Deep brown-reddish apple muffins, topped with the liquid gold of food: homemade salted caramel. These are the kind of muffins that you can pretend are the perfect healthy food for breakfast.
After all, there's apple in them right? An apple a day keeps the doctor away, and all that. So don't feel guilty if you have one or two for breakfast with your coffee.
The sugar will initially start clumping together in lumps, and then will melt into a beautiful deep amber-brown color. Be careful not to burn the sugar.