Healthy Applesauce Oat Muffins

Easy and delicious Applesauce Oat Muffins. They make the perfect healthy snack and they’re freezer-friendly, too!

As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m always on the look-out for healthy snack ideas for my kids. Here’s a roundup of some of my favorite healthy snack ideas.  My kids particularly love muffins, and I like to make big batches and freeze them to make it easy.

Some of my favorite healthy muffins include:

• Banana Bran Muffins
• Greek Yogurt Double Chocolate Muffins
• Healthy Banana Oat Muffins
• Skinny Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

I absolutely love to create my own recipes, and even if I get an idea from someone else, I usually use it as inspiration and end up adapting it quite a bit.

Then there are the rare instances where I find a recipe that came out so incredibly perfect that it needs no tweaking whatsoever…like these AMAZING Healthy Applesauce Oat Muffins from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe.

Holy cow are these Applesauce Oat muffins delicious, and the fact that they’re healthy makes me completely obsessed with them. And most importantly, my kids love them. Like LOOOVVEEE them. They make a great snack for the entire family.

How to store muffins:

These muffins taste best served fresh, the same day, but they also freeze really well. If storing at room temperature, place them in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Muffins freeze well, up to 3 months.

Consider these healthy snacks:

• Banana Bran Muffins
• Healthy Banana Oat Muffins
• Skinny Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
• 50+ Healthy kid snack ideas

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Applesauce Oat Muffins

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Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

My family loves these easy and delicious Applesauce Oat Muffins. They make the perfect healthy snack and they're freezer-friendly, too!

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Unit: cup, large, Tablespoon, teaspoon

Servings: 12

Calories: 146 kcal

Author: Lauren Allen

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 1/4 cups unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 Tablespoons butter , melted (or coconut oil)
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup raisins , or craisins, or chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with liners or grease with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, applesauce, milk, egg, vanilla, butter and sugar. 

3. In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cranberries or raisins.

4. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the applesauce mixture. Stir just until combined (don't overmix!)

5. Spoon the batter evenly into the muffin cups. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 

6. Don't over-bake or the muffins will be dry. Remove them to a cooling rack. Cool completely before freezing in a ziplock freezer bag.

7. My other healthy muffins include: skinny banana bread muffins, chocolate chip zucchini muffins, power muffins, and banana oat muffins.

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Recipe Notes

Recipe adapted from Mel's Kitchen Cafe. 

Nutrition Facts

Applesauce Oat Muffins

Amount Per Serving (1 muffin)

Calories 146 Calories from Fat 45

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 5g 8%

Saturated Fat 2g 10%

Cholesterol 24mg 8%

Sodium 147mg 6%

Potassium 177mg 5%

Total Carbohydrates 23g 8%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 8g

Protein 2g 4%

Vitamin A 3.2%

Vitamin C 0.6%

Calcium 4.3%

Iron 4.9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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