Streusel Apple Muffins

I enjoy this time of the year – apples, pears, grapes and plenty of vegetables are such a great view at the market. But there’s two particular kind of fruits that I love from all of that: ripe, juicy pears and green apples. They both taste amazing and I use plenty of them in my baking these days.

These streusel apple muffins are the perfect example of a sweet treat that incorporates some of the most amazing autumn flavors – apples, cinnamon and butter – I find them all to be part of this season together with pears, pumpkin and figs. What I particularly like about this recipe is the contrast between the fluffy and moist inside and crunchy, fragrant topping. Biting into one muffin is a one-of-a-kind experience, that’s for sure! You will love the tender, juicy apples inside and the fluffy, buttery sponge surrounding them. The topping is like the cherry on top and it adds just the amount of cinnamon these muffins need to become an amazing dessert!

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Streusel Apple Muffins

Soft vanilla apple muffins with a crunchy cinnamon streusel topping.

Servings :12 muffins

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Ingredients

  

Muffins

• 225 g plain white flour (sifted)
• 1 g salt
• 4 g baking powder
• 110 g granulated white sugar
• 125 g butter (melted)
• 2 eggs
• 100 g milk
• 5 g vanilla extract
• 2 green apples (diced)

Streusel

• 40 g butter (cold)
• 80 g plain white flour
• 20 g powdered sugar
• 1 g ground cinnamon

Instructions

 

• For the muffins, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, butter, eggs, milk and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer.
• Mix until smooth, then fold in the diced apples.
• Divide the batter between 12 muffin cases and set aside.
• For the streusel, rub all the ingredients together with your fingertips until the mixture looks sandy.
• Top each muffin with streusel and bake for 20–25 minutes, until well risen and golden.
• Leave to cool in the tin before serving.

Notes

Tip: to absorb the excess fat that often stains muffin cases, place a few grains of rice at the bottom of each muffin tin cavity, under the paper case.

Keyword Apple, Muffins, Streusel

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