this Healthy Apple Muffins Recipe Easy to make with just one bowl. They're delicious, nutritious, and make a great breakfast or snack that's sure to be a hit with picky eaters!
These Apple Cinnamon Muffins are made with oat flour and whole food ingredients Refined sugar free, gluten free, dairy freeand Nut freeperfect for parties and packed lunches!
Healthy Apple Muffins with Oats and Raisins
One of my favorite parts of fall is picking fresh apples! Not only are they extra sweet and perfect for eating on their own, but they're also incredible in recipes like mine Easy Slow Cooker Baked Apples and Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal.
However, my absolute favorite way to use them is in this easy apple muffin recipe! These kid-friendly muffins are easy to make and a fun baking project to do with the kids. Plus, because they're nut-free, they're safe to send to school.
I like to keep a batch on hand for a quick breakfast or afternoon snack and always make extra to freeze for later. Soft and moist, studded with raisins and apple slices, it's truly a delicious seasonal recipe that everyone will love!
Required ingredients and substitutions
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- egg: They act as a binder and help the muffins keep their shape. We haven't tested this recipe with egg substitutes and can't guarantee your results if you do.
- Unsweetened Applesauce: This reduces the amount of fat needed and helps keep the muffins soft and moist.
- Grass-fed butter: Feel free to substitute coconut oil if you wish.
- Maple syrup: This provides the perfect amount of sweetness without the need for refined sugar.
- Oat flour and coconut flour: This combination makes the muffins gluten-free while giving them a soft texture. We do not recommend substituting any other flour for this recipe!
- baking powder: Make sure it's fresh! Otherwise your waffles won’t rise.
- spices: Ground cinnamon and a pinch of salt add extra warmth and enhance the flavor of the other ingredients.
- mix: Raisins and apples add extra sweet, fruity, and irresistible texture!
Best Apples for Waffles
Harder apples are best for baking, as softer apples tend to turn to mush! Since we only need a few apples to make these gluten-free apple muffins, I recommend using sweet varieties like Honeycrisp, Fuji, or Pink Lady apples for the best flavor.
How to Make Apple Muffins Recipe
- Prepare: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 12-cup muffin tin with silicone liners or parchment paper muffin liners.
- Stir in wet ingredients: In a large bowl, add eggs, applesauce, melted cream, and maple syrup. Blend until smooth.
- Add dry ingredients: Add the oat flour, coconut flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt to the bowl with the wet ingredients. Stir gently with a spatula until smooth. Then, stir in the raisins and apples.
- part: Fill each muffin cup 3/4 full.
- bake: Transfer the muffin pan to the middle rack of the oven and bake until the muffins are puffed and spring back when lightly touched.
- Cool: Let the apple cinnamon muffins cool slightly in the pan. Then, enjoy them immediately or transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Baking Tips
- Use store-bought oat flour. This allows for the most accurate measurements. Of course, you can use Homemade Oat Flour If you will. Try to make it as good as possible!
- use Electronic kitchen scale Measure your flour. It can be tricky to measure because it's easy to compact or even straight out of the bag. The same goes for coconut flour. Small differences can drastically affect the recipe since it is a very absorbent flour. Therefore, we include grams for the most accurate measurement. If you don't have a scale, lightly pack the oatmeal into a measuring cup. Then, use spoon and level method Measure your coconut by four.
- Avoid overmixing. Carefully stir the ingredients until a smooth batter forms and there are no lumps. Continuing to mix will result in dense, dry muffins.
To peel an apple or not to peel an apple
The apples are grated before being folded into the muffin batter. Grating the apples both adds moisture to the batter and ensures the apples cook quickly.
You can leave the skin on the apple or peel it off. We like to keep the texture and nutritional value provided by the (organic) peel, but feel free to remove it if you wish.
FAQ
We've tested leaving leftover muffins loosely covered and stored in an airtight container at room temperature. Both methods work. However, we prefer to store leftover muffins loosely covered at room temperature. They stay fresh for up to 2 days. Remember, the longer they sit, the moister and denser they will become.
Yes! Transfer cooled apple muffins to a freezable container and freeze for up to 3 months. If you're making these for the kids' lunches or for your own snacks, you can take them out of the refrigerator in the morning and put them in a container. After an hour or two, the muffins will be thawed and ready to eat. Alternatively, thaw them in the refrigerator overnight.
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- 2 big egg
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ cup Grass-fed butter or coconut oil Melt and cool slightly
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1-1/2 cup 180g oat flour
- 2 spoon 14g coconut flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- ½ cup raisin
- 2 medium apple grated (about 1-1/2 cups lightly grated apple)
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Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 12-cup muffin tin with silicone or parchment paper liners.
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In a large bowl add eggs, applesauce, melted cream, and maple syrup and stir together.
2 large eggs, 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce, ½ cup grass-fed butter or coconut oil, ½ cup maple syrup
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Add oat flour, coconut flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and stir with a spatula until smooth.
1-1/2 cups 180 grams oat flour, 2 tablespoons 14g coconut flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon salt
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Stir in raisins and apples.
½ cup raisins, 2 medium apples
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Fill each muffin cup 3/4 full.
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Bake on the middle rack for 18-20 minutes, or until the muffins spring back when touched.
if you have a electronic scale Use it to measure flour at home, as these flours are notorious for being difficult to measure in cups.
If your oat flour or coconut flour is very clumpy, sift it through.
We've tested leaving leftover muffins loosely covered and stored in an airtight container at room temperature. Both methods work. However, we prefer to store leftover muffins loosely covered at room temperature. They stay fresh for up to 2 days. Remember, the longer they sit, the moister and denser they will become.
Storage:
- Store leftover apple muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
- Freeze cooled muffins for up to 3 months.
- Thaw at room temperature for a few hours or overnight in the refrigerator.
Serve: 1muffinCalories: 106kilocaloriescarbohydrate: 17.9gramprotein: 1.6gramFat: 3.8gramSaturated fat: 1.5gramcholesterol: 32milligramssodium: 106milligramsfiber: 1.2gramsugar: 15.9gram
