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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 taste great,I used apple juice lite instead of milk and splenda instead of sugar
Great recipe! My friends are starting their diets and can’t wait to bake these!
5 Star for me these muffins are delicious and very easy to make. I added chopped walnuts and sprinkle of fine sugar topping there were a big hit. I love cranberries so used these as well thanks for sharing this recipe
Perfect muffin recipe. Delicious and moist. Not too sweet but it satisfies the craving. Will share with others and will make again.
This has been my go-to muffin recipe for a year and both my husband and 2 yr old devour them. I use coconut oil, brown sugar, and substitute the flour for either all oat flour (grinded oats in a blender) or a mixture of oat flour and ground flax seed. They’re also really good with berries mixed in or topped with chocolate chips. Thank you for a great recipe!
Awesome muffins. Made these yesterday. Thank you for sharing.
Really good
I left out 1/4 applesauce and only added 1/4c monkfruit sugar. Also didn’t have whole wheat flour or baking powder so used SR flour and 1/4tsp of baking soda.
It was starting to get a bit brown on top so took it out at 14min (190cel fan force)
Texture was moist but not like cake moist, like pudding dense moist (I have this issue everytime I use oats). Not really much flavor, I would add more cinammon and maybe nuts next time. I found it sweet enough through the raisins. Easy recipe that you could use pantry items, not mind blowing but will try again.
These are delicious and favorites when I bake them as a treat for others. I reduce the butter to 3 Tbls and use brown sugar instead of refined sugar. I’ve also added blueberries instead of raisins and they are scrumptious.
This time I baked the afternoon before and they were moist and delicious this morning for our early morning choir practice before Reformation Day services.
I’m going to try this Applesauce Muffin recipe. I’m 78 years young and I’ve been cooking all 59 years of my married life. I’m not much of a Baker, I try to keep that part of cooking to simple recipes. This one sounds like it would make for a good, tasty breakfast served with a piping hot mug of cappuccino on a crisp autumn morning. Something to just grab and go!