Apple Crumb Muffins
Apple crumb muffins are soft, cinnamon-spiced treats filled with juicy apple chunks and topped with a buttery, brown sugar streusel. Perfect for breakfast or a snack, they offer a cozy blend of sweetness and warmth in every bite.
Equipment
- 3 mixing bowls
- 12 muffin liners
Ingredients
For the Batter
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon cardamom
- 1 cup granny smith apple or red apple cored and chopped
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- ¼ cup canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Streusel Topping
- ¼ cup softened softened
- ¼ cup walnuts chopped
- ¼ cup oats
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
- Dice your apples into ½ inch chunks. Set aside.
Streusel Topping
- Combine streusel topping ingredients in bowl with fingers until you have pea-sized clumps. Set aside.
Muffins
- In large bowl, whisk flour, salt, baking powder, apples and cardamom.
- In third bowl, beat eggs with whisk, add sugar, milk, canola oil, and vanilla extract. Whisk well.
- With fork, gently mix wet ingredients into dry. Mix until batter is just barely cohesive, do not overmix!
- Prep your muffin tin with muffin liners or grease the muffin tin with butter. Fill each tin ¾ full. Crumble streusel topping over each muffin.
- Place muffin tin into hot oven, then immediately turn oven temperature down to 400 degrees. Bake 13-15 min.
- Take out when very lightly browning on edges and inserted toothpick comes out clean. Remove from tin after 5 minutes and set on cooling rack.