Apple Muffins with Streusel Topping
Sweet and moist muffins with apple chunks nestled inside and a deliciously crunchy sugar topping.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
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- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar, (100 grams)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, (100 grams)
- 3/4 cup grape seed or vegetable oil, (161 grams)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract, (4 grams)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, (240 grams)
- 1.5 tsp baking powder, (6 grams)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda, (3 grams)
- 1/2 tsp salt, (3 grams)
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon, (12 grams)
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice, (3 grams)
- 2 cups peeled and diced apple, (about 1 very large apple) cores and stems removed
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour, (15 grams)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, (50 grams)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon, (6 grams)
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter, (28 grams) cold and cut into 8 pieces
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a 12-mold muffin pan with cupcake liners. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar, oil and extract together.
- 2
To the bowl, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, and ground allspice. Swap out the whisk and instead use a rubber spatula to gently stir everything together until you no longer see any flour streaks in the batter. The batter will look stiff like cookie dough - this is OK. Try not to over-mix the batter.
- 3
Add in the apple cubes and gently give the batter a stir to incorporate the apple into the batter. It doesn't have to be perfectly mixed in, you can always distribute the apples better as you're scooping the batter into your liners.
- 4
Create the streusel topping by mixing the flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Then drop in the butter pieces and use your fingers to rub the rubber into the dry ingredients until you get a moist, sand-like looking mixture.
- 5
Divide the batter among the 12 cupcake liners, filling the liners to the top. Use your fingers to gently smooth out the batter into each liner to create somewhat smooth, flat tops. Sprinkle some of the streusel mixture over the top of each muffin. Bake the muffins for 35 to 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.