Apple Muffins

Moist apple spice muffins topped with brown sugar.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Servings muffins

Calories 191kcal

1/2 cup butter at room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar divided
1 large egg at room temperature
1 cup buttermilk¹ at room temperature
2 cups all-purpose flour²
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 ½ cups peeled and cored baking apples chopped in 1/2-inch pieces³ about 2 medium baking apples

Preheat the oven to 375F. Grease and flour or line 16 standard-sized muffin tin cups. Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, and 1/4 cup of the brown sugar together until fluffy and well-combined, about 2-3 minutes on medium.
Add the egg and mix until combined.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Mix in the buttermilk until combined.
Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices. Stir in just until incorporated. Don't overmix.
Stir in the chopped apples.
Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups.
Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar over the batter.
Bake the muffins for 20-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
Let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
Remove muffins to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.

Regular or low-fat ok
To properly measure the flour, stir the flour. Then lightly spoon into the measuring cup and level.
Sone of the apples that work well are Granny Smith, Jonagold, or Honeycrisp.
Nutrition values are estimates.