These Maple Drizzled Apple Muffins are a light and crumbly muffin topped with a pecan and then drizzled with a sugary maple glaze. They’re plump-full of apple chunks and cinnamon spice.

These apple muffins make the best morning treat for your family! I’ve always viewed muffins as a great, grab-and-go breakfast. It’s so easy to make them ahead, and then you’re able to enjoy them for several days to come. Plus, weekends are the perfect time to bake some muffins. It’s like a little treat you are making yourself for the days ahead!

Ingredients needed:

• all purpose flour
• quick cooking oats
• white sugar
• baking powder and cinnamon
• milk
• butter
• maple syrup
• egg
• apple
• pecans
• powdered sugar

How to make Maple Drizzled Apple Muffins:

The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.

Cool the muffins in the pan for 10 minutes before removing them to a wire rack to cool completely.

The glaze on these muffins hardens, and they stay absolutely fresh for a couple of days after baking. If you don’t wish to have the glaze, you can always leave it off, but it does make for a nice addition to the muffin.  Throw them in a freezer zip bag and toss them in the freezer if you want to save some for later. Enjoy!

If you’re looking for more recipes for Apple Muffin recipes, you might also enjoy these Apple Fritter Muffins, Dutch Apple Pie Muffins and Apple Walnut Cheesecake Muffins.

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Maple Drizzled Apple Muffins

These are a light and crumbly apple muffin topped with a pecan and then drizzled with a sweet maple glaze.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword apple muffins, maple, muffins

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings 12 muffins (1 per serving)

Calories 247kcal

Author RecipeGirl.com

Ingredients

MUFFINS:

• 1⅓ cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup quick cooking oats
• ⅔ cup granulated white sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ cup milk
• ⅓ cup butter, melted
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• 2 cups chopped, peeled apples (I use Granny Smith)
• 12 whole pecan halves

GLAZE:

• ⅓ cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup

Instructions

BAKE THE MUFFINS:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F. Spray a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick spray or line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the milk, butter, syrup and egg; stir it into the dry ingredients and mix just until moistened. Fold in the apples.
• Fill the prepared muffin cups ¾ full (this is easiest to do when you use an ice cream scoop). Top each with a pecan half. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until the muffins test done. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

ADD THE GLAZE:

• In a small bowl, mix the powdered sugar with syrup and drizzle over the cooled muffins.

Nutrition

Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 247kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 158mg | Potassium: 133mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 219IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 97mg | Iron: 1mg

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