Vegan Apple Cinnamon Muffins with Streusel
These easy vegan apple cinnamon muffins are a favourite of mine. They're topped with a spiced crumble and I could eat them everyday!
Servings: 12 Muffins
Calories: 249kcal
Ingredients
For the cinnamon streusel topping:
- 30 g all-purpose flour
- 25 g brown sugar
- 1.5 Tablespoons vegan butter softened room temperature
- 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
For the muffin batter:
- 2 large Granny Smith cooking apples
- 1 large ripe banana (mashed)
- 180 g granulated sugar
- 240 ml soy milk
- 2.5 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 75 ml vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 275 g all-purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Preparation:
- Preheat your oven to 200 Celsius (392F).
- Line a 12-hole or two 6-hole muffin trays with cupcake liners. Grease them with oil then set aside.
- Remove the core and skin from the two apples.
- Chop them into 1cm cubes. Set aside until needed.
Make the cinnamon streusel:
- In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar and cinnamon. Next, press your vegan butter with your hands into mixture to form a streusel. Place the streusel crumble in the fridge while you make the batter.
Make the muffin batter:
- In a mixing bowl, whisk your mashed banana, granulated sugar, soy milk, apple cider vinegar, vegetable oil and vanilla extract.
- Now fold in the dry ingredients: the all-purpose flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon and salt.
- Fold the batter but avoid over-mixing it. When almost all the flour has been combined, fold in the chopped apples.
- Pour your apple cinnamon muffin batter into each of the cupcake liners evenly. Top each of them with some cinnamon streusel.
Bake the muffins:
- Bake the muffins in the center of your oven for 25 minutes. When they come out, they should be golden brown. A skewer should also come out clean.
- Let the apple muffins cool in the trays for 10 minutes. Transfer them over to a cooling rack to cool completely.
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Notes
- I usually chop my Granny Smith apples into 1cm cubes but 0.5cm cubes are even better. Any bigger than 1cm and the apples will simply be too large for these muffins.
- When making the muffin batter, fold the flour and dry ingredients until they are just folded in. Over-mixing the batter will prevent the muffins from being light and fluffy.
Nutrition
Calories: 249kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.05g | Sodium: 327mg | Potassium: 96mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 164IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 99mg | Iron: 1mg