Apple Spice Muffins Recipe (Video) - Butter Your Biscuit (2024)

These apple muffins scream fall flavor and are the perfect treat to make duringapple season, yet they're well-rounded and easy enough to make all year round.These muffins are made with simple ingredients like my Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Muffins. Apple muffins have the perfect combination ofwarm fall spices. Homemade muffinsare the perfectquick breakfast, after-school snack, or dessert.

Ingredients needed

• Apples: I like to use Granny Smith or Gala apples but any variety can be used.
• Flour: Allpurpose flour
• Baking powder, baking soda, and salt
• Spices: cinnamon and nutmeg
• Butter: unsalted
• Sugar: white sugar and packedbrown sugar
• Eggs:room temperaturelarge eggs
• Vanilla extract
• Oats: old fashioned oats. This recipe was not tested with other oat varieties.

• Step 1: In alarge bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• Step 2: In a separatelarge mixing bowl, cream butter, and sugars together. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until well mixed.

• Step 7: Addmuffin batterto themuffin tinwells. Don't overfill- just add enough to be just below the top. Divide batter evenly among themuffin cups.
• Step 8: Add crumble topping to each well.Bake muffinsand enjoy.

Recipe Tips

• Either spray each muffin well with baking spray or usepaper linersto help make removing the muffins from themuffin paneasier.
• You could swap the cinnamon and nutmeg out forapple pie spicein thesemoist apple muffins.
• Sweeten thesecinnamon apple muffinsup even more by preparing a milk and powdered sugar glaze to drizzle on top of thecrumb topping.
• Instead ofdiced apples, you could usegrated appleto add to themuffin batter.

Recipe Faq's

MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST FOR ALL MY LATEST RECIPES.

• 2 1/2 cups apples finely chopped (I use granny Smith and Gala)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• ½ cup unsalted butter softened
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar packed
• 2 large eggs at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Streusel Topping

• 1/3 cup brown sugar lightly packed
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons old fashioned oats
• 2/3 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup melted butter

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray or use liners.

• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

• In a separate mixing bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla until well mixed.

• Stir in apples and gradually add in flour mixture. Set aside.

Streusel Topping

• In a small bowl add the sugars, cinnamon, oats, flour, and melted butter and mix until combined.

• Fill muffin wells with batter to just below the top, then divide the crumble topping evenly over the muffins.

• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean after inserting into the middle of the muffin.

• Cool in pan about 5 minutes before removing. Continue cooling on the wire rack.

For mini muffins fill your mini muffin tins, and just reduce the baking times. It will take about 10 to 12 minutes, but check them early.

Muffins can be stored in an airtight container for 3-4 days for the best freshness.

To freeze, wrap each muffin individually in plastic wrap, then place it in a freezer bag or freezer-safe container.