The Best Apple Pie Muffins Ever

Submitted by Dotty2

"I got this recipe from a friend. I make these often and take them to many potlucks, office parties, the cottage, picnics, children's lunch and the list goes on. Recipe from the cookbook "Just The Best.""

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 18

ingredients

• Topping

• 1⁄2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• Muffins

• 1 1⁄2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 2⁄3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups diced peeled firm tart apples (such as Spy, Granny Smith)

directions

1. Note:

2. cinnamon could be added to the batter ( about 1 teaspoon or less).
3. Topping: In a small bowl toss together sugar, flour, butter and cinnamon until crumbly; set aside.
4. Muffins: In a large bowl whisk together brown sugar, oil, egg and vanilla until smooth.
5. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, soda and salt.
6. Stir oil mixture into flour mixture alternately with buttermilk.
7. Fold in apples, mixing just until combined.
8. Spoon into greased muffin cups filling 3/4 full.
9. Sprinkle topping over evenly.
10. Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown and tops spring back.

Reviews

[CuteCookie]

Wow!! Those are possibly the best muffins I have ever made (& I bake a lot)! I read through the reviews and altered it slightly..grated the apples, used salted butter (wasn't too salty), split the flour and did 1 1/2 cups of reg. flour and 1 c. whole wheat flour. I also did 1/2 tsp. baking soda and 1/2 tsp. baking powder (instead of all b.soda), added 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon to the muffin mix and 1/4 tsp. of nutmeg. Lastly, I didn't have buttermilk, so did the 1 c. of milk with 1 Tbl. lemon juice method and that worked just fine. Oh, and I doubled the topping! YUM!<br/><br/>My twins (even my picky eater) and hubby gobbled them up and asked for more! This is going to become a regular recipe in my arsenol! Thank you SO much for sharing, Dotty!~ :)

 

[its not easy being]

great recipe. i used only 1/2 cup oil, and 1 cup of sugar. i needed to add an additional 2 tbsp of flour to the topping to get it crumbly - it was pure liquid after i followed the recipe directions.

 

[lindad3442]

Wow! Awesome recipe. My 15 year old son, who NEVER comments on my cooking or baking said, 'hey mom, those muffins are incredible'. he even brought some to school to share with friends.need I say more? I didn't have buttermilk so I used a cup of plain yogurt. 5 Stars!

 

[xxsimplysweetxx]

Very delicious! I grated the apples as others suggested, used 1/2 cup less brown sugar in the batter (next time i may even use a tad less!), and doubled the topping. I may also use a little less oil next time. Great dessert for the fall with the combination of apple, cinnamon, brown sugar, and butter - simply divine.

 

[muffinlady]

Very good and very moist<br/>here are the changes I made because of the reviews I read. I melted 1/8 cup and used 1/8 cup just regular temp of the butter for topping and I added to topping 1/3 cup oatmeal<br/>for muffins I used in place of all white flour 1 1/2 cup white and 1 cup whole wheat flour<br/>I used 1/3 cup oil and 1/3 cup applesauce<br/>I added 1 tsp baking powder to the 1 teaspoon of baking soda<br/>I used 2 cups grated apple and 1 cup diced apple or 2 large granny smith apples<br/>I added 1 tsp cinnamon and a sprinkle of cloves to the muffin dough I would have used nutmeg in place of the cloves but because of conflicts with medicine I cannot use nutmeg in my cooking<br/>It made 24 mini and 12 regular size muffins. as always each and everyone has a different temperature for there ovens so mine took 27 min for large muffin and 25 for minis it may take less time or more depending on your oven temperature.