Apple-Marzipan Muffins

If you like marzipan, try these delicious apple muffins for the holidays. They are easy to make and freeze well, too.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 236 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup chopped almonds
• 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 2 extra large eggs
• 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 medium tart apple, peeled and grated
• 4 ounces marzipan, crumbled

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.

Step 3

Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.

Step 4

Combine butter and sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat until well combined. Mix in milk and vanilla sugar.

Step 5

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Sift over the batter and fold in with a spatula until combined. Fold apples, almonds, and crumbled marzipan into the batter.