Nigella Lawson's easy recipe turns old apples into delicious spiced muffins

's apple and cinnamon offer the perfect blend of easy and tasty bites. If you have a few old in the fruit bowl, don't let them go to waste when this simple recipe can turn them into delicious muffins.

These muffins are the perfect snack to have, whether it be in the morning, early afternoon, or even in the evening. The irresistible aroma of spiced apple can only add a sense of happiness to any home - they truly are a mood booster. Here's how to recreate 's apple and cinnamon muffins, which only take 20 minutes in the oven.

Apple muffins

Makes: 12

Ingredients

Two apples

250g spelt flour (or all-purpose flour)

Two tsp baking powder

Two tsp ground cinnamon

125g light brown sugar, plus four tsp for sprinkling

125ml honey

60ml runny natural yoghurt

125ml flavourless vegetable oil

Two large eggs

75g natural almonds (unblanched)

Method

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 200C (180C fan/gas mark six) and line a 12-bun muffin tin with papers. Peel and core the apples, then chop into small pieces; put them to one side. Then put the flour, baking powder, and one teaspoon of ground cinnamon into a bowl.

In another bowl, whisk together 125g of brown sugar, honey, yoghurt, vegetable oil and eggs.

The muffin topping

Roughly chop the almonds and add half of them to the flour mixture; the other half goes into another bowl with a teaspoon of ground cinnamon and four teaspoons of brown sugar.

Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, add the chopped apple, then stir to combine.

Spoon the bumpy batter into the muffin papers and sprinkle with the topping (almonds, cinnamon, and brown sugar mixture).

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, until risen and golden. Remove the muffins from the oven and let them rest for five minutes before placing them on a wire cooling rack.

Once cooled, enjoy with a lovely cup of coffee or tea, or any beverage you see fit.