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    Healthier Apple Oatmeal Muffins

    Published: Apr 6, 2021

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    Healthier Apple Oatmeal Muffins

    Originally published June 21, 2013. Updated on 4/6/2021

    A small blue plate with a black geometric design around the edge is stacked with these healthier apple oatmeal muffins.

    These Healthier Apple Oatmeal Muffins are a great muffin, even without looking at its healthy attributes - heart healthy oats, lower sugar!

    In the past couple of months, I've gotten back in the habit of making a fresh batch of muffins for my husband (almost) every weekend, so he has breakfasts for most of the week.

    (Pina Colada Muffins and Cardamom-Pear Streusel Muffins have been some of the biggest hits lately).

    It's a lot of fun to run wild with it, creating new recipes for him.

    We're talking about cleaning up our diets and aiming to get healthier in the coming months, and breakfast is a great place to start.

    I created this recipe to suit a few of his requirements - low fat, ease up on the sugar, and raise the fiber content.

    A small blue plate with a black geometric design around the edge is stacked with these healthier apple oatmeal muffins.

    Healthier Apple Oatmeal Muffins

    One of the things I've done with this is to substitute a lot of the all-purpose flour with oats - both in rolled and flour form.

    In addition to being very heart-healthy (Thinking of you, Mairlyn Smith!), oats are lower in carbs than all-purpose flour, lower glycemic, have fewer calories, AND contains more fiber. Plus, it adds flavor - Score!

    Aside from the flour substitutions, I cut the amount of processed sugar, relying on natural sweetness from the apples and oats. The butter in my normal muffins was swapped out in favor of apple sauce.

    What this gives you is a wonderfully moist, dense muffin with a ton of great flavor. It sounds so cliche, but you wouldn't be able to tell that it's "diet" from eating these... SO good!

    A small blue plate with a black geometric design around the edge is stacked with these healthier apple oatmeal muffins.

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    Are you a fellow fan of muffins? I have some more marvellous muffin recipes for you!

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    A small blue plate with a black geometric design around the edge is stacked with these healthier apple oatmeal muffins.

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    A small blue plate with a black geometric design around the edge is stacked with these healthier apple oatmeal muffins.

    Anyway, on to that Healthier Apple Oatmeal Muffins Recipe!

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    Healthier Apple Oatmeal Muffins

    These Healthier Apple Oatmeal Muffins are a great muffin, even without looking at its healthy attributes - heart healthy oats, lower sugar!
    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time20 mins
    Total Time30 mins
    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: apple, brunch, fibre, heart healthy, muffins, Oats
    Servings: 12 Muffins
    Calories: 189kcal
    Author: Marie Porter

    Equipment

    Muffin Tin

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Rolled Oats
    • 1 cup Oat Flour
    • ½ cup All-Purpose Flour
    • ½ cup Flax Meal
    • ½ cup Brown Sugar
    • 2 tsp. Baking Powder
    • ½ tsp Cinnamon
    • ½ tsp Salt
    • ¼ tsp Baking Soda
    • pinch Ground Cloves
    • 2 Large Eggs lightly beaten
    • ¾ cup Milk
    • ½ cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce
    • 1 Apple peeled and grated
    • 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 375 F. Line 12 muffin cups with liners, or spray with baking spray.
    • In a large bowl, combine oats, flours, flax meal, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and cloves. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.
    • In another bowl, combine eggs, milk, apple sauce, grated apple, and vanilla extract. Add wet mixture all at once to the flour mixture.
    • Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy.) Divide batter between 12 prepared muffin cups, filling each to almost full.
    • Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden and a wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
    • Cool in muffin cups on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from muffin cups; serve warm.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 189kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 235mg | Potassium: 188mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 72IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 105mg | Iron: 2mg

    A small blue plate with a black geometric design around the edge is stacked with these healthier apple oatmeal muffins.

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