Muffins are the ultimate sweet snack and can be enjoyed as a seasonal delight when flavoured with the iconic duo - toffee and apple. The cake-based treats are inspired by toffee apples, famed for being a happy accident. Sweet maker William Kolb was trying new recipe ideas when he dropped an apple in some melted toffee.
Today, toffee apples are a staple throughout autumn when apples are widely available in the UK. Sharing the recipe from his TV series Sweet Baby James, dessert-loving chef James Martin said his toffee apple muffins take "no time to make". He explained that the "delicious" muffins can be made in less than an hour using only 10 ingredients.
Toffee apple muffin recipe Two free-range eggs, lightly beaten 80gcaster sugar 240ml milk 100g butter, melted 300g plain flour Two tsp baking powder 1⁄2 tsp salt Pinch of cinnamon Two eating apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped 200g shop-bought toffee pieces Turn the oven to 190C, then line a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin paper cases. Avoid using cupcake cases, as these are generally smaller. To make the muffin batter, stir the eggs, sugar, milk and melted butter in a large bowl.
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon into the bowl and stir everything together. Now add the chopped apple and gently mix it in. Using half of the mixture, quarter-fill each muffin case with the mixture and top with a few pieces of toffee.
Cover with the remaining filling so the cases are half full, and then bake them in the oven fo.