There’s muffin wrong with an oaty, warm apple muffin topped with a brown sugar cinnamon crumble for breakfast. Or second breakfast, or lunch, or after school snack, or post-dinner-pre-dessert palate cleanser. Fresh apples, rolled oats, whole wheat flour, and coconut oil make this fall treat a little healthy, very tasty, and perfect fuel for a day of leaf-peeping.
Makes 12 Cinnamon Apple Muffins
Ingredients
Crumble Topping:
- 3 Tbs Imperfect Foods Rolled Oats
- 1 Tbs butter, melted
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1โ2 tsp Imperfect Foods Ground Cinnamon
Muffins:
- 1 c Imperfect Foods Rolled Oats
- 1 c whole wheat or all-purpose flour
- 1โ2 tsp baking powder
- 1โ2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Imperfect Foods Ground Cinnamon
- 1โ4 c honey
- 1โ3 c melted refined coconut oil (or any neutral oil like grapeseed oil or vegetable oil)
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1โ3 c brown sugar
- 2 c shredded, unpeeled apples (about two large)
Instructions
- Make the crumble topping by combining oats, butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with muffin cups.
- Put oats in a food processor and pulse into a flour-like consistency. Combine oat flour, wheat flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
- Mix together honey, oil, eggs and vanilla in a medium bowl. Add sugar and stir until combined. Add apples; stir until well combined. Add in flour mixture and stir until just combined.
- Divide batter into 12 muffin cups and sprinkle tops with crumble. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes and enjoy it!
Recipe Notes and Variations
- These cinnamon apple muffins can easily be made vegan. Just replace the eggs with “flax eggs,” change out the butter for coconut oil or a good vegan butter like Miyoko’s, and swap the honey for maple syrup.
- Have leftover apples and a desire to keep baking? Try this Apple Puffed Pancake, these Apple Cheesecake Bars, or a Caramel Apple Galette.
29 Comments
Valerie Hanson
October 14, 2020 at 6:30 pmJust confirming… 305 degrees not 350? That seems a bit unusual.
McKenzie
October 14, 2020 at 6:43 pmWhen do you add the apples?
Kristin
October 14, 2020 at 7:02 pmThe recipe does not specify when to add the shredded apples. I presume with the wet ingredients? Also, this says to bake at 305 degrees. Shouldn’t that be 350?
Imperfect Foods
October 14, 2020 at 11:37 pmThanks for pointing that out so we could correct this post! The apples are added with the wet ingredients and the oven should be set to 350!
Mikaela
October 14, 2020 at 10:02 pmIs the heat setting a typo? It says 305 degrees but should it be 350?
Imperfect Foods
October 14, 2020 at 11:31 pmOops! Yes that was a typo! We got that corrected to 350, thanks for letting us know!
Melissa
October 15, 2020 at 4:39 pmIs there a print-friendly version? I mightโve just missed the button, but I think I looked pretty thoroughly. I was trying to print from my phone so I could make these immediately, if not sooner. ๐คค
Kim
October 15, 2020 at 5:16 pmSalt is not listed on ingredients. How much salt is needed?
Jacque Lethbridge
October 15, 2020 at 5:31 pmI would like to print the Cinammon Apple Oat Muffin recipe, but there is nowhere to do so?????
Janice Haegele
January 17, 2021 at 12:57 pmThe easy way to print when there is no print friendly version is to hold ctrl down, then click on p. It may not produce the clean copy you would obtain with the print friendly version, but simply use a pen to clean it up a bit.
Kaylin
October 15, 2020 at 5:41 pmDo you know how long they last at room temperature? Should I kept them in the fridge instead?
Natalie L
October 16, 2020 at 12:48 amThis recipe is super yummy and easy! I doubled the crumb topping to fill all 12 muffins and used AP Flour since I didnโt have wheat, it turned out good. I definitely recommend making if you have apples on hand.
Macie
October 16, 2020 at 3:19 pmSo yummy! I made these last night and they were delicious! I used what I already had at home, so I swapped honey for maple syrup and melted butter in place of the coconut oil. I definitely recommend doubling the crumble topping! Saving this to make again!
Linz
October 16, 2020 at 6:10 pmThis recipe says to add salt to dry ingredients, but not listed. Also, it does not say when to add brown sugar to muffin.
Heather
October 18, 2020 at 4:42 pmHow much salt?
H Ohlrich
October 19, 2020 at 1:04 amIt the instructions it says to add salt but it’s not in the ingredient list. How much salt?
Larry Hill
October 19, 2020 at 4:47 pmWhere is the “print” button?
Melissa
October 20, 2020 at 10:53 pmI just made these and YUM!!! The house smelled amazing, and the finished result is the yummiest, most moist muffins ever! The crumbly topping has the perfect crispness, and all the flavors come through nicely. I might add more cinnamon next time for just a bit more kick.
Also, the ingredients list doesn’t mention salt, but the instructions do. I guessed and used 1/2 tsp. I also don’t have a food processor, so I just threw the oats in whole (I only had quick-cooking on hand). They turned out well! ๐
Steph
October 21, 2020 at 5:43 amWould oat flour be OK to use instead of rolled oats? If so, what measurement do you recommend?
Kathleen C. May
October 23, 2020 at 9:30 pmRecipe doesn’t specify how much salt is to be added
Taylor
October 25, 2020 at 3:03 pmThe instructions mention adding salt to the dry ingredients, but I didn’t see an amount. I just did a dash!
Katherine KD
December 2, 2020 at 3:34 amI’m so excited to find a recipe for something that not only looks delicious, but has an ingredient list I can fill without going to the store! Do you happen to have nutritional info for this? I’d love if that became part of the recipe posts. ๐
Imperfect
December 3, 2020 at 9:40 pmWe love being your go to for yummy foods! You can calculate the nutritional information for this recipe, and all recipes here: bit.ly/3jSfzqj
Trudy Weber
December 24, 2020 at 2:23 pmI made these as gifts for the holidays and they look and smell amazing!
I made a few alterations: didnโt food process the oats, kept them whole, doubled the crumb topping and peeled the apples. Besides that followed the recipe and they came out exactly as I hoped!
Also, they cooked in just under 20 mins
Imperfect
January 14, 2021 at 11:22 pmSuch a great holiday gift! ๐
Linda Pomeroy-Hull
January 16, 2021 at 6:43 pmDid you add salt and if so, so how much?
Imperfect
January 20, 2021 at 10:52 pmYep! As mentioned in the recipe, 1 tsp is needed ๐
Mary
January 7, 2021 at 3:27 amCan I substitute applesauce in place of the oil? Normally it can be done in other baked goods. Coconut products are very high in fat & not allowed in my cardiac diet.
Imperfect
January 14, 2021 at 11:38 pmYes, definitely!