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Parve
Easy
45 Minutes
Diets 
At our house, Rosh Hashanah cannot happen without honey muffins. At least, that’s the way my kids see it. It’s a family project, and by now, a family tradition, too. This recipe was given to me by a relative in Israel who bakes them all the time and claims that no matter how many batches she bakes, there are never enough. She’s absolutely right. We once baked a quadruple batch of these (sans the apples) for a bake sale on our block and we were left without a crumb!
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
4 Granny Smith apples, diced
4 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups prepared tea, lukewarm
2 cups sugar
2 cups oil
2 cups Gefen Honey
12 eggs
6 cups flour
2 tablespoons Haddar Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Gefen Baking Soda
2 heaping tablespoons cinnamon
In a saucepan, melt butter over a medium-low flame. Add apples, sugar, and cinnamon; cook until apples are fragrant and soften a bit, about 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, on medium speed, combine tea, sugar, oil, honey, and eggs. Mix until smooth. Reduce speed; gradually add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Scrape down sides of bowl as needed.
Fill each muffin cup halfway with batter. (I like to use a cupcake pen for this; I find it very helpful.) Top with a teaspoon of prepared apples.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out almost dry with some moist crumbs attached.
Yields about 48 muffins
Reproduced from Our Table by Renee Muller, with permission from the copyright holders ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications, LTD. Click here for more great recipes and tips from Renee’s Table.
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My daughter-in-law with a celiac child divided the recipe to make some gluten-free. She beat all the ingredients minus the flour. Then she removed 3 cups batter and add to it 1 and 1/4 cup flour gluter-free flour. For regular muffins add 5 cups to remaining batter and bake as directed.
Hi Susie,
Thanks for sharing this important insight that can benefit at home gluten free chefs like your daughter. Sounds delicious!
-Chana Tzirel from Kosher.com
Does it freeze well or rather keep them in the fridge for a few days?
Yes, freezes well!
Honey cake muffins. Can you use coffee instead of tea in the honey fruit muffins. Thank you I have not made the muffins as yet, have always made my honey cake with coffee so wanted to bake the muffins also with coffee.
Would it alter the taste if I did not use tea?
Hi- you could try adding coffee, it might add a slight hint of coffee, but I’m sure it won’t make a huge difference.
tea? what type of tea, regular lipton?
Yup. Regular like that.
Was Really a hit! My family loved it!
I loved this recipe!!
Super easy and fast (for the most part).
I halved the recipe and still got almost 50 muffins- my tins must have been smaller than what was used when making the recipe.
I got so many compliments and everyone loved them. Definitely saving this recipe for years to come (and having as a general winter muffin).
I made these for Rosh Hashana picnic and they came out great. I used whatever many different apples I had at home. Also I divided the recipe in 3 to make only 16 muffins. 🙂
Amazing! I made it for rosh hashana, the kids loved it and asked for more!
Delicious! I made these before Rosh Hashana and they were a hit. I halved the recipe as it seemed like a lot and that was a perfect amount.
Great! So happy!