I recently went apple picking and came back with nearly fifty (!) apples. Since then, I’ve been using them in everything, including an apple pie (recipe coming soon), apple sauce, my breakfast smoothies, and of course, these apple muffins.
These muffins are dense, packed with flavor and a delicious brown sugar topping. The apples are thinly chopped, practically melting into the batter. You might not see the apple pieces when you pull them out of the batter, but boy will you taste them. Plus, by having the apples chopped thinly, you won’t have to worry about them not fully cooking. Of course, if you’d like large apple chunks, cut them according to your preference–it’s completely up to you!

What You Need
Batter

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 8 tablespoons salted butter, softened
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
• 1 ½ cups chopped apples of choice (2 ½-3 medium apples)

Brown Sugar Topping

• ⅓ cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon flour
• ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon salted butter, cold
• ⅛ teaspoon vanilla

How You Do It
Batter

1. Preheat oven to 375F and line muffin tin.
2. Combine the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Set aside.
3. Chop apples into small pieces. As mentioned above, a bulk of the apple pieces will dissolve into the batter as the muffins bake, so if you’d like bigger piece, cut apples larger. Otherwise, follow directions below, and set aside when finished.
   

   

   

   
4. In stand mixer, combine butter and sugar.
5. Add in the eggs and vanilla.
6. Add the apples. To avoid breaking the pieces into even smaller pieces, be careful not to overmix. Either stir using a spoon, or, if using a stand mixer, mix for ten seconds at most.
7. Mix in the flour. Batter will be thick. If necessary, use a spoon to finish mixing.

Brown Sugar Topping

1. In a small bowl cut the butter into the brown sugar using a fork. Do not fully combine; if there are small lumps, that’s okay.
2. Stir in the vanilla.
3. Add in the flour and cinnamon and stir into just combined. Do not mix until you make a paste–the topping should be in small pieces, none bigger than the size of a pea.
4. Fill liners ⅔ full and sprinkle brown sugar topping atop. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
5. When they’re done, pull them out, give them five minutes, and enjoy!

These are great for breakfast with a cup of tea.

The brown sugar topping provides just the right amount of sweetness.

Are these something you’d like to try? I hope so!
That’s all for now. If you give these a go, let me know how it goes. Also, I’d love to get your recommendations. With of of the apples I recently acquired, what should I do with all of them? What are your favorite apple recipes. Let me know below! Until next time,
♥Danielle