Apple Crumble Muffins
These muffins are tender and sweet apple muffins, deliciously spiced with cinnamon and loaded with juicy apples inside with a buttery brown sugar crumble topping on top!Plus, you can opt to add a vanilla glaze on top for even more sweetness! These Apple Crumble Muffins are pretty irresistible!
Servings: 15 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
Crumble Topping Recipe
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ⅔ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- ¼ cup unsalted butter if using salted butter, omit salt
Apple Muffin Recipe
- 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose four
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ cup granulated sugar can also use a mixture of brown sugar and granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened or partially melted or melted, just make sure it’s not hot when mixing with eggs, milk and Greek yogurt/sour cream!
- ¾ cup milk of choice room temperature (can also use buttermilk)
- ⅓ cup Greek yogurt or sour cream room temperature
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups apples chopped into small cubes
Optional Glaze Recipe
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk of choice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425. Line a muffin pan with muffin tins or cupcake liners and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
Crumble Topping
- Mix together your crumble topping ingredients in a bowl and combine with a fork or with your fingertips. Place crumble mixture in fridge while you make the apple muffins.
Apple Muffins
- In a separate bowl, mix or whisk together your dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, sugar, salt & cinnamon), set aside.
- In another large bowl, using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, mix together the wet ingredients (milk, butter, Greek yogurt/sour cream, eggs & vanilla) for the muffins. Make sure to use very softened butter or partially melted butter but make sure the butter isn't hot!)
- Slowly begin mixing in your dry ingredients for the muffins into the wet ingredients a little at a time, blending as you continue adding in the dry ingredients.
- Fold or mix in the chopped apples.
- Using a large cookie or ice cream scoop, fill your muffin tins/liners all the way to the top.
- Get the crumble mixture out of the fridge and crumble it up as you like and sprinkle it on top of the muffins.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes.
Glaze
- For glaze on top, just whisk together the milk and powdered sugar in a bowl and drizzle on top of the muffins about 10 minutes after they’ve cooled.
- Serve immediately or store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.