These Sugar Free Cinnamon Apple Streusel Muffins are easy to make and are perfect for breakfast, brunch, or even as a snack.
Made with applesauce and topped with a cinnamon streusel topping, these muffins are moist and soft and perfectly complemented with the crunchy sweet topping.
What you will read about in this recipe.
- What makes cinnamon apple muffins so good?
- Ingredients you need to make Cinnamon Apple Streusel Muffins
- How to make Cinnamon Apple Streusel Muffins
- Tips for making the best Apple Cinnamon Streusel Muffins
- How to store apple cinnamon muffins.
- Print the recipe for Sugar Free Cinnamon Apple Streusel Muffins
What makes cinnamon apple muffins so good?
These muffins are all about the balance of flavors and texture thanks to the apples, spices, and crunchy streusel topping.
I like that these muffins smell amazing while that they are baking in the oven!
Did you try my recipe for Sugar Free Cinnamon Apple Cookies?
Those cinnamon apple cookies are made with fresh apples and have a sugar free glaze on top. Both this recipe for Cinnamon Apple Streusel Muffins and that recipe for cookies smell and taste amazing especially during the fall season.
To make this recipe you will need a brown sugar alternative. You can find a selection of brown sugar alternatives here.
Ingredients you need to make Cinnamon Apple Streusel Muffins
- Flour. Use all purpose flour or a gluten free all purpose flour that contains a binder.
- Baking Soda and Baking Powder. Both are added to this recipe for levaning.
- Ground Cinnamon. The cinnamon really enhances the flavor of the applesauce used in these muffins.
- Salt. If you are using salted butter you can omit the salt.
- Butter. The butter used in this recipe should be melted.
- Applesauce. Use applesauce that has no added ingredients, such as sugar, added to it.
- Sugar Alternative. Use a granular sugar alternative that measures like sugar and that can also be baked with.
- Eggs. Your eggs should be at room temperature.
- Vanilla Extract. Added for flavor balance.
Ingredients needed to make Sugar Free Streusel Topping
- Brown Sugar Alternative. Select a brown sugar alternative that measures like brown sugar and that can also be baked with.
- Sugar Alternative. Use a granular sugar alternative that measures like sugar and that can also be baked with.
- Ground Cinnamon. Added for flavor.
- Flour. All purpose is used to make the topping crunchy.
- Butter. The butter should be melted.
Expert Tip👉 You can add walnuts to the batter for additional flavor and texture.
How to make Cinnamon Apple Streusel Muffins
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 12.
- Preheat your oven to 325 and prep your muffin pan well for nonstick.
- In a medium bowl, use a whisk to mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt.
- Next, in a mixing bowl, mix or beat together the melted butter, sugar alternative, and applesauce until blended. Then mix in the eggs and the vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients from the first bowl to the second bowl and mix until just combined.
- Use a large cookie scoop or similar sized item to evenly distribute the batter to the muffin holes, filling to about three quarters full.
- To make the streusel topping, combine together the streusel ingredients and mix until crumbly. Then layer about a tablespoon of the streusel on top of each of the muffins.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean (not including streusel that may attach itself to the toothpick).
- Let cupcakes cool in the pan for ten minutes before removing and transferring to a cooling rack.
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Tips for making the best Apple Cinnamon Streusel Muffins
Applesauce is used to make this recipe for flavor and texture. To keep this recipe as low in sugar as possible, make sure that your applesauce has no added sugar in it.
More helpful tips for you.
- Using fresh ingredients is important to the success of this recipe. This is especially true for the dry ingredients.
- When mixing your ingredients, mix them until they are just incorporated. Overmixing your batter can lead to dense and tough muffins. It is okay to have a few lumps in the batter as they will most likely just bake out.
- My muffins were made in a standard sized muffin pan. You could however use a different sized muffin pan, such as a jumbo muffin pan, making adjustments in baking time a needed.
- These muffins should be stored in a single layer or with parchment paper separating layers if stacked. If you are freezing the muffins, wrap each muffin individually in plastic wrap before storing them in a freezer-safe bag or container. This will help prevent them from sticking together.
How to store apple cinnamon muffins.
Once completely cooled, you can store leftover muffins in an airtight container. If properly stored, these muffins should keep for up to a few days at room temperature or up to a few months frozen.
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Sugar Free Cinnamon Apple Streusel Muffins
Equipment
- 1 muffin pan - 12 regular sized muffins
- 12 Muffin Liners - if not greasing for prep.
- 1 cookie scoop - for filling the muffin pan holes with batter
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Flour - all purpose
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
- ¼ tsp Salt - omit if using salted butter
- ⅓ cup Butter - unsalted preferred
- 1 ½ cups Applesauce -unsweetened
- ½ cup Sugar Alternative - see post for details
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
For Topping
- 2 tbsp Sugar Alternative -see post for details
- ¼ cup Brown Sugar Alternative -see post for details
- ½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ⅓ cup Flour
- 2 tbsp Butter - melted
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325 and prep your muffin pan well for nonstick.
- In a medium bowl, use a whisk to mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt.
- Next, in a mixing bowl, mix or beat together the melted butter, sugar alternative, and applesauce until blended. Then mix in the eggs and the vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients from the first bowl to the second bowl and mix until just combined. Use a large cookie scoop or similar sized item to evenly distribute the batter to the muffin holes, filling to about three quarters full.
- To make the streusel topping, combine together the streusel ingredients and mix until crumbly. Then layer about a tablespoon of the streusel on top of each of the muffins.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean (not including streusel that may attach itself to the toothpick). Let cupcakes cool in the pan for ten minutes before removing.
Recipe Notes
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