Apple Cinnamon Muffins

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Apple cinnamon muffins recipe with a delicious streusel topping. Made with fresh apples and simple ingredients.

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apple, breakfast, muffin

Servings:

Calories: 247kcal

Ingredients

1 ½ cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
½ cup butter (1 stick melted)
⅔ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
½ cup greek yogurt (or sour cream)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 ½ cups shredded apples

Streusel topping

2 TBS butter (cold)
¼ cup flour
2 TBS brown sugar
¼ tsp. cinnamon
¼ cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)

Instructions

Streusel Topping

In a bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Cut in cold butter with a fork until crumbly in texture. Set aside.

Muffins

In a large bowl, whisk together 1 ½ cups flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, ½ tsp. baking soda, ½ tsp. salt, and 1 tsp. cinnamon.
In a medium bowl, whisk together ½ cup (1 stick) melted butter and ⅔ cup brown sugar until smooth. Add 2 eggs, ½ cup yogurt, and 1 tsp. vanilla. Mix until combined.
Fold wet ingredients into dry and mixture. Add 1 ½ cups apples until incorporated throughout the batter, taking care not to overmix.
Preheat oven to 400℉. Grease or line a muffin tin with paper liners. Divide batter evenly into each cup. Approximately ¾ full.
Sprinkle the streusel mixture topping generously onto the top of each muffin. Bake for first 5 minutes at 400℉ before dropping the temperature to 375℉ for an additional for 16-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Notes

Choose the right apples- Honeycrisp gives sweetness while granny smith adds tartness. Golden Delicious are also great with a mellow, buttery flavor. Fuji and Pink Lady are good options also.

Bakery style- We're baking these muffins at 400℉ for the first 5 minutes, and then lowering it to 375℉ for the rest of the time remaining. This gives them the bakery dome look everyone loves.

Nutritional information provided is an estimate and will very based off of brands of ingredients used and cooking methods.

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