Healthy Apple Muffins

What a more perfect way to begin the feeling of Fall than to go to Apple Hill! It has been hard to accept the fact that Fall is officially here when it is still high 90s in Clovis so it was fun to go up the hill for some cooler weather and everything apple! The boys started off the morning with all different flavors of apple donuts. We kept the fun going with a tractor ride, lots of photo ops, and a 10 lb box of apples to take home! So, I was quite inspired for a new apple baking recipe…and these healthy apple muffins did not disappoint!

INGREDIENTS

1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour

3/4 Cup Oat Flour (I ground up oats in my Vitamix 3/4 cup of oats, ground into 3/4 cup)

1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1 TBS Ground Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Salt

1 Cup Grated Granny Smith Apple, peeled (approx 1 med-large apple)

1 Cup Diced Granny Smith Apple, peeled (approx 1 med-large apple)

1/3 Cup Olive Oil (or Melted Coconut Oil)

1/2 Cup Honey

2 eggs

1/2 Cup Plain Greek Yogurt, full fat

1/2 Cup Applesauce

1 tsp Vanilla

Optional: 1 1/2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

Cinnamon Sugar to sprinkle on top after baking

Adapted from www.CookieAndKate.com

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease muffin tin.
2. Combine the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl – wheat flour, oat flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
3. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the oil and honey. Add the eggs and beat well. Then, add the yogurt, applesauce, and vanilla. Mix well. (Note from Cookie and Kate: “If the coconut oil (optional) solidifies in contact with cold ingredients, gently warm the mixture in the microwave in 30 second bursts.”
4. Combine the wet ingredients into the dry and mix (Do not overmix). Fill the muffin tin evenly with batter (I filled mine almost to the top- made 12 stuffed muffins, probably could’ve filled them less and made more muffins).
5. Bake for 23-25 minutes. The muffins should be slightly browned and a toothpick should come out clean when they are done.
6. Place the muffin tin on a cooling rack. While cooling, sprinkle the tops of each muffin with cinnamon sugar. Refrigerate or freeze any leftover muffins that aren’t consumed as soon as they cool 🙂

My little baking assistant gave this recipe a THUMBS UP and a BIG SMILE!

What are your favorite apple baking recipes?