Sausage Muffin Recipe with Apples
This sausage muffin recipe with apples is going to be your new favorite sweet and savory breakfast. A fabulous combination for your next breakfast or brunch, freeze the leftovers and warm up for breakfast on the go.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Italian sausage
- 2 cups fuji apple (peeled and chopped)
- 2 cups flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- ¾ cup butter (cold and cubed)
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup greek yogurt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Spray or line 12-18 cup muffin tins
- Remove casing and cook Italian sausage, crumbling into small pieces as it cooks. Remove to paper towel lined plate.
- Peel and chop apples into both small and larger pieces
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Add cold butter and mix together with fingers until it resembles very coarse crumbs. Add apples and sausage and combine.
- In a small bowl, whisk together yogurt and buttermilk and pour into the dry mixture, gently folding until just combined. Do not over mix, it will be very lumpy.
- Using a large ice cream scoop, fill muffin cups over the brim.
- Bake for 17-20 minutes until lightly browned. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes and transfer to a wire rack.
Barbara's Notes + Tips
- If you don't have a non-stick muffin pan, you will probably want to use muffin liners.
- Try a mixture of sweet and hot Italian sausage.
- You can use any type of apple, choose one that you like to eat.
- You can substitute breakfast sausage for Italian sausage.
- Let these cool completely before freezing.
Nutrition
Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 376mg | Potassium: 115mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 287IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg
