Applesauce Multigrain Muffins

Submitted by bonjourmn

"An adopted recipe from a multigrain hot cereal box. Easy, tasty, and healthy! Also, made from ingredients I generally have on hand, which is great. Vegan with substitutions."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Topping

• 1⁄3 cup multi-grain hot cereal (uncooked)
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons butter, melted

• Muffins

• 1 cup multi-grain hot cereal (uncooked)
• 1 1⁄2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1⁄2 1/2 cup soymilk or 1/2 cup low-fat milk
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup sunflower oil or 1/4 cup corn oil
• 1 egg (or egg substitute)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F Line twelve muffin cups with paper baking cups or lightly oil bottoms only.
2. Prepare topping. Mix oats, brown sugar, and cinnamon together. Add melted butter and mix well.
3. Prepare muffins. Mix oats, flour, baking powder and soda, and cinnamon in a bowl. In separate bowl, mix applesauce, milk, brown sugar, oil, and egg. Add to dry ingredients and stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
4. Fill cups with mix (fills to about 3/4 full), and top each muffin with topping. Then bake 18-20 minutes. Serve warm if possible. Yum! Simple and delicious.

Reviews

[Outta Here]

Very tasty muffin! A tad more cinnamon next time, though :) Also, ingredients call for multi-grain cereal in the topping but instructions say oats, which is what I will use next time. Multi-grain was a little hard. It was okay IN the muffin though! Thanks for posting this!