Enjoy Apple Muffins for the perfect Fall muffin recipe. These mini muffins bake nicely and are super addictive—great for bringing to parties or simply eating them with your family.

When you need to make a quick breakfast or a special, tasty treat to bring to a party, the Best Apple Muffins recipe is good to try. These delicious muffins contain real chopped apples with vanilla extract, cinnamon, and brown sugar. They have that fresh and flavorful taste that makes you want to keep going back for more. You can make 24 mini muffins by following this recipe. The mini muffins are perfect for eating on the go because you can just pop one in your mouth while heading out the door.

Best Apple Muffins

I love the soft texture of the muffins with the added slight crunch of the apple pieces. It makes me feel like I am biting into an apple spice cake for breakfast. While I usually make several batches of these muffins for a convenient grab-and-go breakfast for myself and my kids, I have also prepared these muffins for school events, birthday parties, and holiday dinners. Can you believe that my children often request the Best Apple Muffins over traditional cupcakes for their birthdays? They love the muffins that much!

Baking Tips For the Best Apple Muffins

When using multiple pans for your Best Apple Muffins, place them in the oven side by side instead of putting one pan on the top rack and one on the bottom. If you place them side by side, they will cook evenly in the oven together.

If you have a 24-count mini muffin pan, place it right in the center of the rack. It is the best spot for the baking pan because it helps those muffins cook evenly. Never open the oven until the muffins are practically ready. If you open and close the oven too frequently, the oven will not maintain the proper heat level, and your muffins will start rising unevenly.

You will know when to pull your muffins out by looking at the color on the top. Once they are golden brown around the edges and feel springy at the top, you can pull them out of the oven and allow them to cool down.

Toppings to Use on the Best Apple Muffins

Because I make the Best Apple Muffins so often, I have experimented with adding different toppings to them. One of my favorite ways to eat these muffins is to add a small sliver of butter to the top while the muffin is still warm. It melts within seconds and makes the muffin taste more moist and delicious.

I have used a caramel drizzle on top of some of these muffins, and it worked perfectly to give the Best Apple Muffins that caramel apple taste that many people enjoy during the fall season. While caramel tastes great with these muffins, so does whipped cream cheese frosting. If you want to make these muffins taste more like cupcakes, wait for them to cool down, and then add your cream cheese frosting to them.

Another topping to add to your Best Apple Muffins is whipped cream. The whipped cream adds a fresh, sweet taste to the muffins. It pairs perfectly with the apple flavor.

To make the muffins, in a large bowl, use an electric mixer on medium speed. Cream together sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add the egg until fully incorporated.

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and vanilla. Use an electronic mixer on low speed until incorporated.

Add to the butter and sugar mixture in 2 or 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk. Stir just until evenly moistened. The batter will become slightly lumpy in the process. Finally, add the chopped apples and stir.

Use a small cookie scoop for a cleaner, more evenly distributed batter. Fill it three-fourths full.

Bake the muffins until golden, dry, and springy to the touch, 20-25 minutes. Stick a fork/ toothpick inside the center of the muffin and it should come out clean. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let muffins cool 5-10 minutes.

To make the topping, in a small, shallow bowl, sift the sugar & cinnamon. Heat the butter in the microwave for 30 seconds until liquid. Holding the bottom of a muffin dip the top into the melted butter, turning to coat evenly. Immediately dip the top in the cinnamon-sugar mixture, coating it evenly, then tapping to remove excess sugar from the muffins. Transfer to the rack right side up. Repeat the remaining muffins. Let cool completely before serving, enjoy!

Muffin Storage Tips

Place a wax paper sheet in a food storage container and then place the muffins in a row inside the container. Do not stack your muffins on top of one another. If you need more space, you should use two food storage containers to hold these muffins. Before placing the lid on the muffins, add a sheet of paper towel on top of them to seal in moisture, preventing the Best Apple Muffins from becoming dry.

If you have already added toppings to your muffins, such as whipped cream or frosting, you can skip this step. I would suggest adding toppings when you plan to eat the muffins instead of beforehand to keep those toppings fresh and the muffins moist. You can put your storage container full of muffins on the kitchen table instead of placing them in the fridge. If you put your muffins in the fridge, it can ruin the texture of your muffins, making them taste dryer than usual.

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Name: Best Apple Muffins
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Muffins:; 7 Tbsp unsalted butter; ⅔ cup of sugar; 1 egg; 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 ½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp baking soda; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp nutmeg; 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract; ½ cup buttermilk; 1 cup chopped apples or one apple; Topping:; ⅔ cup brown sugar; 1 tbsp ground cinnamon; 6 tbsp unsalted melted butter

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Makes 24 mini muffins

Best Apple Muffins

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Additional Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Enjoy Apple Muffins for the perfect Fall muffin recipe. These mini muffins bake nicely and are super addictive—great for bringing to parties or simply eating them with your family.

Ingredients

Muffins:
7 Tbsp unsalted butter
⅔ cup of sugar
1 egg
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ tsp nutmeg
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
½ cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped apples or one apple
Topping:
⅔ cup brown sugar
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
6 tbsp unsalted melted butter

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease 24 mini muffin tins with cooking spray/ butter; fill with muffin liners.
To make the muffins, in a large bowl, use an electric mixer on medium speed. Cream together sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add the egg until fully incorporated.
In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and vanilla. Use an electronic mixer at a low speed until incorporated.
Add to the butter and sugar mixture in 2 or 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk. Stir just until evenly moistened. The batter will become slightly lumpy in the process. Finally, add the chopped apples and stir.
Use a small cookie scoop for a cleaner, more evenly distributed batter. Filling it three-fourths full.
Bake the muffins until golden, dry, and springy to the touch, 20-25 minutes. Stick a fork/ toothpick inside the center of the muffin and it should come out clean. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let muffins cool 5-10 minutes.
To make the topping, in a small, shallow bowl, sift the sugar & cinnamon. Heat the butter in the microwave for 30 seconds until liquid. Holding the bottom of a muffin dip the top into the melted butter, turning to coat evenly. Immediately dip the top in the cinnamon-sugar mixture, coating it evenly, then tapping to remove excess sugar from the muffins.
Transfer to the rack right side up. Repeat the remaining muffins. Let cool completely before serving, enjoy!