Super easy Apple Crumble Muffins… a soft apple muffin base topped with a crunchy oat crumble! These make the perfect lunch box treat (printable Conventional and Thermomix recipe cards included).
When it comes to yummy muffins… these Apple Crumble Muffins are the ultimate!!! The grated apple in the mixture keeps the muffins beautifully moist, while the oat crumble gives the most perfect crunch.
Unfortunately, I can’t take credit for this recipe myself – it’s one that I pinched off my Mum a few years ago (and have made every couple of months ever since!).
Freezer-friendly muffins
The best thing about these muffins (about from how darn delicious they are!), is that they’re freezer-friendly – which is perfect because you can whip up a batch, eat a few while they’re fresh from the oven and then freeze the rest for quick and easy snacks.
Unless you’ve got a big family or are feeding a crowd, I’d highly recommend freezing your leftover muffins. Muffins are one of those things that are always best eaten on the first day or two – so if you don’t think you’ll get through all 12 straight away, pop them into the freezer (that way they’ll be just as fresh as when they came out of the oven!).
Easy Muffin Recipes
And while these Apple Crumble Muffins really are sooooo incredibly good (they really, really are… so please make a batch today!), here’s a few of my other favourite muffin recipes:
Or check out my entire collection of muffin recipes here (sorry, there’s too many to list!!!).
Well that’s all the muffin-y goodness I’ve got for you today! I hope you love these Apple Crumble Muffins as much as we do! xx
Ooh and to see how simple it is to make these muffins, check out the video below!
Apple Crumble Muffins
Ingredients
For the muffins:
- 220 g self-raising flour
- 115 g (1/2 cup) vegetable oil
- 190 g (3/4 cup) milk
- 1 egg, beaten
- 165 g (3/4 cup) caster sugar
- 2 small apples, grated
For the crumble:
- 75 g (1/2 cup) plain flour
- 110 g (1 cup) rolled oats
- 80 g (1/2 cup) brown sugar
- 80 g butter, chopped
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
Conventional Method
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees celsius (fan-forced). Line a 12-hole muffin tray with muffin cases and set aside.
- Place all of the muffin ingredients (not the crumble ingredients) into a bowl and mix together until just combined.
- Divide the mixture between the prepared muffin holes (filling to 2/3 full).
- To make the topping, mix the crumble ingredients together until combined. Sprinkle the crumble mixture over the top of the muffins.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden on top and cooked through.
- Leave in the muffin tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Thermomix Method
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees celsius (fan-forced). Line a 12-hole muffin tray with muffin cases and set aside.
- Place the chopped apples into the Thermomix bowl. Grate on Speed 8, 10 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Add the remaining muffin ingredients (not the crumble ingredients) into the Thermomix bowl and mix on Speed 5, 5 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and repeat for a further 5 seconds.
- Divide the mixture between the prepared muffin holes (filling to 2/3 full).
- To make the topping, place the crumble ingredients into a clean Thermomix bowl and press Turbo a few times until you have achieved a consistent crumble mixture (and all of the dry ingredients have been completely combined with the butter).
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden on top and cooked through.
- Leave in the muffin tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
They look delicious!
How much flour in cups instead of Grams?
Hi Jan, for the muffins you’ll need 1 and a half cups of self-raising flour. For the crumble, you’ll need 1/2 cup plain flour. xx
These are to die for. I used pink lady apples (on the larger side) and had no brown sugar for the crumble so just used normal sugar. They turned out amazing – will make these again and again!
Yippeee!!! Thank you so much for your lovely comment!
Beautiful muffin mixture, I found that most of the crumble fell off the muffins and very messy to eat. Will try more butter in the topping next time to hold it all together
Delish! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Lucy,
Hello from way Down Under! Just wondering do I have to peel the apples?
Grated apple . Can I just roughly chop the apple? I’m hungry already
Karine
Hi Karine, no you could leave the skin on if you like! Grating the apple gives the entire muffin a beautiful sweet and moist flavour. You’ll still get a yummy flavour with chunks of apple but the texture wont be as good!