Apple Pie Muffins With Streusel Crumbs Recipe for a Cozy Fall Treat

Apple Pie Muffins with Streusel Crumbs

If the smell of apples and cinnamon makes you happy, these Apple Pie Muffins with Streusel Crumbs are about to become your new favorite.

They work as an easy fall dessert, a snack, or a breakfast treat, and they taste like a slice of apple pie you can hold in one hand. Every muffin is loaded with sweet apple pie filling and finished with a crumbly cinnamon streusel topping.

That makes them an easy grab and go breakfast for a busy morning, and the first thing everyone reaches for when they walk past the cooling rack.

Apple Pie Muffins with Streusel Crumbs

There is something about warm cinnamon and apple that says fall baking has officially started. This pairing is comforting in a way that is hard to beat, and these muffins with cinnamon streusel crumb topping smell absolutely wonderful in the oven.

Honestly, they bring that fresh from the bakery aroma straight into your kitchen, and everyone in the house will wander in to ask what is baking.

I have made these more than once on a slow Sunday morning, coffee in one hand and a whisk in the other, and somebody always asks for a second muffin before the first one is gone.

So if your workdays are packed, save this recipe for the weekend. There is no rush, and the reward is a batch of muffins that turns an ordinary morning into something worth sitting down for.

And here is a little secret about why they work so well. The apple pie filling keeps the crumb tender and sweet, the cinnamon warms up the whole batch, and the streusel adds that buttery crunch on top. Sweet, spiced, and soft all at once. What more could you want from a fall muffin?

How to make Apple Pie Muffins

The best part? NO MIXER REQUIRED! Everything comes together by hand with a whisk and a couple of bowls, so there is less cleanup and more muffin.

Start with the wet side. Whisk the eggs and sugar together, then whisk in the Greek yogurt, oil, and vanilla. Fold that mixture into the dry ingredients, and here is the golden rule: do not over work the batter.

Whisk only until just combined. A few small lumps are perfectly fine, and stopping early is exactly what keeps these muffins very soft and tender.

Next, line a standard cupcake or muffin pan with paper liners and scoop the batter into the cups. Top the batter with diced apples from apple pie filling, then add cinnamon streusel generously over the top. The full measurements and the exact order of steps are listed in the recipe card below.

Then the oven does the rest. The warm cinnamon and apple smell fills the air while they bake, and that first bite, soft crumb, sweet apple, buttery streusel, is why this recipe stays in my rotation every autumn. Bake a batch once and you will understand why I keep coming back to it.

How to make Cinnamon Streusel Crumb Topping

The streusel is the crown on these muffins, and it takes about two minutes to put together. In a small bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon.

Pour in the melted butter and stir with a fork until the mixture is evenly moistened and small pea size crumbs form. Then chill the streusel in the fridge until you are ready to use it.

Cold streusel holds together better and stays crumbly on top of the batter instead of melting into it.

I also love how adaptable this muffin base is. The same recipe was used for Blueberry Muffins, and while berries are wonderful in summer, the cinnamon and apple combination is pure fall. Once you know the base, you can play with the fruit all year long and still get the same soft, tender crumb every time.

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If you are in the mood to keep baking, here are two more treats that fit the season beautifully.

• Cinnamon Apple Crumb Cake is a cozy dessert for crisp weather, with the same warm spice and tender crumb you love in these muffins. It is the kind of cake you serve warm with coffee while the windows fog up.
• Blueberry Muffins are an easy breakfast idea and use the same simple muffin base, which makes them a smart recipe to keep on hand for busy school mornings and quick weekend snacks.

Ingredients

This recipe comes together in three simple parts: the muffins, the cinnamon streusel crumb topping, and the glaze. Here is everything you need to gather before you start.

For Apple Pie Muffins

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup Greek yogurt
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups chopped apples from apple pie filling

For Cinnamon Streusel Crumb Topping

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Glaze

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 to 2 Tablespoons milk

A quick note on the apples. The recipe calls for chopped apples from apple pie filling, which keeps the prep time short and the flavor sweet and spiced. The Greek yogurt brings moisture, and the vegetable oil keeps the crumb soft for days.

