Apple Raisin Mini Muffins
For my first recipe post I wanted something simple. Although I have a big list of recipes to be tried, the apple raisin muffin aired in Food TV was the one that kept coming to my mind. I saw it a couple of months earlier in Paula Deen’s show. So this morning I went to food tv’s site and got the recipe. The original recipe yields 5 dozen mini muffins. I did not want to bake so much because it was the first time I was gonna try it. So I scaled down the recipe and it did come out well.
Recipe:
| Water | ¼ cup |
| Brown Sugar | 1/4 cup |
| Granulated Sugar | 1/4 cup |
| Raisins | ½ cup |
| Apples, grated | 1 cup |
| Butter | ¼ cup |
| Cinnamon | a pinch |
| Nutmeg | a pinch |
Combine all the above in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil. Remove from heat and cool completely.
| All Purpose Flour | 2 cups |
| Baking soda | 1 tspn |
| Walnuts (Chopped) | ¾ cup |
Combine the above 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Add the cooled mixture to it and stir until blended.
Fill them in lined mini muffin tins and bake for 15 minutes at 350F.

My Notes:
1. The above measurements yielded exactly 2 dozen mini muffins.
2. The original recipe called for granulated sugar only, but I added a mixture of both light brown sugar and white sugar because I personally feel that the combination of these 2 results in a better taste.
3. I did not add clove powder because I did not have it.
4. After combining the wet ingredients with the dry, I felt that it required some more liquid, so I added some milk.
5. I also topped the muffins with turbinado sugar before putting them in the oven.
6. I baked a dozen first for 15 min and tested with a tooth pick to check if it was done. The tooth pick did not come out clean from some of the muffins so I baked it for another 2 minutes. By the time the first batch came out the remaining batter became a little more firm, so I added some more milk and baked the second dozen for 17 min and the tooth pick came out clean.
7. It passed the taste test by my husband and son.
Update:
Originally I used 3/4th cup of sugar both brown sugar and white sugar combined. But some of my friends told me that it was very sweet. I think I would reduce the quantity of sugar to 1/2 cup instead of 3/4th of a cup the next time I bake it. So I have changed the recipe to 1/4 cup of each sugar.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Hi,
I tried this recipe. The taste is good but i didn’t get the cake much fluffy. Can you please let me know what might be fault.
Thanks
Hi Nita, thanks for trying the recipe. If I remember right these muffins were not fluffy, they were dense only.
October 7th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Hi Madhuram,
I came across this recipe when I wanted to bake an eggless muffins – I tried this out and it was great. I even blogged about it and gave you the credit for the recipe!
You can check out my post at my blog. I don’t want to leave you a link here – but check out mriganayani dot com.
You’re welcome Anu. Will definitely check it.
Thanks again for the wonderful recipe.
September 19th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Hi Madhuram,
I just loved the apple&raisin muffin recipe.Its absolutely easy no fuss baking and i must say for my first attempt at making muffins was a good try.
-Kalpana
Kalpana, thank you for giving it a shot.
August 7th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Hi Madhuram
I have been baking eggless cakes and searching for good eggless cakes/brownie recipes for a while .I stumbled across ur blog recently and absolutely love ur recipes .I tried ur
apple raisin muffin. The muffins turned out pretty good and the kids loved it.I used half cup sugar and golden raisins. It was mildly sweet. I think if I had used local raisins like Sun-Maid it might have been sweeter. Waiting to try out ur brownie recipes this weekend.
-jay
Jayshree, thank you very much for trying the recipe and for the feedback.strong>
April 13th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Thanks Madhuram for the reply. Oh yup..cinnamon could have been a pinch more when I dusted the left over powder. I didnt suspect that it could be the possible reason! Thanks for letting me know.