Kittencal's Jumbo Double Streusel Apple Muffins
Created by KittenCal on October 16, 2011
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #643
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder (or 1 semi-heaping teaspoon)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup applesauce (sweetened or unsweetened)
- 1 cup granulated sugar (white)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 apples, coarsely grated (medium apples)
- FOR STREUSEL
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose foour
- 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons butter (cold, cut into chunks)
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Step 2: Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
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Step 3: Grease a 6 jumbo muffin tins.
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Step 4: For streusel; in a bowl bowl combine the brown sugar with flour and cinnamon; using fingers blend in the cold butter until mixture is like coarse crumbs; set aside.
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Step 5: In a medium bowl combine the flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt.
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Step 6: In a large bowl beat together butter with applesauce, sugar, eggs and vanilla until smooth and no sugar granules remain (about 3 minutes).
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Step 7: Stir in grated apples.
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Step 8: Using a wooden spoon or a spatula gradually blend in the flour mixture just until combined (do not over mix the batter).
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Step 9: Spoon half of the batter between the muffin tins (I use about 2 heaping tablespoonfuls for each jumbo muffin tin) then spoon half of the streusel mixture over the batter.
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Step 10: Spoon remaining batter over the streusel then top with remaining streusel.
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Step 11: Bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven or until muffins test done.
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Step 12: Allow to sit 5 minutes before removing muffins from pan.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (191.8 g)
- Calories 639.1
- Total Fat - 26 g
- Saturated Fat - 13.9 g
- Cholesterol - 120.3 mg
- Sodium - 571.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 96.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.9 g
- Sugars - 62.8 g
- Protein - 7 g
- Calcium - 100.2 mg
- Iron - 1 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg