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These Fluffy Vegan Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Muffins are sweet and delicious! This easy vegan muffin recipe is perfect for breakfast or as an after-school snack.
Vegan Muffins
Hello, dearhearts! How was your weekend? Mine was good, simple and – besides the whole breaking my foot thing (!!!) – pretty relaxing. Watched The Oscars last night and that was really fun. I don’t normally get too excited for award shows, or stay up past my bedtime to watch the WHOLE thing, but made an exception last night. Although I’m certainly paying for it today, seeing the insanely talented and ever so kooky Matthew McConaughey win big made it completely worth while. If you haven’t seen Dallas Buyers Club (Or True detective!!!), I highly suggest feasting your eyes on those asap!
Vegan Cinnamon Muffins
Alright. Now that we’re all caught up, let’s talk about feasting on something else… like these muffins! These sweet little cinnamon sugar doughnut muffins are effortlessly vegan, and boast some whole wheat flour too! Facts like these make me more than happy to grab a muffin in the morning and call it breakfast.
The flavor of these muffins is definitely heavy on the cinnamon side, but the apple sauce – which helps keep things nice and moist – does slightly shine through, giving the taste a perfect balance between the two. They’re kind of like an apple cider doughnut, but in vegan muffin form. They’re also a great friend to a cup of coffee! Which is where I’m headed right now. Coffee and muffin time, peoples! Let’s do this 🙂 xoxo
If you try this recipe, let me know! Leave a comment below and don’t forget to snap a pic and tag it #bakerbynature on Instagram! Seeing your kitchen creations makes my day. ♥
Easy Vegan Muffins
(Vegan) Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Muffins
Ingredients
For the muffins:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 whole wheat flour
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 8 ounces applesauce (unsweetened)
- 4 ounces almond milk
- 4 ounces olive oil (you may use canola or coconut if you prefer)
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
For the topping:
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Glaze (optional):
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons almond milk, more if needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 (F). Grease or line muffin tray, set aside.
- In a large bowl stir together flours, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, whisk together applesauce, almond milk, oil, and maple syrup. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry, stirring until combined.
- Fill the muffin cups 2/3 of the way full, sprinkle each with a little cinnamon sugar, and bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool in the pan for at least 20 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Glaze:
- In a small bowl, combine the ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over muffins.
Really good! I used who le wheat pastry flour and extra applesauce in place of oil. Delicious. They were cool but drizzle ran off of cinnamon topping but still very good. Will try with apples cut up next time. Yum.
WoW the bomb !!
I had a compote of mixed Concord grapes and apples , I added 1 tsp pumpkin spice , fresh nutmeg , clove and 1/3 cup of raisins . I only used 1/3 cup of palm sugar and only 1/2 table spoon of the cinnamon sugar . It was perfect next time I can even reduce the palm sugar to 1/4 cup no need for 3/4 cup for me . They didn’t rise much and the mixe was thin is it normal I added probably 1/3 cup more flour . The texture is so so good amazing . Thank you
Love these. I blend 2 old apples up instead of using applesauce. Also, I use canola oil, and I don’t put the glaze on or maple syrup in it. Turned out great. The first time I made this recipe I made them as jumbo muffins and baked them 25 minutes.
I also don’t use all of the cinnamon sugar topping, I’m not sure if all of it is supposed to be used?
Trying this recipe out for the second time right now but I did 1 cup WW and 3/4 cup AP flour. Also reduced the sugar to 1/2 cup. We’ll see how it goes!
This will definitely be a go to recipe in my house.
Heya these look amazing i want to have a go at baking these but im in the uk and i cant find unsweetened applesauce other than baby food pouches, can i sub it for a flax egg?
I made these today and they were awesome! Made our house smell delicious. I added pure bourbon vanilla extract to the muffin dough and the glaze and it turned out awesome! I also used buckwheat flour instead of wheat flour and it turned out awesome. 10/10.
These came out great! It was my first time making vegan muffins. I didn’t have apple sauce on hand so I made my own, it only came to half the amount needed so I used canola oil for the rest. I used all brown sugar and left out the maple syrup. I also used all AP flour. These were super light and fluffy and the cinnamon sugar on top made for a nice crust. Both of my (also non vegan) brothers said these were their favorite muffins out of all the ones I’ve made!! (And I bake a lot lol)
These are soooo good! They’re light and fluffy and beautifully flavored. I used mostly oat flour, because that’s what I had, and they turned out great. They do need to rest after taking them out of the oven (I dropped a pan as I took them out, and the two muffins in it flattened). Will definitely make again!
I really want to make these but I do not have maple syrup. Can I use regular syrup instead? Or any other substitute that you know of?
I used two more tablespoons of brown sugar instead of the maple syrup
This recipe is perfect: Easy; fast; and very tasty. I was worried, after reading a FEW of the comments, that maybe the muffins would not turn out well, or that they would not tast as good as so many people raved that they did. Those folks were right— the muffins are phenomenal, period. It is truly a fool-proof recipe; and because there is no blending, or electric mixer, or flax egg to deal with, they also are enjoyable to make! Thank you for this recipe. I will use it all the time now!
Am I missing something? It looks like there’s some type of icing on them but there’s no description for how to make the icing or the ingredients involved.
And, it seems like there is a resistance to answering the dozen people that have asked about the icing. *eye roll*