Oatmeal Cranberry Applesauce Muffins

Submitted by Chef #964480

"Whole wheat and oatmeal come together with tangy dried cranberries and cranberry sauce to make a tender and slightly chewy, healthy muffin! Originally from Joy the Baker."

 

• Ready In: 26mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 12 muffins
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1⁄4 cups oats
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1⁄2 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 large egg
• 3⁄4 cup dried cranberries
• 1⁄2 cup cranberry sauce

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a large bowl combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
3. In a medium bowl combine applesauce, buttermilk, sugar, oil and egg. Make a well in dry ingredients and add applesauce mixture and dried cranberries.
4. Stir until just moist.
5. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full, adding a tsp of cranberry sauce in the middle of each cup.
6. Bake for 16-18 minutes.

Reviews

[rutheisworth]

Loved this recipe. We used 1 cup of frozen whole cranberries since we didn't have cranberry sauce and multi grain flour since we didn't have whole wheat flour. They turned out great.

 

[calds]

Thumbs up from every member of my family for this one! I omitted the cranberry sauce because I didn't have any and the muffins still had a good cranberry taste to them. The extras (I made a double batch) froze beautifully too and warmed nicely in the microwave for our weekday breakfasts on the go.

 

[LonghornMama]

Good! A healthy low fat muffin that even the kids enjoyed. Dried cranberries and a dollop of cranberry sauce make the recipe. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Marlene Mac]

Great way to use up frozen applesauce. I used granola instead of oatmeal and it worked well. Am going to make these again today.