Lower Fat Apple Streusel Muffins Recipes

APPLE STREUSEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Position the oven rack to the middle position and preheat to 400°F. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk the flour, both sugars, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt, cinnamon until well combined. Make a "well" in the center of the dry ingredients.
• In a liquid measuring cup, beat the buttermilk, butter, egg, and vanilla together until combined. Pour into the center of the dry ingredients and stir just until a few streaks of flour remain. Gently stir in the apple.
• Divide evenly among the muffin tin cups, filling the cups only 2/3 full.
• In a small bowl, whisk the flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Use a fork to stir in the butter until the mixture is coarse and crumbly. Sprinkle streusel over each muffin, gently pressing into the batter.
• Bake 12-15 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool the muffins for 5 minutes in the pan then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Top with glaze and serve immediately. Muffins are best the day they are made but they can be stored for later use, see make-ahead tips in the notes below.
• Whisk the confectioners' sugar and apple cider together until smooth. Use only enough cider to make the glaze pourable.

APPLE STREUSEL MUFFIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F/170C. Grease or place muffin papers inside 12 muffin tin.
• To prepare streusel, in a medium bowl, combine brown sugar, apples, walnuts, flour and cinnamon. Stir in melted butter and set aside.
• For the crumble; in a small bowl, add all the ingredients: butter, flour and sugar. And with your fingertips work the butter into the flour and sugar to form coarse crumbles. Set aside.
• For the muffins, in a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix well. In a large bowl of standing mixer, set on medium speed and beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 10 minutes).
• Add eggs, one at a time, beat well after each addition. Add vanilla. Set mixer to low, alternately beat flour mixture and apple juice into egg mixture.
• Spoon the batter into the 12 muffin tin and spoon on each muffin batter the streusel mixture, we prepared earlier. Bake for 15 minutes.
• Remove the muffin tin from the oven, sprinkle the top with the crumble and bake for another 15 minutes. Transfer to wire rack and let cool completely before enjoying them.

APPLE WALNUT STREUSEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Butter muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
• Put streusel topping ingredients into a medium-size bowl.
• Mix with a fork, then crumble with fingers until mixture looks like chopped walnuts.
• For muffins: thoroughly mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• Break eggs into another bowl.
• Add yoghurt and melted butter, and whisk until well blended.
• Stir in diced apple.
• Pour egg mixture over flour mixture and fold in just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Scoop batter into muffin cups.
• Top each muffin with about 2 teaspoons of the streusel topping.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until done.

HEALTHY LOW FAT APPLE AND OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Soak the oats, apple juice, sugar and vanilla for 30 minutes.
• Mix in the flour, baking powder, grated apple and cinnamon.
• Fold in the beaten egg whites; Spoon into 12 muffin tins.
• Top muffins with 2 sliced apple wedges (cut quarters of apple into 3 or 4 wedges) and bake at 170° C (338°F) for 25 - 30 minutes until muffins and cooked though and golden.
• Cool in pan for a few minutes, then remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

APPLE CIDER STREUSEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease the bottoms of 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• Combine flour, white sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a medium bowl; mix well.
• Combine apple cider, vegetable oil, and egg in another bowl; blend well. Add flour mixture all at once and stir just until moistened; batter will be lumpy. Stir in apples.
• Combine brown sugar, oats, pecans, and flour in a medium bowl for topping; mix well. Mix in melted butter until all ingredients are moistened and clumpy.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full. Top each with a generous amount of streusel topping.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Let cool for 1 minute before removing from the pan. Serve warm.

APPLE STREUSEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Whisk together first 5 ingredients. In another bowl, whisk together eggs, melted butter and vanilla; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened (batter will be stiff). Fold in apples. , Fill 12 greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. For topping, mix brown sugar, flour and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. , Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 15-20 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool. Mix glaze ingredients; drizzle over tops.