How about some Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins for breakfast? We all know breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Or at least we remember our parents yelling that at us as we ran out the front door, late for homeroom, with our faded purple Jansport draped over one shoulder, gripping breakfast (a bag of Gardetto's & a Dr. Pepper) in one hand and the keys to our '78 cherry red Toyota Celica in the other. Oh, that was just me? Ok, cool.
Guess what, our parents were right! It turns out, breakfast is important. But it can also be absolutely delicious. Whether you crave something hearty and comforting like this Brown Butter Apple Oat Walnut Bread with Whipped Honey Butter. Or you prefer to go for a savory bake like this Aged Gouda Pancetta and Kale Savory Dutch Baby or keep it sweet with party sized pan of Apple Bottom Hootenanny Pancakes. These Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins are as important as they are tasty.
While humble, muffins can shape shift into flavorful and textural bakes full of personality. From a simple blueberry muffin to something with more character like these Apple Cider Muffins, muffins area always a good idea.
These Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins are the type of thing you wish you could wake up to every morning.
Just imagine the warm, cinnamon spiced scent wafting through your chilly house on a crisp fall morning as you leisurely sip a hot mug of coffee. The Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins slowly rising in your oven. And, they don't take all day to bake. Therefore, you can slowly wake from your slumber, put on that pot of coffee and whip up a batch of Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins before anybody else stumbles into the kitchen.
These muffins come together in minutes
You are only a few ingredients and about 30 minutes of oven time away from a dreamy breakfast moment like this. Skipping breakfast is not an option when these home baked Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins are so simple. The easy batter for this recipe comes together in mere minutes and doesn't require any specialty equipment or fancy kitchen gadgets.
The Oat Streusel Topping gives these muffins their signature crumbly top
These Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins have chewy, textural Bob's Red Mill Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
throughout and they get topped with an extra layer of oaty, brown sugar and cinnamon spiced streusel topping just before baking.
Easy Oat Streusel Topping
- All Purpose Flour binds the rest of the ingredients into a crumbly streusel, Bob's Red Mill Organic All Purpose Flour is always a solid choice.
- Bob's Red Mill Old Fashioned Rolled Oats add tons of chewy texture to the streusel topping.
- Brown Sugar sweetens the streusel with warm, comforting undertones.
- Butter adds the indulgence and works to create the crumbles in this Oat Streusel topping.
- Cinnamon because all of that sweet butteriness is just begging for some warm spice.
- Salt, just a bit. Balances the flavors here.
The easy batter for this recipe comes together in mere minutes and doesn't require any specialty equipment or fancy kitchen gadgets. You don't even have to peel the apples for these Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins. Just chop the apples into bite sized bits and then toss them in with the apple cider, browned butter batter. Browning the butter adds a layer of richness and depth to the sweetness from the brown sugar, apples and cider.
Key Ingredients for Apple Cider Muffins
- Fresh Apples get cored and chopped into bite sized bits. No need to peel them but you're welcome to if you prefer. I use Honeycrisp apples because I love the flavor and texture. But Granny Smiths or Pink Lady's work great too.
- Browned butter gives the muffins a deeper flavor that balances the sweetness with warm nuttiness.
- Brown Sugar brings a depth in the sweetness.
- Cinnamon spices up the muffins, complimenting the sweet and buttery flavors in warm spice.
- Greek Yogurt or Buttermilk make the muffins ultra tender and provide a hint of tanginess.
- Bob's Red Mill Old Fashioned Rolled Oats give the muffins a bit of body and a textural, chewy bite.
- Apple Cider makes for moist and tender muffins providing a backbone of apple spice throughout each bite. The apple cider is featured both in the muffin batter and again in the icing to really enhance with flavor!
These Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins are tender and airy with chewy oats peppering each bite. The cinnamon spiced oat steusel topping blankets the muffins in flavor and texture. And the finishing drizzle of apple cider icing adds an extra kiss of spiced sweetness.
There is no denying that home baked breakfast just tastes better in the fall. Why not give these Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins a try this fall!
This post was made is in partnership with Bob’s Red Mill. Follow Bob’s Red Mill on Instagram and Facebook or check out bobsredmill.com to shop their impressive lineup of whole grains and much more.
Thank you for supporting me and the brands that I love! ❤️
📖 Recipe
Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 12 muffins
Description
These Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins are made with rich browned butter, spiced apple cider, hearty oats and sweet apples, then topped with a crumbly oat streusel topping and kissed with an apple cider glaze.
Ingredients
Streusel Topping
- ½ cup Bob's Red Mill Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
- ⅓ cup Bob's Red Mill Organic All Purpose Flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar (loosely packed)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¼ cup unsalted butter (cold & cut into ¼" cubes)
Apple Cider Oat Muffins
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cups Bob's Red Mill Organic All Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Bob's Red Mill Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup Greek yogurt or buttermilk (at room temperature)
- 6 tablespoons apple cider (at room temperature)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ cups apples (about 2 small apples, cored/chopped into ¼" chunks)
Cider Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar (sifted)
- 2 tablespoons apple cider
Instructions
Browning The Butter For The Muffins
- Chop the butter into a few chunks and add to a small saucepan warming over medium - medium high heat.
Slowly whisk or swirl the butter until it begins to turn a warm chestnut color and tiny brown flecks start to form on the bottom of the pan. It will take a few minutes and this is a delicate process, so stay vigilant. You want the butter browned but not burnt. Just before it's ready the butter will start to foam up.
Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
Streusel Topping
- Whisk together the oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Then cut in the cubed butter with a pastry blender or by squishing the butter into the dry ingredient between your fingers, until coarse crumbs the size of peas form. Chill in the fridge while you prepare the muffins.
Apple Cider Oat Muffins
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners, or lightly grease with butter.
- Whisk the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together in a mixing bowl.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, add the eggs and gently whisk. Then add the cooled browned butter, brown sugar, Greek yogurt, and apple cider together. Whisk until smooth.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Add half of the wet ingredients into the dry and fold together with a spatula. Add the second addition of wet ingredients an fold until just incorporated. Then gently fold in the chopped apples.
- Use a cookie scoop to fill the lined muffin tins, filling each cup almost to the top. Then sprinkle with the Streusel Topping.
- Place on middle rack of oven and bake 20-25 minutes, rotating from front to back halfway through. When they are ready, the muffins will be golden brown and nicely domed. A skewer inserted in the center of one should come out clean.
- After they've cooled for about 5 minutes in the muffin tin, carefully transfer the muffins to a cooling rack to finishing cooling.
Apple Cider Glaze
- Sift the powdered sugar into a mixing bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of apple cider and whisk until smooth. The glaze should run off of the whisk in a thick flowing ribbon. If the glaze is too thin, slowly whisk in more powdered sugar. If the glaze is too thick, slowly add more apple cider water.
- Once the muffins have cooled, drizzle the glaze over the muffins and serve.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: Muffins
Keywords: Apple Cider Oat Streusel Muffins, apple mufffins, Breakfast, breakfast muffins, breakfast pastries, muffins, oat muffins, streusel muffins
