Spiced apple oatmeal muffins with crumb topping are what your life needs this autumn! Packed with fresh apples, fall spices, and oats, these muffins are the perfect breakfast, lunch or snack!
If you are a fan of apple pie, applesauce, apple cake... or any apple dessert really, then you will love these warm spiced apple muffins. They’re light and spongy, and obviously full of apples which means that your breakfast this week is kind of sort of healthy! Win win!
Crumb Topping
The crumb topping, officially known here as an "oat streusel topping", is pretty much the best thing that happened to this muffin. Maybe not the best, but it is pretty high up there.
It's a mixture of flour, butter, sugar and oats which turns your muffins from regular muffins into fancy schmancy muffins. Better yet, you can use the streusel recipe on top off all your favourite cakes and muffins. So be sure to save it!
Leftovers
Got extra apples? Just double up this recipe because the muffins are that good! AND they are freezer-friendly! So there's no rush to finish them all in a few days... although it's quite possible!
You can also use up any extra apples in a weeknight salad or soup.
Spiced Apple Oatmeal Muffins
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 12-14 muffins
Description
Spiced apple oatmeal muffins with crumb topping are packed with fresh apples, fall spices, and oats, to make the perfect breakfast, lunch or snack!
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup plain full-fat yogurt
- 2 cups peeled, cored, and finely chopped baking apples (approximately 2 apples)
Oat Streusel Topping:
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons old-fashioned rolled oats
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 °F.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy, about 1-2 minutes. Add the egg and beat until fully incorporated. Add the yogurt and beat until fully mixed.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir with a spatula until most of the flour is mixed in, or until just combined (the batter will be very thick).
- Add in the apples and stir until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Line a 12-cup muffin pan with muffin liners or spray the inside with nonstick baking spray. Divide batter evenly among the muffin liners. Fill each cup about 85% full (I filled mine up 100% because I have very high liners).
- In a small bowl, mix together the oat streusel topping ingredients until combined and crumbly. Sprinkle a spoonful on top of each muffin.
- Bake the muffins for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
Notes
Equipment used: 12-tin muffin pan, cupcake liners, mixing bowls, measuring cups and spoons, a hand mixer or a stand mixer, a cookie scoop (or a spoon) for scooping out the batter, and a wire cooling rack.
These muffins can be stored in the freezer in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
Jen says
Hello, I'm interested in making these... I'm wondering, in the instructions it says to add cloves, yet it doesn't say cloves in the ingredients. Wondering how much to put in
Thanks so much.
Sam | Ahead of Thyme says
Oops, I was supposed to remove that. There are no cloves in the recipe. Thanks so much for catching that, I have updated the recipe!
Angelica says
These were delicious! A few things I changed, but still ended up with a perfectly dense but fluffy muffin with a crunchy topping: Had to substitute sour cream for the yogurt because it’s what I had on hand. Also added a teaspoon of vanilla and cut the spices in half (just a personal preference).
Thanks for the recipe!
★★★★★
Sam | Ahead of Thyme says
So glad you liked the recipe! Thanks for sharing your tweaks, glad to hear that sour cream works well as a substitute. 🙂