Instructions

Ready to bake? Grab your bowls, preheat that oven, and let us walk through it step by step. It really is as easy as it sounds.

1. Preheat and prep. Heat the oven to 400 F and line a standard muffin pan with paper liners. Set the pan aside for now while you mix everything else.
2. Make the crumb topping. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Add the melted butter and stir with a fork until the mixture is crumbly. Set it in the fridge until you are ready to use it.
3. Mix the dry ingredients. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set this bowl aside too.
4. Whisk the wet ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs and granulated sugar until combined. Whisk in the Greek yogurt, oil, and vanilla extract. The mixture should look pale yellow when it is ready.
5. Fold everything together. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix by hand. The batter will be quite thick, and that is exactly right. Stop mixing as soon as everything is combined, because a gently mixed batter bakes up soft and tender.
6. Fill the cups and add the apples. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tins, filling each cup less than 2/3 full. Tap the pan on your work surface to settle the batter. Add a heaping Tablespoon of chopped apples to each cup and gently press the apples into the batter. Top generously with the chilled streusel topping.
7. Bake. Place the pan in the oven and reduce the heat to 375 F. Bake for about 19 to 22 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
8. Cool. Let the muffins cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then remove them and cool completely on a wire rack.
9. Glaze and drizzle. Stir the powdered sugar and milk together. If the glaze is too thin, add a little more powdered sugar. If it is too thick, add a little more milk. Drizzle the glaze over the cooled muffins and let it set for a few minutes.

Do not skip the temperature change. The oven starts at 400 F, then you reduce it to 375 F once the pan goes in, exactly as the recipe directs.

That is the whole process, start to finish, in about half an hour. Warm muffins, a cold glass of milk, and a kitchen that smells like a bakery. Does it get any better than that?

Recipe details

Here is the quick overview of the numbers for this batch.

One batch makes 14 muffins, which is just right for a family breakfast with a couple left over for the next morning.

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Apple Pie Muffins with Streusel Crumbs If the smell of apples and cinnamon makes you happy, these Apple Pie Muffins with Streusel Crumbs are about to become your new favorite. They work as an easy fall dessert, a snack, or a breakfast treat, and they taste like a slice of apple pie you can hold in one hand.

• Total Time: 30 min
• Yield: 14 1x 1x

Ingredients

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For Apple Pie Muffins
2 cup all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 large eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup Greek yogurt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cup chopped apples from apple pie filling

For Cinnamon Streusel Crumb Topping
1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup light brown sugar
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
1–2 Tablespoons milk

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Instructions

1-Preheat the oven to 400 F degrees: Preheat the oven to 400 F degrees and line standard muffin pan with paper liners and set aside.
2-To make the crumb topping in a: To make the crumb topping in a small bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon, add melted butter and stir with a fork until crumbly and set in the fridge until ready to use.
3-To make the muffins in a large: To make the muffins in a large bowl stir together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg, then set aside.
4-In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs: In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and granulated sugar until combined. Whisk in Greek yogurt, oil, and vanilla extract (mixture should be pale yellow)
5-Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients and: Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix everything together by hand. The batter will be quite thick.
6-Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins, filling: Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins, filling less than 2/3 of each cup. Tap the pan onto working surface to set the batter, then add heaping Tablespoon of chopped apples in each cup and gently press the apples into the batter. Top generously with streusel topping.
7-Place them in the oven and reduce: Place them in the oven and reduce the heat to 375F, bake about 19-22 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
8-Cool for 5 minutes in the pan: Cool for 5 minutes in the pan then remove muffins and cool on a wire rack.
9-To make the glaze stir together powdered: To make the glaze stir together powdered sugar and milk. If it’s too thin add more powdered sugar, if it’s too thick add more milk. Drizzle over cooled muffins.

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• Prep Time: 10 min
• Cook Time: 20 min
• Method: bake