Easy Festive Apple and Mincemeat Streusel Muffins are simply made with ingredients you probably already have in your larder. You can make them to serve for Christmas breakfast or as a sweet treat at any time of day. I think you’ll love them!
What is mincemeat?
Mincemeat is a rich mixture of dried fruits, spices, apples, citrus zest and juice, alcohol and suet or butter.
Is there meat in mincemeat?
Originally, there was meat in mincemeat as well as the dried fruit and spices. This is how it got its name. The meat element was gradually replaced with beef suet.
I use vegetable suet but you can also use butter. This means the mincemeat is also suitable for vegetarians.
Can I make my own mincemeat?
Yes, mincemeat is surprisingly easy to make at home.
Try these recipes for Slow Cooker Mincemeat with Ginger, Easy Chocolate Mincemeat or Chocolate Cherry Mincemeat from
Can I buy mincemeat?
You can buy jars of mincemeat in groceries and supermarkets, in the UK.
Like most things, homemade is much nicer, but you can improve bought mincemeat by adding a tablespoon of brandy and a grated apple to the mixture before including in your recipe.
How to make Festive Apple and Mincemeat Streusel Muffins
Put the flour, oats, sugar, and cinnamon in a large bowl and mix them together.
In another bowl, beat the egg and stir in the milk and oil, then gently stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined.
I used my Easy Slow Cooker Mincemeat with Ginger to make the muffins, but if you don’t have homemade mincemeat then you can get some really good mincemeat in groceries and supermarkets
Add the mincemeat and the chopped apple and gently fold into the muffin mixture. I used windfall apples from my apple tree, but any firm eating apple would be suitable.
Divide the mixture between the 12 muffin cases and fill to the top, then sprinkle 1 tsp of the Streusel mixture onto each of the muffins and bake.
Easy Festive Apple and Mincemeat Streusel Muffins have a crisp sweet topping, then you break through into the soft muffins filled with juicy pieces of apple and mincemeat fruits.
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Easy Festive Apple and Mincemeat Streusel Muffins
Ingredients
- 75 g self-raising flour
- 50 g porridge oats
- 140 g light muscovado sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 egg beaten
- 150 ml milk
- 6 tbsp vegetable oil
- 125 g chopped apple
- 175 g mincemeat
Streusel Topping
- 25 g plain flour
- 50 g light muscovado sugar
- 25 g butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C
- Line a muffin pan with paper cases
Prepare the Streusel Topping
- Put the flour and butter in a bowl and cutting in the butter, then rubbing it in until it looks like breadcrumbs
- Add the sugar
- Leave to one side.
To make the Muffins
- Put the flour, oats, sugar, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon in a large bowl and mix them well together.
- In another bowl, beat the egg, stir in the milk and oil.
- Gently stir the egg mixture into the dry ingredients, with a metal spoon or spatula, until the flour is ‘just’ mixed.
- Fold in the chopped apple and mincemeat.
- Divide the mixture between the muffin cases, filling them to the brim.
- Sprinkle each muffin with a teaspoon of the Streusel mixture.
- Bake for 20 minutes until risen and golden.
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Camilla Hawkins says
Loving these muffins, apples and mincemeat sound like a winning combination.
Janice Pattie says
Thank you. They are very moreish!
Hannah Hossack-Lodge says
These sound delicious Janice 🙂 Perfect for a festive breakfast and I just so happen to have some apples that need using up.
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Hannah, enjoy!
Claire Jessiman says
I LOVE a mincemeat muffin. All the teaste of a pie but witout any heavy pastry. Great with a dollop of boozy cream too!
Janice Pattie says
Boozy cream sounds like an excellent idea!
Jane says
Mmmmmm, Janice these look awesome! Although, I have to say that I’d much rather tuck into that gorgeous bowl of batter than the finished cakes #batterlove 😀
Janice Pattie says
It’s all coming out now! I’m so not a raw cake batter person, never did scrape out the bowl
Heidi Roberts says
I am really interested in making muffins at the moment – will be pinning this for later!
Janice Pattie says
I go through phases with muffins, these ones are keepers!
Jill Colonna says
Janice, these muffins look absolutely delicious and particularly love the streusel topping. What gorgeous Christmas photos too!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks, nothing like a bit of red and green to make things Christmassy
Jacqueline Meldrum says
I knew someone had tagged me and I missed it. These look amazing Janice. I was just munching on a mince pie and would happily eat a few of these too. Not greedy at all! Shared!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Jac. Mince pie season is definitely here!
Emma @ Adventures of a London Kiwi says
These sound just like something my Mum used to make us for our festive school lunchboxes!
Janice Pattie says
What lovely lunch boxes you must have had Emma.
Helen says
Put Bicarbonate soda in!
I don’t bake muffins and with the kids running round my legs, I followed the instructions exactly. It doesn’t mention actually putting the bicarb in, so I didn’t notice the omission until I popped them in the oven 😞
I did use cooking apple so expected a slight difference.
They tasted delicious although didn’t turn out to be a muffin, lol.
I’ll try again 😁
Janice Pattie says
My sincere apologies, Helen. I’ll amend the recipe. Thanks for letting me know and for being so understanding.
Sally says
Hi, has anyone actually made these muffins? I’ve got someone the oven now, but wondered about the very small amount of flour and what’s seems a lot of milk?
Also mentions to mix butter and flour – but there inso quantity for the butter – unless it’s the oil
Janice Pattie says
Hi Sally, I have definitely made the muffins. The butter goes into the streusel topping which is a small amount and listed separately in the recipe card. The oil and milk go into the muffin mixture. I hope that helps.