Apple Streusel Muffins
All-purpose flour, white granulated sugar and baking powder come together in this vegetarian — 65 minutes, 7 steps, and the kind of result worth repeating. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and whisk. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
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Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: vegetarian — no meat or fish, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten Dairy Egg
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 190 C and line a muffin tin with eight paper cases, since this batter yields about eight muffins to serve four generously.
- Make the streusel by rubbing together the brown sugar, 1/4 cup of the flour, half the cinnamon and 2 tablespoons of the cold butter with your fingertips until crumbly, then set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together the remaining flour, white sugar, baking powder, remaining cinnamon and salt until evenly combined.
- Melt the remaining butter and whisk it in a separate bowl with the egg and milk until smooth, then peel and finely dice the apple.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir just until no dry flour remains, then gently fold in the diced apple, taking care not to overmix or the muffins will turn tough.
- Divide the batter among the cases until about two-thirds full, then scatter the streusel topping generously over each muffin.
- Bake for 18 to 22 minutes until risen and golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean, then cool in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a rack.
You'll use: Oven · Whisk
Ingredient substitutions
- Milk
- any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Brown Sugar
- white sugar + 1 tbsp molasses per cup
Tips & common questions
How long does Apple Streusel Muffins take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 10 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of milk?
Try any unsweetened plant milk. See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Apple Streusel Muffins vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat, fish or shellfish, so it is suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheese for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Apple Streusel Muffins is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Chocolate Muffins Apple Streusel Muffins (4671059615).jpg by Katrin Gilger, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.