Apple-Icious Autumn Muffins

Submitted by Cynna

"These are big moist muffins, filled with loads of fruit and spice. I always put a little extra spices than the recipe calls for. They are low-fat and yummy!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon allspice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
• 4 egg whites
• 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
• 1⁄2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3 granny smith apples, peeled and finely chopped

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F
2. Lightly grease muffin cups or spray with cooking spray.
3. Using a fork, stir flour with baking powder, baking soda, spices, salt, and brown sugar in a large bowl.
4. Whisk egg whites in a medium-size bowl with yogurt and applesauce.
5. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until combined.
6. Fold in apples.
7. Fill muffin cups and bake 15-17 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
8. Cool 5 minutes in pan before removing.
9. Muffins freeze very well.

Reviews

[qotw13]

The hardest part of making these was chopping the apples...and cleaning up the dishes, which there were a lot of. The only changes I made were to use half whole wheat/half all purpose flours, slightly increase the cinnamon and nutmeg and add cloves, since I don't have allspice, slightly decrease the sugar, use one whole egg and two whites, and increase the applesauce a little since I only had a 6 oz container of yogurt. That sounds like a lot, but I promise it really isn't! Oh and I didn't peel the apples. I got 20 regular sized muffins out of this, and sprinkled sugar on the tops of one batch before baking, which I would definitely recommend. Idk if it's my oven or what, but I also had to decrease the temp to 350 because the outsides were getting done too quickly. Will probably make these again, if I am in the mood for all the chopping!

 

[Jill R.]

Let me preface this by saying I don't like cinnamon, however, these muffins are heavenly! I sprinkled raw sugar and crushed walnuts on top for some extra texture. They retained their moisture, even after three days. Yummm!!

 

[SGpratt]

These muffins were very good and very easy to make. I substituted 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour and 1 1/2 cups of white flour and 2 whole eggs for the egg whites. Next time I will also reduce the sugar by 1/4 cup and add some more apple. Two of my children really loved them, and they are perfect for sending to school for snack. This recipe is a definite keeper!

 

[marcieb]

This was a nice low fat muffin! It was very moist and not very dense. I think the grated apples were a nice addition. This makes a very big batch. It's assuming you're making the really big jumbo muffins. I cut it in half and made 11 nice sized regular ones.