Apple Muffins
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
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.“
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
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pan with paper liners.
- 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.
- Fill paper liners almost to the top, about 3/4 of the way full. Sprinkle with brown sugar.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-24 minutes.
OTHER BREAKFAST MUFFINS:
- Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
- Blueberry Lemon Muffins
- Banana Crumb Muffins
- Apple Butter
- Blueberry Croissant Puff
- Apple Streusel Coffee Cake
- Apple Crisp Cream Danish
Apple 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.
Ingredients
- 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)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pan with 18 paper liners.
With a mixer, cream together sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla. The mixture should be a pale yellow.
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.
Fill paper liners almost to the top, about 3/4 of the way full. Sprinkle each muffin top generously with brown sugar.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-24 minutes. Makes 18 muffins.
Recipe Notes
Source: Marissa Pinon
I used this recipe and all of my muffins sunk. It was like 18 deflated souffles.
Hannah,
Sounds like you didn’t bake them long enough. Were they brown on top?
Christy, thank you for this recipe deep them coming. I waiting till my dog and husband were asleep and started making these apple muffins, did not want to wait till tomorrow. Well let me say delicious I just eat one wow the taste and moist the apples taste so good better then some bakery’s. The things I changed were like one said 1/2 cup of oil and applesauce one small (4 ) ounce also since my husband is not of fan of brown sugar I did not put on top. I know for sure tomorrow I will be delivering two my two favorite neighbors, they are going to enjoy. Well bye for now until I try another one of your delicious recipes.
So glad you enjoyed them!
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I wanted to post a picture but couldn’t find an option for that. I knew the moment I read the recipe I was going to make these muffins. They turned out exactly as you described in your email. The batter texture was cookie dough thick until I added the apples. Popped them in the oven and oh my gosh, delicious. I opted for the healthier version. My grandkids are going to love them. Well done Christy. I always look for your emails.
So glad you liked them!
Is it possible to use this recipe as a cake instead of muffins?
I have no idea! I have never tried it.
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This is an amazing muffins…and its looks so yummy & sounds too delicious..make it easy as well…Thanks for sharing……!
You’re welcome!
Hi! If I wanted to fully omit white sugar out of the mix and use honey instead? Would that be possible?
Yes, I am not sure if you would need more or less.
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Ok yeah these are delicious. Like another (hilariously angry) commenter noted, the batter is dummy thick. Don’t let this deter you, the muffins turn out fine. It does indeed seem to be more of a cake batter. I was totally expecting these to be dry af, and they were not dry. Really good, thanks Marissa and Christy. Btw I made the recipe to the exact directions but with the lower amount of sugar.
Haha your comment made me laugh out loud!
I halved this recipe, used 1/2 cup ground flaxseed in place of the 1/2 cup flour, and used butter as my oil. It made 6 jumbo muffins. Delicious. Thank you.
You are welcome!
Loved this recipe. I used half and half brown sugar and honey. I was concerned that only using one tsp baking soda would not be sufficient raising agent but they turned out soft and well rise
Awesome to hear.
Made, shared …..5 Stars❤️😊
I rarely comment on a recipe but these were AMAZING. Everyone who has tried one LOVES them. I used 1 and a half cups of sugar with pink lady apples. The batter is very thick but once I start mixing in the apples it gets so much easier to work with.
Just took out of the oven and they look and smell beautiful. I appreciate the simplicity of the recipe. I frequently make the shrimp enchiladas and blueberry cream cheese croissants from this site, so I anticipate another keeper. I added some ground flaxseed as I do most muffin and cookie recipes.
Oh thank you Sharon. I’m glad you enjoyed these as well.
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So glad you approve!
Made these
Tonight with only slightly less sugar . Thanks for a delicious recipe!!!! My parents and my husband loved them!
So glad you liked it!
These were absolutely stellar! All of my friends loved them! I will be making these again soon, they’re so so good! At first I thought the batter was a little thick, but it turned out fine. Thank you so much, have a good day!
The batter is thick but it turns out.
Good taste but pretty dense for a muffin, in my opinion. I would reduce the amount of sugar as well, very sweet. Overall not bad
I just came across this recipe and decided to give it a try. We got a handful of apples from our tree this year, but they weren’t really in good enough shape to just eat. I made a double batch, used 2 eggs and 1/2 c applesauce, (next time I will use the eggs and replace part of the oil instead), and instead of 6 cups of white flour, I used 2 cups flour, 2 cups whole wheat, and 2 cups coconut flour. I also used 1 cup white sugar, brown sugar and stevia. Then I trimmed the good parts off the apples and mixed them in. I don’t really like chunks of apples and my kids are super picky, but these were good! Thank you!
So glad you liked them.
Excellent. Will probably make for Thanksgiving. I used only 1 1/2 cup sugar and plenty sweet. Could go with even less sugar.
You could definitely go with less!
I will NEVER make these again! I have been baking for nearly 60 years; and, I have to say this is the worst batter I have EVER worked with! Thick, you say? More like Concrete! To me, you took an apple cake recipe and used it for muffins. At least with the apple cake, once you have made it, you pour it in one pan. Working with this batter was a nightmare. They are in the oven right now; but, no matter how good they might be, I will not try this again.
Lynne,
How did they turn out? It’s definitely not a traditional batter but I promise they have 250 good reviews for a reason.
This is by far my favorite of all the apple muffin recipes I’ve tried. For my topping, I make a struesel mix before I put it in the oven and after it’s out I pour a maple glaze on top. They’re similar to the apple mapple muffins Costco used to make, just more moist.
I would love a streusel on top!
All I can say is…Wow! I used haralson apples that a friend gave me and they turned out delicious. I am not a fan of Apple pie etc. Too much Apple, so I was thinking I would not like these, but they are a perfect ratio of Apple, cinnamon, brown sugar. I’m in love.
So glad they turned out.
I made these with 1c white sugar 1/2c brown sugar in the batter, I also used two snack cup applesauce cinnamon flavor (2/3c approx.) ,along with 1/2c vegetable oil. I added 1&1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice instead of plain cinnamon, added 1/2-3/4c chopped pecans, and they are awesome. The extra bit of applesauce made the batter more manageable to stir. I used my cookie scoop and put two scoops in each cup of my tall silicone muffin pans baked 20-22mins til skewer came out clean with only crumbs. 1-1/2 scoops on my shallow Teflon pans cooked them 18-20 min til toothpick came out with only crumbs on it. These are quite adjustable to your liking. Also used baking powder instead of baking soda as suggested in comments they’re light and airy with great apple flavor, perfect for fall! Love the brown sugar crunch on top, reminds me of Carmel apples. Thanks! 👍🏽
Wow. Lots of changes but I’m glad they turned out.
I wanted a healthier version so I swapped the oil for 1/4 coconut oil and 3/4 applesauce and 1/2 cup coconut sugar and 2/3 cup organic honey. I used 2 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 tsp allspice. I also added 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 cup shredded coconut for extra fiber and flavor. These muffins are awesome!
Awesome to hear that.
Wow… I have been testing out a lot of muffin recipies lately and these are terrific. Probably the best recipe I have found. Thank you!
So good hearing that.