Easy Apple Cinnamon Muffins

[fitfool]

As the recipe promised, this was an easy recipe. My favorite part of this is the crunch crumb topping on the muffins. Nothing like a bit of sugar to get me going in the morning. My go-to muffin recipe is still the Banana Chocolate Nut Muffins from mellybrelly.

Easy Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Prep Time: 20 Min
Cook Time: 25 Min
Ready in: 45 Min
Yield: 12 muffins

INGREDIENTS

* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 cup white sugar
* 1/4 cup brown sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/4 cup apple sauce [I used apple sauce and veg. oil instead of original 1/3 cup veg oil)
* 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
* 1 egg
* 1/3 cup milk
* 2 apples - peeled, cored and chopped

Topping:
* 1/2 cup brown sugar
* 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/4 cup butter, cubed [1/2 stick]
* 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
   
2. Stir together 1 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, salt, baking powder and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix in oil, egg and milk. Fold in apples. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling to the top of the cup.
   
3. For the topping: In a small bowl, stir together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, butter and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix together with fork and sprinkle over unbaked muffins.
   
4. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out with just a few crumbs stuck to it.
   

Adapted from this original recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Easy-Apple-Cinnamon-Muffins/Detail.aspx

Muffins baked in muffin tin. You can see they overflowed a bit.

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Inside of Apple Cinnamon Muffins. (I baked these slightly too long I think. Came out a bit drier than I would've liked.)