days. We want to keep it as close to paleo as possible (which is hard since they won’t have things fresh a lot of times) so we are doing a lot of freezer items. How long do you think these would freeze well? He has a vacuum sealer so they would be air tight. I’ve just never frozen baked type goods before!

    Reply
    • Lisa

      October 28, 2014 at 4:13 pm

      I freeze all of my muffins and we usually eat them within a few weeks. I don’t have a vacuum sealer so I don’t know if that will make a difference.

      Reply
  13. Marni

    November 10, 2014 at 7:14 pm

    I’ve made these a few times so far and really enjoy them- however I do think they could be a little sweeter for me. I’ve tried using honey & maple syrup instead of just honey, but no better. Can you suggest anything?

    Reply
    • Lisa

      November 13, 2014 at 4:32 pm

      Hi Marni, I haven’t tested a sweeter version, but you could try adding some coconut sugar. I wouldn’t add any more honey or maple syrup since it might make the batter too wet. Hope this helps!

      Reply
      • Marni

        November 14, 2014 at 10:20 pm

        Awesome! I’ll give that a try. Thank you!

        Reply
  14. deborah

    November 23, 2014 at 10:49 pm

    these are my new all time favorite. Good Falls Apples plus fresh ground almond flour
    …Absolutely the best!

    Reply
    • Lisa

      November 24, 2014 at 8:04 am

      Yay! I’m so glad – they’re one of my favorites too. Thanks for letting me know, Deborah!

      Reply
  15. Julie

    April 29, 2015 at 11:48 am

    I did 1/2 coconut and 1/2 almond flour and they turned out just fine. I also added chopped walnuts, delish! 🙂 THANK YOU!

    Reply
  16. Tiffany

    May 11, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    Can the ghee be omitted? Is it strictly for drizzle on top after baking or does it need to go in the batter before baking? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Lisa

      May 13, 2015 at 1:30 pm

      Hi Tiffany, the ghee goes in the batter with the wet ingredients. It should not be omitted, but you can substitute coconut oil.

      Reply
  17. Lynn Clement

    May 26, 2015 at 7:37 pm

    Just made these . I added walnuts, cloves and nutmeg. I took out a scoop of almond flour and added a scoop od whey protein. Also added two Tbls. Of coconut sugar. To mix. When they came out of the oven I put a swipe of butter on each one with a sprinkle of cinnamon. Can’t wait to try one! Thanks for thr wonderful recipe.

    Reply
  18. Phyllis

    July 11, 2015 at 3:45 pm

    If Maple syrup was used instead of the honey, would it be a 1:1 ratio. In cooking or baking I prefer to use Maple Syrup. Thank you

    Reply
  19. Livia

    August 12, 2015 at 1:24 pm

    Is it possible to make those with coconut flour instead of almond flour?

    Reply
    • Livia

      August 12, 2015 at 1:27 pm

      Sorry i just saw that there were some other people asking quite the same as I was (could’ve looked in advance, sorry :-)) Thanks anyway for the recipe, looks great and I am gonna try them soon 🙂

      Reply
  20. Marita

    October 12, 2015 at 1:52 am

    Hi, these look great but I have a question. The first ingredient says 200 grams (2 cups) of Almond Flour. I’m in Australia and we mainly use metric, but a cup is generally 250g. So is it 2 cups or 200grams? I’m thinking 2 cups but want to be sure before I go ahead. Thanks in advance…..

    Reply
    • Lisa

      October 12, 2015 at 12:55 pm

      Hi Marita, it’s 200 grams by weight or about 2 cups by volume. Here’s a post on how I measure almond flour.

      Reply
  21. Stephanie

    January 01, 2016 at 5:35 pm

    Could I substitute oat flour instead of almond flour?

    Reply
    • Lisa

      January 02, 2016 at 4:04 pm

      Stephanie, grain flours and nut flours have very different characteristics, so they cannot be substituted for each other in recipes.

      Reply
  22. Shannon

    January 19, 2016 at 1:21 pm

    I love paleo, especially yummy paleo recipes like this one!

    Reply
  23. Sheryl

    February 04, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    Very Yummy and quick and easy to whip up!

    Reply
  24. Vanessa

    September 21, 2017 at 12:00 pm

    I’m allergic to almonds (nuts). I know you can’t substitute coconut flour but can I use regular flour?

    Reply
  25. Traci

    January 27, 2018 at 11:38 am

    These were delicious. They were moist and nit gritty like many gluten free recipes I have tried. I switched to Paleo in January and been finding many delicious recipes.

    Reply
  26. Emily

    February 03, 2018 at 8:14 am

    Could I make this in 8”cake pans? I would double the recipe of course.

    Reply
  27. Nicole

    September 09, 2018 at 3:28 pm

    Really delicious! I doubled the recipe and it made 12 large muffins.
    I used avocado oil instead of coconut oil/ghee and it was just fine.
    I also used apple pie spice in place of just cinnamon.

    Yum!!

    Reply
  28. Elisa

    October 16, 2018 at 4:17 pm

    I just made these for my baby using unsweetened apple sauce in place of the honey …. yes !! apple sauce! (sugar free) Really good! Thank you!

    Reply
  29. Elizabeth

    January 30, 2019 at 12:38 pm

    What is a good substitute for 3 eggs? I have a severe allergy and flax isn’t always the best when a recipe calls for more than one egg

    Reply

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