Apple Oat Muffins

Submitted by Chef #472647

"healthy and yummy muffins perfect for a snack or part of a complete breakfast!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 30 mini-muffins
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 2 cups about 3/4 pound mcintosh apples, peeled and shredded
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 2⁄3 cup brown sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 cup nonfat milk
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (8 ounce) carton plain low-fat yogurt
• 1 egg

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat muffin tin with cooking spray.
2. Place apples on paper towels and squeeze until barely moist. Set aside.
3. Combine flour and next 6 ingredients in a medium bowl; stir with a whisk Make a well in the center of mixture.
4. In another bowl, whisk together milk, oil, vanilla, yogurt, and egg. Add to well of flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
5. Stir in apples. Spoon batter in muffin cups. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Remove muffins immediately and cool on wire rack.

Reviews

[stephaniemiller1701]

Good base recipe for moist muffins. I made 17 full sized ones as I don't have a mini muffin tin - baked at 375 for 20 min. I only had coconut oil and olive oil on hand, so I used the coconut oil, coconut yogurt instead of plain, and added some shredded coconut in with the oats. They were delicious, but a bit sticky. Because the yogurt was sweetened, next time I would take down the brown sugar amount, even though they were not overly sweet.

 

[Alison A.]

I only had a standard muffin pan, so I made 15 muffins and baked them at 375 for 20 minutes. I also used old-fashioned oats, rather than instant.<br/><br/>Nonetheless, even if I had adhered to the recipe as written, I think it would still have been bland. They aren't very sweet. If I make these again, I'll probably add raisins, nutmeg, and honey.

 

[Riverside Len]

Overall, pretty good. I used Granny Smith apples because that is what I had on hand. I used Old Fashioned Oats because I don't care for the quick cooking variety. I'm always looking for healthy baked goods recipes. Combining oats and fruit is a winning combination for me.