Healthy Applesauce & Oat Muffins
Healthy applesauce oatmeal muffins are an easy, wholesome grab and go breakfast option perfect for the busiest of mornings. These muffins are packed full of good for you ingredients that will keep you and your family fueled all day long.
Servings: 12
Calories: 329kcal
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose or whole wheat, flour
- 1 cup quick cooking oats*
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup coconut oil melted
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
- 1 cup chunky or home-style unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, oats, salt, cinnamon, and baking powder. Set aside.
- In another bowl, cream together sugar and oil by hand.
- Add in eggs one at a time and mix well. Stir in yogurt, applesauce and vanilla until well incorporated.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir to combine. Do not over mix.
- Drop muffin liners into muffin pan, and then fill 3/4 full with the batter.
- Bake at 425 for 3 minutes, and then turn the oven to 350 and bake for an additional 17-18 minutes. The muffins are done when a toothpick comes out with crumbs on it. Remove the muffins from the pan and cool.
Notes
*To make your own quick cooking oats from rolled outs, place rolled oats into the food processor and pulse 4-5 times until they are coarsely chopped but not powdery. Cutting them makes them faster to cook, but do only those few pulses or the oats will turn to mush when cooked.
Nutrition
Calories: 329kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 65mg | Potassium: 121mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 47IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg