Apple Muffins are incredibly moist and full of cinnamon apple flavor. Super easy to make and a great way to use up those apples you have laying around. Add this one to your “keeper” file because these apple muffins are a tasty breakfast. If you want to make a healthy version of these apple muffins, replace the oil with applesauce.
APPLE MUFFINS
I had just bought a pack of 16 apples from Costco and was wondering how in the world I was going to eat all of them when I decided to make these apple muffins.
They are so easy. I literally had them in the oven in under 10 minutes. We sat down to watch television and I handed John a warm muffin.
He semi-shouted “Wow.”
I quickly scanned the TV to see what I had missed.
“No…the muffins. They’re really good.“
These apple muffins have a brown sugar topping that gives the top a slight crunch and then the inside is super moist. Love ’em.
EASY APPLE MUFFINS
Green apples are often used in baking because their slightly tart flavor offsets the sweetness of the baked goods.
You want the apples diced fairly small so they cook while baking.
SHOULD THE BATTER BE THIS THICK?
Yes! When you’re mixing it, it will be the texture of cookie dough and when you add in the apples the moisture from the apples will thin it out a tiny bit. It should still be really thick though.
Fill the muffin tins 3/4 of the way full. The muffins will rise a little but not a ton.
Sprinkle with brown sugar before baking.
The brown sugar crystalizes and makes a nice crunchy topping.
I wish you could see how incredibly moist these are.
HEALTHY OPTIONS
There are a couple of tweaks you can make to these muffins if you want make them a little healthier.
- You can reduce the sugar from two cups to 1 1/2 cups.
- This recipe calls for 1 cup of oil. For the healthier option, replace 1/2 the oil with applesauce.
HOW TO MAKE APPLE MUFFINS
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pan with paper liners.
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Cream together sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and ground cinnamon. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture and mix until combined. The batter will be very thick. Add the diced apples.
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Fill paper liners almost to the top, about 3/4 of the way full. Sprinkle with brown sugar.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 20-24 minutes.
OTHER BREAKFAST MUFFINS:
Yield: 18 muffins
These Apple Muffins are incredibly moist and full of cinnamon apple flavor. Super easy to make and a great way to use up those apples you have laying around.
- 2 cups sugar (or use 1 1/2 cups for a less sweet muffin)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup oil
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 cups peeled, cored, diced apples (around 3 apples)
- Brown sugar for topping (around 1/2 cup)
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pan with 18 paper liners.
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With a mixer, cream together sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla. The mixture should be a pale yellow.
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In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and ground cinnamon. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture and mix until combined. The batter will be very thick almost like the texture of cookie dough. Mix in the diced apples. The dough will loosen up a bit when the apples are mixed in.
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Fill paper liners almost to the top, about 3/4 of the way full. Sprinkle each muffin top generously with brown sugar.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 20-24 minutes. Makes 18 muffins.
