Streusel Apple and Raisin Muffins

Submitted by Barb G.

"This muffin recipe comes from The best Diabetes Cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 12 muffins

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup applesauce
• 1⁄4 cup canola oil
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 cup raisins
• 3⁄4 cup diced peeled apple

• Topping ingredients

• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon butter

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees, spray 12 muffin cups with nonstick spray or use paper muffin cups.
2. In a large bowl, combine sugar, applesauce, oil, egg and vanilla until well mixed.
3. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon; stir into bowl just until incorporated.
4. Stir in apples & raisins.
5. Pour into muffin cups, filling two-thirds full.
6. Topping: In a small bowl, combine sugar, flour, and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly.
7. Sprinkle evenly over muffins.
8. Bake for 20 minutes or until tops are firm to the touch.

Reviews

[Nikoma]

Very good muffins that you'd never think were from a Diabetes cookbook. The best apple muffins I've tried to date taste wise. I like the raisins much better then apple muffins with nuts. For some reason I only got 10 out of this recipe, and they weren't very big either. They didn't rise very much. I used plain yogurt instead of applesauce which worked fine. I would however use a different streusel topping next time as this was almost like plain cinnamon/sugar. Thanks for a nice breakfast!

 

[I Love Figs]

These muffins are delicious! I'm eager to make them again and will probably make a larger portion of streusel so that it will cover the entire top of the muffin and I may add coconut to the streusel to see how that would taste.

 

[Pamela B.]

These were fantastic. I used splenda brown sugar, egg substitute and used more apple sauce instead of the oil. I soaked the raisins and used 1 cup of apple. Thank you for this awesome recipe Barb.

 

[LUVMY2BOYS]

Really good! Used whole wheat pastry flour & since I don't like raisins, I upped the apples to 1 1/2 cups. I also replaced the oil with more applesauce, used 1 tsp cinn & added some Splenda to the batter. I don't do toppings very often so a note to the first timer: sprinkle the topping in a small amount in the center of the muffin! The topping "spread" as it bakes. I was too generous with the topping & it leaked all over. It added a nice additional sweetness to the muffin. Thanks!

 

[TOOLBELT DIVA]

Really moist, excellent flavour and texture. Betcha can't have just one... Great recipe Barb; clever treatment of the raisins, C.L.