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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My family loves these easy and delicious Applesauce Oat Muffins. They make the perfect healthy snack and they're freezer-friendly, too!
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup 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
- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries (or raisins)
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with liners or grease with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, applesauce, milk, egg, vanilla, butter and sugar.
In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cranberries or raisins.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the applesauce mixture. Stir just until combined (don't overmix!)
Spoon the batter evenly into the muffin cups. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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.
My other healthy muffins include: skinny banana bread muffins, chocolate chip zucchini muffins, power muffins, and banana oat muffins.
Recipe Video
Recipe adapted from Mel's Kitchen Cafe and All Recipes
Have you tried this recipe?!
RATE and COMMENT below! I would love to hear your experience.
Serena says
January 19, 2019 at 10:39 amHi! Instead of applesauce could I use yogurt??
Lauren Allen says
January 20, 2019 at 1:30 pmYes, I think that would work fine! 🙂
Margaux LaCasse says
February 20, 2019 at 9:30 pmI’ve made these twice now and had to make some subs but they turned out great both times! The 1st time I used coconut milk with coconut oil and raw cocoa nibs (instead of raisins). The second time I added 1 very ripe mashed banana cuz I only had 3/4c of applesauce and used reg milk with coconut oil. I love all the subs in the comments and think this will be my go-to muffin recipe now! Looking forward to trying them with shredded coconut and sunflower seed and maybe some dried fruit mix too! Thanks for sharing.
Cortney says
February 21, 2019 at 7:59 pmI made these with plans to freeze them but I had to make two batches in two days because my family wouldn’t stop eating them! I also made the skinny pumpkin muffins and those were a hit too!
I followed the advice of others and reduced the sugar and these were perfectly baby friendly! Thank you so much!
Sarina Kinnunen says
March 3, 2019 at 3:17 pmI’m making these muffins today! They look so good! Thanks!
Elizabeth says
March 7, 2019 at 4:35 pmDelish! I used whole wheat flour and threw in some extra chopped apples. My kids are devouring them! Thanks so much for the recipe. 🙂
iri says
March 16, 2019 at 5:50 pmI made this today. Haven’t introduce my son to the sugar, yet. He is older than one. I didn’t put any sugar, just another cup of applesauce. They turned out so good! Thank you for the recipe! 💕
Tally says
March 17, 2019 at 1:43 pmI made this muffins and my family loved them. I added almond extract. I will be making this recipe on a regular basis.
Samantha says
April 2, 2019 at 9:30 pmMade these to have as a healthy breakfastand snack. I had 2 and parents DEVOURED the remaining 10!
Edits I made were only using about a half cup of applesauce with an entire finely chopped (and very juicy) green apple. I also used whole wheat flour and coconut oil. I’m totally making a bigger batch next time and plan on adding walnuts for some nutty crunch. Also going to add some extra Craisins.
Mary Vogel says
March 21, 2019 at 5:36 pmLoved these. Sooo good. Used sweetened coconut flakes(all I had) and 50% less sugar dried cranberries. Plenty sweet with those items…could have skipped the sugar. Still verrry tasty!!