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These healthy Applesauce Muffins are delicious, freezer friendly, and the perfect filling snack or breakfast. They're made with whole grain oats, unsweetened applesauce, and whole wheat flour.
Looking for more muffin recipes? Try these Cranberry Orange Muffins, Carrot Muffins, Blueberry Muffins, or Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins.
Why I love this recipe:
- Healthy – These applesauce muffins are less than 150 calories each and made with whole grains and low sugar, so you can feel good about feeding them to your family.
- Freezer Friendly – I love to make a big batch of these and put them in the freezer. We use them for school lunches, snacks at the pool or anytime.
- Delicious – They have the same delicious taste and perfect texture of bakery muffins, so no one can tell they're “healthier”.
Ingredients Needed:
How to make Applesauce Muffins:
Make Batter: In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, applesauce, milk, egg, vanilla, butter and sugar.
Add Dry Ingredients: In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and cranberries or raisins. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients then pour in the applesauce mixture. Stir just until combined.
Bake: Spoon batter evenly into the muffin cups then 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.
Enjoy or Freeze: Remove to a cooling rack then cool oatmeal applesauce muffins completely before freezing.
Storage and Freezing Instructions:
To Store: Keep at room temperature, in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
To Freeze: Allow to cool completely then place in a freezer safe bag and freeze for up to 3 months.
More Healthy Snacks:
- Protein Bars
- Granola Bites
- Banana Oat Muffins
- No Bake Granola Bars
- Applesauce
- Easy Healthy Granola
- Charcuterie Board
- Strawberry Banana Smoothie
- Instant Pot Yogurt
- Chocolate Overnight Oats
Applesauce Muffins
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 chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with liners or grease with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Wet Ingredients: In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, applesauce, milk, egg, vanilla, butter and sugar.
- Dry ingredients: In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and cranberries or raisins or chocolate chips.
- Combine: Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the applesauce mixture. Stir just until combined.
- Bake: Divide batter evenly between 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 to cool completely.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Original recipe adapted from Mel's Kitchen Cafe.
I originally shared this recipe December 2015. Updated July 2019 and January 2024.
These muffins came out perfect on my first try. 18 minutes in the oven. Moist and delicious. I’ll be spreading the word on this recipe.
You are so right. Delicious applesauce/oatmeal muffins! My brother and I love something sweet with coffee for breakfast, so I will share with him. Because we are both chocoholics, I added both raisins and milk chocolate chips.
Super delicious! It’s repeat worthy for sure! Very moist.
These sound delicious. Just wondering, though, if it would be possible to leave out the melted butter or would that affect the texture? Isn’t the idea of using the applesauce to make it healthier and leave out the oil? Also, could I use quick oats rather than rolled oats? At my grocery store in the oats section I don’t see anything called Rolled Oats. THanks!
Rolled oats are also called Old Fashioned oats.
Could you use agave syrup instead of sugar?
Yes, that should be fine.
Fabulous recipe! I had excess homemade applesauce and was looking for a healthy way to use it- this recipe is a winner! Moist, flavorful and not overly sweet. I was out of whole wheat flour, so subbed with a mixture of AP flour, buckwheat flour and oat flour. Turned out beautifully. My 8 year old goes crazy for them 🙂
Two-year-old granddaughter loved them. So did her parents!
I like something healthy and baked for breakfast and I really enjoyed these muffins! I substituted date sugar (granulated dates) for the sugar, and reduced the flour by 25%, according to the directions on the date sugar. I used Bob’s all-purpose gf baking flour, unsweetened almond milk, vegan ghee and zante currants (which I prefer to craisins, which have sugar on them). Next time, I will not use paper liners, because too much muffin stuck to them! Thank you for the recipe!
Try silicone muffin cups instead of paper. That’s what I use and the muffins never stick. They are also reusable, so less paper waste.
I made these today and… Omg! They’re so delicious! ❤️❤️❤️ I used coconut oil instead of butter, and brown sugar not the granulated one and still turned out very good.Love it!
Really great, I make these for “teacher treat” day and it works out well bc they are fairly healthy 🙂 I add more baking powder here at sea level bc I feel they aren’t fluffy enough if I don’t; and I add small apple chunks and more cinnamon to the recipe; as well as sprinkling a little cinnamon sugar on top when they are hot.
Great recipe, use it often!!