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.

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Pumpkin Apple Streusel Muffins

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!

Course Breakfast

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Servings 24 muffins

Author Sarah @ The Gold Lining Girl

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:

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

For cinnamon streusel:

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