Apple Pie Muffins

Recipe for simple and quick muffins with apples and streusel

Today I invite you to try very tasty and wonderfully moist Apple Pie muffins with streusel. You can prepare these muffins very quickly and with very basic ingredients. You can bake them in the morning and have them for a sweet breakfast, or pack them and take them to work or school. The muffins stay fresh for a long time and are still moist and delicious even after a few days. Be sure to check out my recipe and see how to make muffins with apples and streusel.

Muffins with apples and streusel – notes

Recently, my daughter Weronika and I were sitting around wondering what good thing we could bake to eat. I had a total blank, so I tasked her with coming up with something. Weronika delved into the depths of her TikTok inspirations, and that’s how we stumbled upon an Apple Pie muffin recipe. We both love apple bakes, so this recipe really appealed to us. I changed it a bit because the consistency of the dough and the amount of sugar added to the apples didn’t quite suit me during the process. This way, I present my slightly “improved” version :)

What ingredients are essential for preparing apple muffins?

Although the list of ingredients I provided in the recipe is long, most of them are repeated. Therefore, in the end, you only need a few basic ingredients to prepare the muffins. Below is a shortened list of products I used and possible substitutes.

• apples – in total, I used 4 apples for the muffins – they weighed 600 g before peeling and removing the cores. If you don’t have time or desire to prepare roasted apples, you can use ready-made filling – homemade or store-bought. In that case, add only that one apple to the batter. It’s not worth giving up this apple in the batter itself, as it adds a nice moisture to it.
• oil – I used rapeseed oil, but you can use any oil with a neutral and light flavor, it can also be coconut oil, you can also use melted and cooled butter
• milk – I used 1.5% UHT milk, you can use any other milk, as well as plant-based milk
• butter – for the crumble, I used 82% extra butter, you can also use other butter – e.g., a blend, or replace it with margarine or another plant-based butter
• egg – I added one egg to the muffins, if you want to make vegan apple muffins and are substituting the other ingredients with their plant-based equivalents, you can replace this egg with, for example, half a mashed banana

Can these muffins be made with other fruits?

Of course! If you don’t like apples or don’t have any, you can prepare the filling with other fruits in the same way. Pears or peaches, for example, would work great here. Other fruits – such as cherries or raspberries – may be juicier, so instead of wheat flour, it might be better to use potato flour, which will thicken the fruit juice produced during cooking more effectively.

How to store apple muffins?

Muffins that are not eaten immediately should be transferred to an airtight container with a lid. This will ensure their freshness and proper moisture for a long time. If you bake muffins on hot summer days and want them to stay fresh longer, you can store them in the refrigerator.

You can also freeze such apple muffins for about 3 months.

I hope these apple muffins will appeal to you and your loved ones, and that you’ll gladly use the recipe :) I’d be delighted if you share your impressions in the comments under the recipe.

Recommended muffin recipes

Be sure to try my other recipes for delicious muffins in various flavors and baked with different additions. Here I recommend, among others, three such recipes, and many more on the blog.