Mini Apple Donut-Muffins

Hi friends! 🙂 Here we are a week into November already!! With Thanksgiving right around the corner it’s a great time to be thinking about what you’re thankful for (although it’s always a great time for that, right?!)

Today I’m teaming up with some great bloggers for what we’re calling #thethankfulchallenge – basically, we’re all sharing some things we are thankful for, plus some happy fall things like recipes, crafts, etc. Obviously I’m sharing a recipe 😉 but I’ve linked the other bloggers in the challenge down at the bottom of this post, so go check out their #thethankfulchallenge posts too!

So, what am I thankful for? Here are a few things… they’re in no particular order, I just wrote them down as they came to mind.

My home – It’s been almost exactly a year now since we’ve been living here in Texas and I’m so grateful for the home God provided for us here. It’s the perfect size for us, has a little yard for Caleb to play in and is at the end of a cul-de-sac rather than on a busy road, plus it’s only ten minutes or less from my parents. And it just feels homey!
My husband and kids – This is a given of course but I still wanted to mention them. I always wanted to be a wife and mom and God has blessed me SO much with the husband and babies He’s given me! I could just go on and on about them. <3
God’s kindness – Maybe not an attribute of God that gets talked about as much as some, but man, aren’t you glad God is kind? He’s a GOOD Father with a kind heart!
The fall season – I LOVE fall! I love getting to spend more time outdoors with my family enjoying the milder weather. It’s such a happy time of year.
Music – Aren’t you glad God created music? I know I am! It adds so much to life.

I’ll stop there for now, but I encourage you to also think through some of the things you are grateful for and take a few moments to thank God for it all.

I should have added that I’m thankful for baking and baked goods too haha. I love baking my favorites but also enjoy trying new things, like these Mini Apple Donut-Muffins! What are donut-muffins you ask? Well, basically you bake a muffin, then dip it in butter and roll it in sugar and it becomes a donut-muffin! 😉 Easy and yummy (pretty much the criteria for everything I make haha!)

I love that these little donut-muffins have apple in them because apples just seem so fall-y! I grated the apple in this recipe, but if you want it to stand out even more I would suggest finely chopping instead.

Here’s the recipe, adapted from this one that I found on Pinterest.

Mini Apple Donut-Muffins

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup flour
1 3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup grated or finely chopped apple

Coating: 1/4-1/2 cup melted butter, 1/4 cup sugar + 1/2 tbsp cinnamon

Instructions

In a large bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients.
In another bowl, whisk together butter, egg, milk and apple. Add to the dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
Put mixture into greased mini muffin pans. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Let muffins cool slightly, then dip in melted butter and roll in cinnamon/sugar mixture.