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Caramel Apple Pie Streusel Muffins | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | these spectacular #muffins taste like eating #CandiedApples but in muffin form! The #recipe includes #CaramelApple #GreekYogurt. Perfect for a #holiday, company or weekend #breakfast. #apples #HolidayBreakfast #EasterBreakfast #MothersDayBreakfast

Caramel Apple Pie Streusel Muffins

Teresa Ambra
These scrumptious muffins are filled with apples and caramel apple Greek yogurt. They're spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Then they're topped with a pecan streusel topping and iced with a vanilla buttercream glaze. They make the perfect breakfast for holidays or special occasion brunches.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 24 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 9 minutes
Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins, Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 16
Calories 313 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 12-tin regular muffin pans
  • muffin liners
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 whisk
  • 2 small mixing bowls
  • 1 nut chopper if nuts are not previously chopped
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons

Ingredients
  

STREUSEL TOPPING:

  • 1/3 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1 tbsp. granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted
  • 2/3 cup UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup pecans chopped

MUFFINS:

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 5.3 oz. container Caramel Apple Greek yogurt or Icelandic yogurt
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 cups UNBLEACHED flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. sea salt
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. ginger
  • 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
  • 3 tbsp. heavy whipping cream or half-and-half
  • 2 large gala apples peeled, cored and diced

GLAZE:

  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 3-4 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions
 

STREUSEL MUFFINS:

  • In a small mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients.
  • The mixture will be crumbly.
  • Set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 425°.
  • Line muffin pans with paper liners; spray with cooking spray.
  • Set aside.

MUFFINS:

  • In a medium bowl combine butter, sugars, eggs, yogurt, vanilla, baking soda, baking powder, salt whipping cream, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and mix with an electric mixer until well combined.
  • Stir in flour and apples gently with a wooden spoon until ingredients are just moistened.
  • Don’t overmix the batter.
  • Spoon the muffin batter into prepared muffin tins all the way up to the top.
  • Crumble the streusel topping over each muffin and press the topping down gently into the muffins.
  • Bake for 5 minutes at 425°.
  • Adjust heat to 350° and bake for 15-19 more minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Cool about 10 minutes.
  • Add glaze.

GLAZE:

  • Whisk all of the ingredients together.
  • Allow muffins to cool about 10 minutes in muffin tins.
  • Remove muffins from baking tins and place on wire rack.
  • Place glaze mixture in a zip lock bag and cut off a small tip from one corner.
  • Drizzle glaze over muffins.

Notes

NOTE: Be sure to stir yogurt before adding to ingredients.
 
 
 
NOTE: Milk will not bring the proper consistency in the glaze. Cream is preferred.
 
 
 
NOTE: If piping icing from zip lock bag, you will not be able to use one with the "easy to fill" bottom. Those won't work.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 313kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 5gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 53mgSodium: 196mgPotassium: 113mgFiber: 2gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 400IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 1mg
Keyword apple pie, apples, breakfast, caramel, muffins
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