These Cookie Butter Apple Muffins with Streusel Topping are crazy easy to make and are perfect for apple season!
We make these cookie butter apple muffins for breakfast as often as possible. Not only do they taste incredible but they fill your house with the greatest aroma while they bake.
This post has been sponsored by SweeTango. Thanks to all the companies, and readers, who help support Cravings of a Lunatic.
Fall is in full swing and I'm loving it. The thing I love most about fall is apple season!
The possibilities for apple recipes are limitless. You can make sweet or savoury recipes with them which is one of the many reasons I love apples.
One of my favourite things to make with apples is muffins. My sister is the queen of muffin baking so I learned from an expert. She is an incredible cook.
This cookie butter apple muffin recipe is based off a recipe she shared with me for years ago for apple muffins. One of Deb's secrets is to grate her apples when baking.
One of the amazing things about grating your apples is every bite of muffin will have apple in it. When you use bigger pieces that doesn't always happen.
So I highly recommend grating your apples for muffins like these. If you like your muffins a bit on the dry side you can also squeeze out any excess juice.
For this recipe I didn't squeeze any excess juice out of the grated apples. The recipe accounts for that and you will get super moist muffins every time.
For this recipe we picked up SweeTango apples at our local Costco. You can also find them at various stores in your area in Canada.
Where to find SweeTango Apples in Ontario:
- Costco
- Metro
- Fortinos
- Loblaw
- Zehrs
- Independent Grocers
Where to find SweeTango Apples in Quebec:
- Costco
- Metro
- Provigo
- IGA
Where to find SweeTango Apples in NS/NB/New Brunswick and P.E.I.:
- Costco
- Atlantic Superstore
- Dominion
- Sobeys
- Walmart
- Independent Grocers
Some fun information about SweeTango Apples:
- You can find even more information and fabulous recipes on SweeTango.com! Follow them on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!
- SweeTango apples are grown in Canada. They are out for a limited time from early October until Mid-November or until stock runs out.
- These are a premium apple known for its crisp, juicy bite and sweet=tangy flavour. SweeTango apples are described as having a touch of citrus, honey and spice. Every bite in heavenly!
- The first SweeTango apples hit grocery stores nationwide in 2009 after apple breeders at the University of Minnesota crossed the Honeycrisp and Zestar apples.
- It is a managed variety, meaning only select apple growers are allowed to grow them. That means consistent quality apples!
- The SweeTango apple holds the Guinness World Record for "Loudest Crunch of an Apple" dated in March 2016. The bite produced a crunch that clocked in at 79.1 decibels. I know, how cool is that.
Are you ready for the perfect muffin recipe? Let's do this!
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Love these Cookie Butter Apple Muffins, Try These Breakfast Recipes:
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- Potato and Bacon Breakfast Hash
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Cookie Butter Apple Cinnamon Muffins with Streusel Topping
Equipment
Ingredients
For the muffins:
- 2 cups flour (AP)
- 3 teaspoon baking powder
- 1.5 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup white granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs lightly beaten
- 1 cup vanilla yogurt
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- 2 tablespoon cookie butter
- 2 cups SweeTango apples, peeled and grated
For the streusel topping:
- ¼ cup white granulated sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon flour
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 tablespoon cookie butter (cold cookie butter works best)
For the glaze/icing:
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 3 tablespoon milk or heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray muffin tin wells with nonstick spray. Set aside.
For the muffins:
- In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients for the muffins, which includes flour, baking powder, baking soda, white granulated sugar, light brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix well.
- In another large bowl combine the wet ingredients for the muffins, which includes the eggs, vanilla yogurt, butter and cookie butter. Mix well.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix by hand until just combined. Add the grated apples and mix again until evenly distributed in the dough.
- Transfer the mixture to the muffin tins, filling the wells three quarters full. Set aside while you mix the streusel topping.
For the streusel topping:
- In a medium bowl combine the white granulated sugar, light brown sugar, flours, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir until combined. Add the cookie butter and use a fork or pastry cutter to mix the ingredients until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over the muffin tops.
- Place the muffin tins in the preheated oven and cook for about 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire cooling rack.
For the glaze/icing:
- Mix the confectioners sugar and milk (or heavy cream if you want a thicker glaze) until smooth. Drizzle over muffins.
- Serve with a big SweeTango apple loving smile!
Nutrition
Be sure to check out my other recipe for SweeTango as well. I made a Skillet Caramel Apple Crisp for them last year and it was amazing!!
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Bridget Clements
Pleas tell me what cookie butter is
Kim Beaulieu
Hi Bridget. It's similar in texture to peanut butter. It's a sandwich spread you can buy at grocery stores, Walmart or Amazon. Trader Joe's has some too. Here's an affiliate link to some Biscoff on Amazon so you can get a visual:
https://amzn.to/2z8La2v
Rach
Made this last weekend. Really good!
Kim Beaulieu
Thanks. Happy you liked it.
Jess
Can you make these with bananas instead of apples?
Kim Beaulieu
Absolutely. Just mash your bananas or chop them up finely. Use approximately the same amount of fruit though so you don't throw off the ratios for baking.
Jill Baird
The struesel topping is to die for! So delicious!
Kim Beaulieu
Thank you so much.