These yummy Keto Cinnamon Apple Muffins are perfect for fall, but they are also delicious any time of the year, especially if you are a lover of apple and cinnamon together!
These make a delicious breakfast or snack and they are super easy to make. Your whole house will smell like fall while they're baking! BTW! These muffins are gluten-free, sugar-free and low carb, which is great if you are being more mindful of what you are putting into your body.
To make make these lifestyle-friendly, choosing a healthy sugar option like monk fruit sweetener works really well with ketogenic, diabetic, candida, paleo, vegan, low-carb, low-sugar, non-GMO, and all-natural diets. Of course, you might have a favorite sugar-free replacement you love to use. You may have to add less or more depending on the sugar being used.
Check out this Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake also made with monk fruit sweetener.
You can also use granulated sugar in these muffins! They'll still be healthy because they are made with almond-flour. But if you do, they won't be sugar-free and low-carb, ya know?
I added a few apples to the top of the muffins and sprinkled them with a little more sugar and cinnamon while baking.
Once baked, these apple muffins taste even better after resting for a few hours, if they last that long. They are really good warmed up and I usually keep muffins in a covered container or ziplock in the fridge and then reheat them when we're ready to indulge.
They also freeze very well. Just defrost and reheat as needed. Serve with some butter or some sugar-free peanut butter and devour!
If you're sharing, no one will know they are sugar-free and low-carb, unless of course, you are the lucky recipient of preparing them. But it's always fun to tell people after the fact, so they can have the look of disbelief in their eyes and be like, seriously? That's definitely a good feeling!
GET those apples and Let's make some Cinnamon Apple Muffins, yo!
For some more healthy muffin options, check out Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins, Super Healthy Fudgy Double Chocolate Muffins and these 10 Glorious Gluten-Free Muffin Recipes for Summer! (You can always make them sugar-free as needed if that's your goal.)
Cinnamon Apple Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups almond flour I used Bob's Red Mill
- ¾ cup granulated monk fruit sweetener or stevia/erythritol blend. I used Lakanto (if you want sweeter muffins, increase to 1 cup)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder gluten-free
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon or apple pie spice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup melted butter melted coconut oil can also be used, should be cooled to room temperature
- 4 eggs, large
- ¼ cup almond milk unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 Granny Smith apple finely diced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º Fahrenheit. Grease or spray with non-stick cooking spray a 12-cup muffin pan; set aside. I like using silicone muffin pan and spraying lightly with non-stick cooking spray when making muffins.
- In a bowl, whisk together the almond flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt until well blended. Whisk in the butter or coconut oil and mix well. The texture will appear grainy.
- In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, almond milk and vanilla extract.
- Pour egg mixture into the dry mixture and stir together, then add in the diced apple
- Using an ice cream scoop, scoop batter filling each muffin tin ⅔ to ¾ of the way full.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly touched, then cool for 5-10 minutes in the pan. Remove from muffin pan and allow to finish cooling on a cooling rack.
Notes
Recipe from: Simply So Healthy
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Kim Lange says
Thank you so much Kathy! I'm so happy to hear you found them delish! xo
Kathy says
Absolutely delicious! Thank you!!
Ginny says
These were healthy and nice and moist and tasty. The second time I made them I added another apple and some chopped walnuts and liked them even more (although the extra apple would make it not lo-carb anymore).
Kim Lange says
It depends what sugar you use. I use Lakanto monk fruit sugar, which is a granulated sugar. There are zero calories, but I don't have the grams for sugar for each servings, sorry. Where I got the recipe she used Pyure Organic All-Purpose Stevia Sweetener Blend, Granulated Sugar Substitute. Hope that helps some Mark?
Mark says
What are the sugars in grams for each serving of the apple muffins? Which sugars are diebetic friendly?
Kim Lange says
Thank you Maria and yes I will be having more recipes along those lines for sure. I'll be working with Lakanto sugar here soon, so stay tuned by either checking back or subscribing. You are so sweet! I am so happy you you liked them.
Maria Giandon says
Thank you for sharing this recipe. These are delicious! Will you have any GF, Dairy Free, Low Carb, sugar alternative recipes other than this one. (I know it is a lot to ask with so many dietary restrictions) I will be sure to make these often but would love to know if you had any others to try.
Kim Lange says
Thank you so much Katherine! xo
Katherine | Love In My Oven says
Healthy and delicious! These muffins are perfect, Kim. Such awesome flavors for fall too!!!
Kim Lange says
Thank you Catherine! I hope you enjoy them as much as my son and I. xo
Catherine says
These muffins look incredibly yummy, so moist, delicious and perfect for the cooler weather! Can't wait to try them, I know my husband will absolutely love them too! 😀
Katherine | Love In My Oven says
Loving these low-carb beauties for fall, Kim! These look awesome. Can't go wrong with apple cinnamon!!
Kim Lange says
You are so right Valentina! Thank you so much! xo
Kim Lange says
I agree! Thank you so much Davorka! xo
Kim Lange says
I am loving monk fruit, so I'm sure there will be more to come! Thank you so much Kelsie! xo
Kim Lange says
Thanks so much Laura!! xo
Laura says
I love apples and cinnamon,! These muffins look and sound like little healthy bits of yummmm! Awesome!
Kim Lange says
I love healthy muffins too! Thanks so much Kelly!
Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says
Yay! Healthy muffins! I love the flavors of apple and cinnamon. I definitely want this for breakfast!! Pinning!
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says
Muffins are my go-to when I'm busy in the mornings so I'll have to try these. I love that they're sweetened with monkfruit!
2pots2cook says
Apple and cinnamon are perfect match ! Totally agree to enjoy it four seasons 🙂 Thank you dear and enjoy your week 🙂
Valentina says
I absolutely love baking with apples in the fall, and seeing this totally get me in the mood. Apples always seem to bring warm spices with them. 🙂