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The BEST Apple Chai Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins {Paleo & Vegan Option}

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Satisfy your donut cravings with these Apple Chai Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins! Full of chai tea and apple flavor without the grains and refined sugar! Paleo + Vegan

Satisfy your donut cravings with these Apple Chai Donut Muffins! Full of chai tea and apple flavor without the grains and refined sugar! Paleo + Vegan

Did you ever have a flavor combo that you thought sounded kind of weird but you ending up really liking?  Thats how I feel about apples and chai.  It sounds like a strange but good combo and I didn’t realize how good it was until I tasted this Apple Noodle Yogurt Bowl with Chai Spiced Nuts.  Hello beautiful marriage of flavas!

Satisfy your donut cravings with these Apple Chai Donut Muffins! Full of chai tea and apple flavor without the grains and refined sugar! Paleo + Vegan

I then needed to make an oatmeal with this new combo, which turned out as amazing as I expected it to be(💁).  I’m obviously not done making recipes with this flavor combo because it’s still on my mind every time I think of new recipe ideas.  Apple-Chai Zoodles?  Yuck.  Apple-Chai Chicken?  Nah.  Apple-Chai Potatoes. Uhhhh……🙅.  Apple Chai Donut Muffins? AMEN🙏

Satisfy your donut cravings with these Apple Chai Donut Muffins! Full of chai tea and apple flavor without the grains and refined sugar! Paleo + Vegan

I’ve always been obsessed with the little munchkins from dunkin donuts, but these donut muffins are even better…..seriously.  

Satisfy your donut cravings with these Apple Chai Donut Muffins! Full of chai tea and apple flavor without the grains and refined sugar! Paleo + Vegan

And guess what?  They’re a heck of a lot healthier than those fried balls of sugar.  Its a win-win situation for you and me😉

Satisfy your donut cravings with these Apple Chai Donut Muffins! Full of chai tea and apple flavor without the grains and refined sugar! Paleo + Vegan

Apple Chai Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins

Just think about it:  a warm fluffy donut (muffin) filled with baked apple chunks and chai tea flavor, and crusted in a sweet chai glaze and dusted in cinnamon and (coconut) sugar.  Is your mouth watering? ‘Cause mine is!

Apple Chai Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins {Paleo & Vegan Option}

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 18 donut muffins

Ingredients
  

  • 2 chai tea bags
  • 1 1/2 cups almond flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 eggs beaten (sub flax or chia egg for vegan version)
  • 1/2 cup applesauce
  • 2 Tbsp. pure maple syrup
  • 2 Tbsp coconut oil melted
  • 1 small apple finely chopped
  • Chai Glaze:
  • 1/4 cup coconut milk (or other non-dairy milk
  • 1 chai tea bag
  • 2 Tbsp. coconut oil
  • 2 Tbsp. maple syrup
  • coconut sugar and cinnamon for dipping optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cut open chai tea bags and pour insides into a food processor. Blend until tea is in fine granules.
  • In a large bowl, combine almond flour, baking powder and chai tea granules.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, applesauce, maple syrup and coconut oil. Mix into flour mixture until evenly combined.
  • Fold in chopped apple.
  • Spray cooking spray in a mini muffin pan and/or donut hole pan (I used both). Spoon in batter into about 18 slots.
  • Bake for 20 minutes, or until done.
  • Let cool, then take out of muffin tins/donut hole pan.
  • To make glaze, Heat coconut milk in medium-low heat in a sauce pan. Add chai tea bag and let simmer for about 2 minutes.
  • Take out tea bag, squeezing out all the liquid. Add in coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla. Stir until coconut oil melts.
  • Dip donuts muffins.holes in glaze, then roll in coconut sugar and cinnamon mixture, if desired.
  • Enjoy!

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Satisfy your donut cravings with these Apple Chai Donut Muffins! Full of chai tea and apple flavor without the grains and refined sugar! Paleo + Vegan

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Comments

  11. Kat says

    Oh man…that chai glaze os CALLING to me. Chai is one of my favorite flavors and apples well, I pretty much adore them! Needless to say this is a flavor combo that I am obsessed with!

  13. Emily says

    This is totally making me crave donut holes! They look AMAZING girls. This is a delicious combo. I’m not sure I’ve had them together, but it sounds delicious.

  14. Natalie | Feasting on Fruit says

    I have clearly been doing donuts all wrong because I have never paired apple + chai! What is wrong with me? That sounds spectacular together!! Plus I am currently obsessed with all things apple and drinking way too many chai lattes so these would fit right in to my diet. Plus there’s a glaze, so I’m sold!

  16. Alyssa says

    the combo of apple and chai is brilliant! I loveee chai tea lattes. A warm chai tea latte just screams fall or winter to me 🙂

  26. Marla says

    HI Bethany & Rachel,
    What a tasty unique recipe for apples. This sounds like such a healthy way to enjoy a snack without eating sugar. A Healthy Thanksgiving – Enjoy the Holiday without Ruining Your Diet

  31. Miz Helen says

    Love Love these Donut Muffins! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. Have a great weekend and come back soon!
    Miz Helen

  42. Raia says

    These sound delicious! I love that you used chai in them. 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing them with us at Allergy Free Thursdays!

  48. Alice Gerard says

    This looks delicious! I always felt sad that I missed out on the fun of donuts because I can’t digest fried food. Baking these donut muffins gives me the option of indulging in donut fun.

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