These Easy Apple Cinnamon Muffins are a simple breakfast recipe for fall mornings.
Watch the short video showing you how to make these Apple Cinnamon Muffins, then scroll to the end of this post and print out the recipe so you can make them at home!
Easy Apple Cinnamon Muffins
These muffins are wonderful because they have a delicious layer of crumb on the tops. If you’re anything like me, I like to eat the crumbly top before I devour the rest of the muffin! There are tips in the recipe below for flour substitutions and how to cut down on fat.
When my now 6 foot 4 giant child was a wee one, we used to pack the car with a picnic and head to the local San Diego mountains on fall weekends. Those weekends are full of great memories such as going to the pumpkin patch and running through the corn maze, standing on tippy toes near the fences to pat the horses and dig into sheep fur, and sipping hot apple cider when there was a good chill in the air.
We often took our family photo at the pumpkin patch– standing in the remains of a long-ago picked corn field. Those were the days. And they were days I likely won’t be able to get back since 16 year olds aren’t so hip on hanging out with their parents at pumpkin patches any more!
The best part of those fall weekends was our time at the apple-picking orchards. If you’ve never been apple picking, it’s one of those things you must do. It’s not even like the apples are the best apples you’ve ever eaten, but the experience of walking around with a bucket and picking apples directly from the trees is super fun. And it’s really a nice thing for the kids to experience too.
Be sure to investigate (Google!) to see if you have any apple orchards near you. Usually they invite the public in to pick their own apples for a certain dollar amount per basket or by the pound. It’s so much fun!
Kids have always read in books that apples come from apple trees. But to actually stand in front of an apple tree, pick apples and put them in a basket, that’s a completely different experience. They’re seeing the connection between plants and food and what we can create at home with that food. That’s so important!
The best part of the whole apple picking experience is coming home with loads of apples and deciding what you’re going to make. I always make a good batch of applesauce with my apples. And baking cakes, apple bread and these Easy Apple Cinnamon Muffins is most often on the agenda too!
Ask your kids what they’d like to make with your bounty of apples, and get them in on the cooking and baking action. You’ll create wonderful memories!
Here are a few baking recipes to try if you have a bucket-full of apples!
If you happen to be following the Weight Watchers WW plan, you will find a link to the WW Points on the recipe card below.
Easy Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Ingredients
MUFFINS:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- ½ cup granulated white sugar
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup vegetable or canola oil
- 1 large egg
- ⅓ cup milk
- 2 medium apples (peeled, cored & chopped)
TOPPING:
- ¼ cup granulated white sugar
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease a 12 cup muffin tin or line with paper muffin liners.
- In a medium bowl whisk together dry ingredients. Add oil, egg and milk and stir just until combined. Fold in apples. Divide batter between the 12 muffin cups.
- In a small bowl, mix topping ingredients, blending together with a pastry cutter or fork. Sprinkle over unbaked muffins.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean.
Notes
- To lighten up the recipe a bit, fill the ⅓ cup measuring cup with ½ applesauce and ½ oil. The muffins will turn out just as moist.
- This recipe may also be made with white whole wheat flour in place of traditional whole wheat flour.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These are delicious! Just made my first batch and it won’t be the last! I didn’t put the topping on and it was still yummy!
I used cherry pie filling instead of apples, OMG!
What a fun idea!
Oooh. I’m gonna try that, too! 😋
This recipe is awesome! I used apple sauce instead of oil and they came out perfect! A huge hit in our house I will definitely make these again
Nice flavour and quick to make
Can I substitute for all purpose flour . The recipe looks great .
Yes, you can use all purpose flour.
I doubled the recipe, used white flour, substituted half the oil with applesauce, used 2 cups chopped apples, and added tsp. vanilla. They were very moist and delicious! I took them to a gathering and they were a hit! I also baked them at 350 and added about 5 minutes to baking time.
This was incredible! Absolute yum! I added chopped walnuts & 1/2 cup of unsweetened applesauce because it seemed to dry. Def my go to muffin!
Will they freeze?
Yes!
Incredible recipe. Loved them. So easy to make. I used half the oil and half applesauce to make up the 1/3 cup like u suggested. I also used half white sugar and half munk fruit. At the last minute I threw in a few chopped walnuts. Thanks for such a great recipe. Delicious.
They r in the oven now; I am hoping they turn out. The better was so thick I thought I did something wrong. it would have been helpful if I had read the comments first.
I was worried when I finished mixing the batter because it was thicker than what I’m used to. However I kept going and I’m glad I did because the sr delicious. I used all purpose flour instead of wheat flour because I don’t ever use wheat flour. I’m not sure what kind of apples I used because we went apple picking and they were all mixed up lol. The only issue I had was with the crumb topping. It was basically like a dough and there was no sprinkling it on top. I basically had to pick off little pieces and place them all over. It was very tedious and time consuming. Next time I will just make a cinnamon sugar topping. But definitely making these again