Apple Muffins with Streusel
Apple muffins topped with streusel make perfect holiday dessert or kid friendly snack.
Servings 18 muffins
Equipment
- 1 Food processor or Thermomix
- 1 stand mixer or electric hand mixer
Ingredients
Streusel
- 50 gr (1/4 cup) sugar
- 50 gr (1/3 cup) all-purpose flour
- 50 gr (3 Tablespoon +2 teaspoon) unsalted butter cold
Apple muffins
- 3 big apples
- 350 gr (2 3/4 cup) all-purpose flour
- 180 gr (1 cup) sugar
- 3 eggs
- 150 ml (2/3 cup) sour cream
- 100 ml (1/2 cup) vegetable oil
- 10 gr (2 teaspoon) baking powder
- 5 gr (1 teaspoon) cinnamon powder
Instructions
How to make Streusel
- Combine all ingredients together in the bowl and mash with fork or special baking tool (pastry blender).
- For food processor: Combine all ingredients in the food processor and pulse until crumbly.
- For Thermomix: combine all ingredients, put cover on and knead for 30-40 sec (use knead function).
- Keep in the fridge until use.
How to make Apple Muffins
- Preheat the oven to 350F and line a muffin or cupcake pan with liners.
- Wash and dice apples. Peel optional.
- In the bowl combine dry ingredients: flour, baking powder and cinnamon powder. Set aside.
- In the separate bowl whisk eggs with sugar until mixture is fluffy. Add vegetable oil and sour cream and mix until combine.
- Add dry ingredients and mix again. Be careful not to overmix the better. Fold in the apples in the dough.
- Divide the better evenly into lined muffin or cupcake pan, filling 2/3 full.
- Sprinkle streusel over muffins immediately before baking.
- Bake 25-30 min at 350F, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack and cool to room temperature.