Pumpkin Apple Streusel Muffins

These flavorful pumpkin muffins are ultra-moist and sweet with the addition of grated apple! With lots of crunchy walnuts, and a sweet, buttery, cinnamon streusel on top!

The day I made these, I was at the grocery store four times, and I still went again the next morning. I also made four cheesecakes that day (including this one), and a bread recipe. The oven was on non-stop for hours. Each cheesecake takes about an hour to bake, so it was a marathon.

I never get everything I need in one grocery trip. Something always gets forgotten! In this case, I ran out of apples. There was a lot of apple stuff happening. I have an apple pie coming up, two apple crisp recipes, and an apple cake. I couldn’t keep enough apples in the house.

But I really wanted to make these muffins. Back to the store, I went.

Then I needed brown sugar, then sweet potatoes (not for the muffins though), and then pumpkin pie spice. I blow through that stuff in the fall, and I wish they sold it in bulk from Sam’s Club. Bulk pumpkin pie spice is a must.

All of these items scream fall, and the only thing missing that would complete the fall shopping list would be pumpkin, but I had the good sense to stock up on pumpkin weeks ago, so I was actually all set, as far as that goes.

I don’t love ending up at the grocery store as much as I do, but it’s worth it when I turn out a recipe that I’m proud of, and that I look forward to sharing. I love that these muffins combine a bunch of fall favorites in one: apples, pumpkin, walnuts, and spice. You pick up on all flavors, and none dominates overwhelmingly, so it’s a lovely marriage of everything.

They’re incredibly moist and sweet, and loaded with spice. If the muffin itself isn’t wonderful (but it is, I promise), it’s topped with a buttery, brown sugar-cinnamon streusel. I never met a streusel-topped baked good that I didn’t like. These will have your whole house smelling like fall, and they make for a delicious breakfast to throw together on weekends.

Pumpkin Apple Streusel Muffins

Sarah @ The Gold Lining Girl

These flavorful pumpkin muffins are ultra-moist and ultra-sweet with the addition of grated apple! With lots of crunchy walnuts, and a sweet, buttery, cinnamon streusel on top!

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 25 mins

Total Time 45 mins

Course Breakfast

Servings 24 muffins

Ingredients

  

For pumpkin apple muffins:

• 2 1/2 c. flour
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 c. packed brown sugar
• 1 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. ginger
• pinch of clove
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 c. pumpkin
• 1/2 c. vegetable oil
• 2 large apples peeled, grated (I used Fuji)
• 1 c. chopped walnuts

For streusel:

• 1 c. brown sugar
• 1 c. flour
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 6 tbsp. butter melted

Instructions

 

For pumpkin apple muffins:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, ginger, clove, baking soda, and salt, stirring until blended.
• In a medium bowl, combine eggs, pumpkin, oil, and apples, stirring until blended.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir until just combined.
• Fold in walnuts.
• Line 24 regular-sized muffin cups with paper liners.
• Fill 3/4-full with batter.

For cinnamon streusel:

• In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and butter, mixing until it resembles coarse crumbs.
• Sprinkle a generous tablespoonful of streusel on top of each muffin.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• Remove to wire racks to cool.