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Last Updated on November 30, 2021 by laurenpacek

These Apple Oat Streusel Muffins are moist, tender, and full of apples and fall flavors. Plus, they're topped with a spicy, crunchy streusel!

Apple Oat Streusel Muffins | A Nerd Cooks

Yes, it's muffins again. If you'll recall, I shared these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins with you all a couple of weeks ago.

But now we're back with another really great fall flavor combination: apples and cinnamon. They're really tender, and an unrealistic part of me likes to think that they're sort of healthy because they're full of apples, coconut oil, and oats.

This recipe comes from Celebrating Sweets.

Apple Oat Streusel Muffins

Name: Apple Oat Streusel Muffins
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tbsp all-purpose flour; 2 tbsp old fashioned oats; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped; 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon; 2 tbsp unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 tsp kosher salt; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted and cooled slightly; 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed; 2 eggs; 3/4 cup cooked plain oatmeal; 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce; 1 cup finely chopped apple, (see notes)

Yield: 12 muffins

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

These Apple Oat Streusel Muffins are moist, tender, and full of apples and fall flavors. Plus, they're topped with a spicy, crunchy streusel!

Ingredients

For the muffins

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ tsp kosher salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
¼ cup coconut oil, melted and cooled slightly
⅔ cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
¾ cup cooked plain oatmeal
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup finely chopped apple, (see notes)

For the streusel -

2 tbsp all-purpose flour
2 tbsp old fashioned oats
2 tbsp brown sugar
¼ cup walnuts, chopped
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces

Instructions

To make the muffins

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners and set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking powder. Set aside.
In another medium-sized bowl, whisk together the coconut oil, brown sugar, eggs, oatmeal, and applesauce.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir until just combined. Add the apple and stir until combined.
Divide the batter between the 12 muffin cups.

To make the streusel

In a small bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon. Work the butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles wet sand.
Sprinkle the streusel evenly over the 12 muffin cups.
Bake for 13-15 minutes, or until a toothpick, when inserted into the center, comes out clean. Allow the muffins to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before removing them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Notes

Notes: I used a Gala apple and left the skin on

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 217Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 84mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 2gSugar: 14gProtein: 4g