The best apple muffins I've ever made

I was going to take a picture of these bad boys, but I am not quite that dedicated to blogging yet. There were several apple muffin recipes that looked good, so I took my favorite parts from each and smooshed them together.

Apple Muffins

muffin part:
1 egg
1/2 cup applesauce
3/4 cup yogurt
1 Tablespoon oil
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 dash allspice
1-2 dashes nutmeg (I really like nutmeg)
1 & 1/2 cups flour (I used whole wheat pastry)
1 apple, chopped into tiny bits (I used a Granny Smith)

delicious topping part:
1 Tablespoon butter (straight from the refrigerator)
1 Tablespoon flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

I never mix the dry ingredients together first because I hate dirtying another bowl. So this is how I assembled them:

Heat the oven to around 400 degrees F (maybe a little less) , and grease a muffin tin.

Beat the egg in a large bowl, then stir in the applesauce, yogurt, and oil. Next, stir in the brown sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and spices. Once this looks all even, add the flour and stir until everything looks nice. Then dump the apples into the bowl and give it a couple of victory stirs. Batter is done.

Now take a smaller bowl, and mash all the topping ingredients with a fork until it kind of looks like a strudel topping. I stole the topping from this site.

Scoop some batter into the greased muffin cups (this made 11 muffins for me). Then sprinkle the topping over each muffin and pop them in the oven. Bake between 15-20 minutes, depending on your oven (mine is old and has a mind of its own sometimes, so I don't feel like I can predict what other ovens will do). Poke them with a toothpick to make sure they are done.

Let them sit in the pan until they cool a little bit, or until you have decided that burning your hands and mouth is totally worth having a muffin. After they have cooled enough to not fall into pieces, run a knife around the edges and pop them out of the tin. After they cool completely on the counter, you can put them in your favorite storage container.

Mmmm...muffins.