Is this recipe for breakfast or dessert? Who cares! Either way, Apple Cider Muffins with Walnuts and Warm Caramel Sauce Drizzle are whatever you want them to be because they’re that delicious.
As mentioned before, I’m not a from scratch baker. So I doctored up these muffins made from Martha White Apple Cider package mix with bits of fresh red apple, walnuts, and caramel sauce. Semi-homemade recipe cooks should feel any shame in their style of cooking because it’s practical and easy to do when you’re short on time.
Why make basic muffins when you can pull out all the stops and add seasonal baking ingredients to them? Have fun and try these topping swaps as well: butterscotch chips or white chocolate chips, crunchy peanut butter and sliced apple, oatmeal crumble topping or cream cheese vanilla frosting with almond slices. Don’t forget a warm cup of coffee to enjoy them with too.
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Apple Cider Muffins with Walnuts and Warm Caramel Sauce Drizzle
Ingredients
- Muffin Mix:
- 1 package Martha White Apple Cider Muffin Mix
- 1/2 c. milk
- 1/2 diced red apple
- 1/8 c. chopped walnuts
- Toppings:
- chopped walnuts
- 2 T. warm caramel sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Mix apple muffin mixture ingredients.
- Spray a muffin tin with canola cooking spray.
- Pour muffin mix into six wells of the muffin tin.
- Bake 10-12 minutes on the middle rack.
- Remove from oven and allow to partially cool.
- Run a toothpick around each muffin to remove from pan, if necessary.
- Warm the caramel sauce in the microwave for 10 seconds.
- Top muffins with the rest of the walnuts and caramel sauce.
All you need to make this cocktail are two ingredients: apple juice and pumpkin vodka. I use Barnett’s pumpkin vodka, a cheaper distilled variety, but it has great flavor for any fall seasonal drink. So where does the spice come from? Add pumpkin spice to sugared graham cracker dust and rim your glass in it before pouring your shaken cocktail. I garnished this one with an red apple slice.
I took a note from designer Joanna Gaines and turned my antique book backward this year and topped them with little ceramic birds. These little guys make a year-round appearance in our home because we (and by we I mean my pilot boyfriend) is obsessed with birds. Why? Say it with me…”because they FLY.”
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I added one of these pumpkins with some blinged-out gourds to an antique toolbox with picks nestled underneath it all. The rustier the metal the better, which contrasts well with our leather ottoman.
But I don’t limit my decorating to the living room. It spills out into other rooms of our home and of course, the front porch too. You know, someone once asked me if our dining room table is always set as if we’re expecting dinner guests any minute. Why, yes it is and I love it too. These cream-colored chargers came from the Dollar Store, plates on clearance from Pier 1, and I can thank my friend’s garage sale for the copper napkin rings.
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