Apple Muffins with Crumb Topping
Homemade Apple Muffins are a fall staple and they couldn't be easier or more delicious! This fantastic apple muffin recipe is perfectly spiced with chunks of apple throughout and topped with a sugar pecan crumb topping! Divine!
Servings 16
Calories 299kcal
Ingredients
Apple Muffins:
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar lightly packed
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup pecans chopped
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 cups cooking apples chopped (about 2 apples)
Sugar Pecan Topping:
- ½ cup pecans chopped
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup salted butter melted
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two muffin pans with liners for 16 muffins and set aside.
Apple Muffins:
- In a large bowl, whisk together vegetable oil, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until combined. Whisk in egg and buttermilk until incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt, baking powder, and apples. Stir until combined making sure apples are fully coated in flour mixture.
- Add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Don't overmix.
- Scoop batter into lined muffin tins until two thirds full.
Sugar Pecan Topping:
- Make sugar pecan topping by stirring together pecans, flour, melted butter, and granulated sugar. Sprinkle topping over muffins.
- Bake in oven for 25 to 30 minute or until a tester comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
- Transfer muffins to a separate cooling rack to finish cooling.
Notes
Tools Needed
Muffin Pan | Parchment LinersNutrition
Calories: 299kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 190mg | Potassium: 161mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 126IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 1mg