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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.
Great recipe. Very moist muffins. I found that pulsing the oats for a few seconds in the food processor made a better
texture. I also used 1/2 cup whole wheat and 1/4 cup regular all-purpose
flour which turned out great!!
Do you mean in place of the 1 cup whole wheat flour in the recipe or in addition to the 1 cup whole wheat flour?
For me, this barely made 12 muffins…I must fill my cups too high :p
Loved 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!!
I made this muffins and my family loved them. I added almond extract. I will be making this recipe on a regular basis.
Made 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.
I 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! ?
Delish! I used whole wheat flour and threw in some extra chopped apples. My kids are devouring them! Thanks so much for the recipe. 🙂
I’m making these muffins today! They look so good! Thanks!
I 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!
I’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.
Hi! Instead of applesauce could I use yogurt??
Yes, I think that would work fine! 🙂