When we lived in Central Oregon I would go to Blenderz, a drive up coffee shop. They sold the most amazing huge apple struesel muffins made by a local bakery. I decided that while I may not be able to make the huge oversize muffins I could try to make normal sized muffins. I must have looked at forty recipes, none of which seemed right but did give me an estimate of where to start. They turned out perfect.
Muffins:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
4 small Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped into small pieces
Struesel:
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup oatmeal
1 Tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground nutmeg and ground cinnamon. Set aside.
Beat together butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla extract.
Slowly add flour mixture to sugar mixture. Stir in chopped apples.
Mix struesel ingredients and set aside.
Place muffin liners in muffin tin. Place 2 tablespoons of muffin mixture in each muffin cup. Sprinkle with struesel topping.
Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan for 5-10 minutes, then move to a cooling rack.
Yield: 24 muffins
