Apple Cinnamon Crumble Muffins

Apple Cinnamon Crumble Muffins

It was breakfast time last weekend, and I really wanted to eat something warm out of the oven.  I love the combination of apples and cinnamon in almost anything.  Pie, cereal, bars, pies, anything!  The two pair so well together and because we had a ton of apples (Fuji to be exact) at home, I decided I wanted to make something with them! Now what to make, well muffins are always a quick and easy thing to eat! Early in the morning, it will have your house smelling DELIGHTFUL! Also, with a side of coffee, it was just what I was craving for! Thanks twopeasandtheirpod for this delicious recipe! YUM!

Ingredients for Muffins

Ingredients (makes about 24 muffins):

non-stick spray

2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup brown sugar (I used light brown)

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/8 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground all-spice

1 cup milk (or 1 cup buttermilk)

2 tbsp white vinegar (omit if you have buttermilk)

1/4 cup canola oil

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 large apples (should be about 2 cups after dicing)

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp cinnamon

3 tbsp butter

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. 

2. Spray muffin pan with the non-stick baking spray. 

3. In a large bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and all-spice.  I only had whole all spice that I used a mortar to grind up. 

4. In a small bowl, mix together buttermilk, oil, egg, and vanilla extract. **On a side note, I did not have buttermilk so I took just a cup of milk and added 2 tbsp of vineger and then let it sit for a couple minutes.  It worked perfectly as a substitution to buttermilk!**

Dry ingredients (top) and wet ingredients (bottom)

5. Pour the wet ingredients for step 4 over the dry ingredients in step 3. Mix until the wet and dry ingredients are just combined. Make sure to not over mix. 

7. Peal and dice apples.

8. Fold in the diced apples.  Do not over mix.

9. To make the crumble that goes on top, take a small bowl and combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and melted butter. Mix with a spoon until the mixture takes on a crumbly appearance.

10. Fill the sprayed muffin pan with the muffin batter.  Fill each cup about 3/4 the way full and sprinkle each muffin with crumble topping. 

Fill 2/3 way with mixture.

Top with crumble

Finished!

11. Bake for 20 minutes. If you insert a toothpick, it should come out clean, indicating the muffins are done.

12. Cool for about 5-10 minutes.

13. ENJOY! 

Chocolate, White Chocolate, & Banana Muffins

Chocolate, White Chocolate, & Banana Muffin

We had a ton of bananas at our house, and I was in the mood for some muffins as was my sister.  My family loves banana bread so I thought why not add in my favorite food: CHOCOLATE! I went around looking for the perfect recipe and came across a promising one.  After making it, I knew I had made the right choice.  Thanks to fortheloveofcooking, I was able to make a delicious muffin, that was pretty much gone in a couple days! FYI, I only had 3! Better hide some of these away in a secret place before they all run out!

Ingredients for the Muffin!

Ingredients (about 2 dozen muffins):

3 ripe bananas (the riper, the sweeter, the better!)

1/2 cup butter (1 stick)

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cup flour

3/8 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup white chocolate chips

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mash bananas in a medium bowl.

3. Combine wet ingredients, softened butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and eggs, in a medium bowl.
4. Whisk together dry ingredients, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt, in another medium bowl.
5. Slowly add mashed bananas to wet ingredients.
6. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.

My sister, on the left whisking the dry ingredients & her friend on the right combining the wet ingredients.

7. After dry ingredients are combined well with the wet ingredients, add half of the white chocolate chips.
8. Pour batter into greased (I used non-stick spray) muffin pan about 3/4 way full. Batter will be slightly sticky and thick, but that is how it's suppose to be.  I need to get a new muffin pan, but I have these cute little heart-shaped cups that work perfectly!
9. Use the rest of the white chocolate chips to add about 5-6 of them on top of each muffin.

10. Place in oven for about 22-25 minutes. Let cool for about 5 minutes.
11. ENJOY!