Apple Muffins with Maple Glaze is a copycat of the old Costco muffins. Moist, fluffy, apple and spice-filled muffins topped with streusel and drizzled with a maple glaze. This tasty apple muffin recipe is perfect for your brunch table!
I have never been a muffin girl, unti lately. I do recall years ago my mom or teaches getting a large pack of muffins from Costco and one was apple with a maple glaze. I remember always begging for that muffin. It was delish.
Well it’s been a few years. And the other day the muffin just popped in my head. Baked goods seem to do that to me. Anyways I left work that day and stopped at Target to pick up some ingredients. Well un benounced to me the Target by my work has a 1/8 of a baking aisle and carries not fresh fruit. So no apples for the muffins I wanted. 🙁 I was annoyed. But later that night I happened to go to Trader Joes and got my apples 🙂 so muffins would be made the next day ! WOO HOO
And let me say these Apple Muffins with Maple Glaze deserve a WOO HOO! I seriously loved them! In fact I loved them so much I hoarded them in a bag inside my purse so no one else could get to them. Sad? Pathetic? I know, I have issues.
On a serious note, the spices, the chunks of apples, the oats in the batter, the moistness, the maple glaze- what is not to love? These Apple Muffins w/ Maple Glaze will defo be making many more appearances in my kitchen.
Please let me know if you make this Apple Muffins with a Maple Glaze Recipe!
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Apple Muffins with Maple Glaze is a copycat of the old Costco muffins. Moist, fluffy, apple and spice filled muffins topped with streusel and drizzled with a maple glaze. This tasty apple muffin recipe is perfect for your brunch table!
Ingredients
Muffins
- 250 Grams (2 Cups) All-Purpose/ Plain Flour
- 50 Grams (1/2 Cup) Quick-Cooking Oats
- 150 Grams (3/4 Cup) Brown Sugar
- 50 Grams (1/4 Cup) Granulated Sugar
- 3 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cloves
- 1/4 Teaspoon Allspice
- 1/4 Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- 2 Large Eggs, at room temperature
- 4oz (1/2 Cup) Sour Cream
- 5.3oz (2/3 Cup)Whole Milk or 2%
- 2.6oz (1/3 Cup) Vegetable Oil
- 2 Teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 Large Tart Apple, cut into small chunks (mine came out to 1 1/2 cups)
Streusel Topping
- 63 Grams (1/2 Cup) All-Purpose/ Plain Flour
- 50 Grams (1/4 Cup) Brown Sugar
- 4oz (8 Tablespoons) Butter, at room temp.
- 25 Grams (1/4 Cup) Rolled Oats
- Pinch of Ground Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Cloves
Maple Glaze
- 150 Grams (1 Heaping Cup) Confectioners/Powdered Sugar, sifted
- 3 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
- 1 Tablespoons Maple Extract
- 1 Tablespoons Hot Water
Instructions
Muffins
- Preheat oven to 375F and heavily grease a muffin pan.
- In a medium bowl mix together flour, quick oats, sugars, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl mix together eggs, sour cream, milk, oil, and vanilla. Slowly mix in dry ingredients, just until no flour streaks remain. Fold in apple chunks.
Streusel Topping
- To make streusel topping in a medium bowl mix flour, brown sugar, butter, oats, a pinch of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
- Fill muffin pans all the way to the top with batter. Sprinkle streusel on top. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Until a toothpick inserted in comes out clean. Place on wire rack to cool.
Maple Glaze
- In a small bowl mix together powdered sugar, maple syrup, maple extract and hot water. If too thin add a tsp of water at a time to reach desired consistency. Drizzle on top of muffins.
Keywords: costco muffin recipe, maple apple recipe
Ron says
This must be the Target version of the recipe. I don’t see any apples listed.
Elizabeth says
That would be me writing the recipe at 2am and forgetting about the apples all together! LOL Sorry for the mistake and thanks for letting me know 🙂
Ron says
Thanks! I can’t wait to make them. Sounds Delish!
Elizabeth says
I hope you do Ron. My family and friends LOVED them.
Laura Dembowski says
I love muffins and these look like some totally awesome muffins! I’m a little leery of the new grocery department in my Target – things aren’t looking so fresh there either. I also remember those Costco muffins, but I don’t eat them anymore because the ingredient list is a mile long and they don’t taste nearly as good as homemade.
Elizabeth says
Yes homemade= way better! 🙂
ashley - baker by nature says
I love muffins – especially for breakfast! These look so warm and comforting. Bookmarking for the Fall!
Elizabeth says
Thanks Ashley 🙂
Gloria @ Simply Gloria says
You sound like a Costco girl like me…love all their goodies in the baking area! These apple chunks rock in this muffin!
Btw, your nail polish color is very pretty!
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says
I love it when you get all muffin girlie on me.
Elizabeth says
Oh shoot girl! ME too!!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
I could drink that maple glaze! SO good.
Jocelyn says
Oh, nothing beats a nice warm glazed muffin!
Elizabeth says
True that!
Nicole @ Daily Dish Recipes says
Omg! These look SO good! Moist and that Maple Glaze makes me want to lick it all off. haha
My son will love these! Great recipe!
Miss Messy says
That maple glaze looks totally amazing. I’d want to put it on everything! 🙂
Cindy says
A long time ago I made these but forgot to write down the recipe that I had come up with. With your recipe I would double the strussel and pack the bottom of each muffin with 2 T. Of it so you get that crunchy bottom too. These are my favorite muffins. Today my granddaughter and I made blueberry ones. I get to eat a couple before I send them home with her, because first my husband is not a muffin eater…. Ok back… I’m old not dead! And doesn’t like blueberries. Though he will eat 1-2 slices of a quick bread… Dah… Same thing! So I need send this recipe to my computer so I can print it off. Thanks so much for making it available to print! Cindy from Alaska 12/31/15
Jennifer says
Thank you for this recipe, I just made them following the recipe exactly and they came out beautifully! They were a little taller than the muffins pictured, and the maple glaze was perfect. So delicious. I love the maple Costco muffins but don’t live anywhere near a Costco so this recipe will perfectly suffice. Good work!
Kim says
My family all liked these muffins, though the streusel could use a little more spice. My husband doesn’t like oat in muffins, so I ground that ingredient to a flour consistency. I plan to make these again!
★★★★
Elizabeth Waterson says
Thank you for coming back and leaving a review, Kim. I appreciate it so much!! I too sometimes grind the oats down, it really creates such a fabulous texture!
Jesse says
Just like costco’s without the unpronounceable ingredients and excess sugar! Loved them! Super comforting late summer/ fall treat! Thanks for sharing your recipe
★★★★★
Elizabeth Waterson says
Thank you so much for coming back to review the muffins Jesse, I really appreciate it! Hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy during this trying time. XX Liz