Description
Delicious and healthier apple muffins made with whole wheat flour and naturally sweetened.
Ingredients
Scale
- ¾ cup milk
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 cup (heaping) shredded Granny Smith apples, unpeeled
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400ºF. Prepare muffin tins by spraying with cooking spray or line with paper baking cups.
- In large bowl, stir milk, applesauce, egg and oil, with fork or wire whisk until well mixed. Fold in apples.
- Stir in flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, all at once just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
- If desired, sprinkle tops of muffins with cinnamon sugar or coarse sugar.
- Bake 20 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand about 5 minutes in pan, then remove from pan to wire rack; if baked in paper baking cups, immediately remove from pan to wire rack. Serve warm or room temperature.
Notes
- Other varieties of apples can be used if Granny Smith is not available.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 20mg