Easy Apple Muffins
An easy recipe that yields soft and fluffy muffins, studded with apples and full of the flavor of warm spices. Perfect to tuck into a lunchbox, or to have as an after-school snack!
Servings: 12 muffins
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup oil OR melted butter
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup light brown sugar see notes for reducing sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar plus extra for topping if you like
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon apple or pumpkin spice
- ¼ teaspoon salt use closer to ½ teaspoon if you use sea salt
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour fluffed, spooned and leveled; OR see notes for other measuring methods!
For the apples
- 2 cups finely diced apples Granny Smith or Pink Lady are our favorites (about 8 to 9oz chopped; I usually need ~2 large apples to get 2 cups)
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Prep: Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with muffin liners.
- Whisk wet ingredients: In a medium-large mixing bowl, whisk together the oil, eggs, ½ cup light brown sugar, granulated sugar, milk, Greek yogurt and vanilla.⅔ cup oil, 2 large eggs, ½ cup granulated sugar, ½ cup milk, ½ cup Greek yogurt, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ½ cup light brown sugar
- Stir in dry ingredients: Whisk 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon, apple spice, salt and baking powder into the wet ingredients until fully incorporated.Add 2 cups flour to the bowl and fold in JUST until no more dry flour is visible. Set aside1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon apple or pumpkin spice, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1½ teaspoons baking powder, 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Prepare apples: Toss apples with 2 tablespoon flour, 2 tablespoons light brown sugar and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon.2 cups finely diced apples, 2 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons light brown sugar, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Assemble muffins: Fold apples into batter, then evenly divide between the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle tops with extra sugar and dust with cinnamon, if you like.
- Bake: Reduce oven temperature to 400°F. Bake muffins for 5 minutes, then reduce oven to 350°F without opening oven door, and finish baking for 16-18 minutes, or until done. Cool muffins in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
Sugar amount:
You can reduce the light brown and granulated sugar in the batter to ⅓ cup each if you prefer to make a lower sugar treat. They bake up just fine with less sugar, however, note that it does slightly affect the taste.
Measuring the flour in the batter:
- If you fluff, spoon and level: 2 cups of flour
- If you fluff and scoop: ~1 ¾ cups of flour
- If you scoop: ~1 ⅔ cups of flour
- If you weigh: 250g