Apple Oatmeal Muffins
Total Time
26 minutes
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
16 mins
Rating
4.7 out of 5 stars
(40)
Ingredients
12 servings
- 1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 ¼ cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom
- ⅛ teaspoon ginger
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ cup light coconut milk with the juice of half a lemon (or low fat buttermilk)
- ½ cup packed muscovado sugar (or brown sugar)
- 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil (or vegetable/canola oil)
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 small Gala apples, chopped into small pieces
- turbinado (raw) sugar and nutmeg, for sprinkling on top
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Step 2
Line a 12 cup muffin tin with muffin wrappers or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
Step 3
In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cardamom and ginger.
Step 4
In a medium bowl combine applesauce, buttermilk, sugar, oil, egg and vanilla extract.
Step 5
Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in your applesauce mixture. Stir until just moist.
Step 6
Fold in the chopped apples. Fill muffin cups ⅔ to ¾ full.
Step 7
Sprinkle raw sugar and a light dusting of nutmeg on top of the muffins.
Step 8
Bake for 16-18 minutes. Since these muffins contain fresh fruit, they will spoil more quickly than regular muffins. Try storing them in the refrigerator if you don’t intend to finish them within a day or two, or store them in the freezer for longer-term storage.
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Chef's notes
Recipe adapted from Joy the Baker’s Oatmeal Blueberry Applesauce Muffins.
The muffins taste even better the next day.
Feel free to substitute coconut milk, coconut oil, and Muscovado sugar with regular milk, vegetable oil, and brown sugar respectively.
