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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 are delicious. My husband makes the apple sauce mixed with pears after apple picking in the Fall. The kids love them for breakfast or a snack. This is my second time making them. Yummm!
These are so good and make a great healthy breakfast! My sister said they tasted like cake, and my mom evne asked forme to make them again! Very easy and delicious! Thank you!
these are wonderful! i admit i added a diced apple to it as well as 1/4 cup of almond flour. making a 2nd batch as i type.
Made this recipe of oats and applesauce and they turned out delicious…thank you for sharin.
This was my 1st recipe from you and the applesauce recipe was delicious…i am thrilled and so is my husband.
Thank you for this yummy recipe…it is a winner
Wonderful! I hope you get a chance to try more of my recipes soon!
Deleted the sugar because I used my own applesauce which was sweetened..also added 1/2 cup partridge berries yummy…
These muffins are perfect for a quick grab and go breakfast or snack
My family loves these muffins! The only change I made was not adding any of the granulated sugar and substituted it with a Tablespoon of honey. The applesauce creates enough of a sweet flavor so there’s no need for the extra sugar. I added blueberries and huckleberries to mine. So good!
Excellent recipe! I made these and because I’m watching calories and fat, I used plain Greek yogurt instead of butter. The muffins turned out beautifully! Thanks for the great recipe!
You can actually just omit the butter altogether. I added a shredded apple instead, and it adds plenty of moisture. You could also add a bit of a ripe banana. Recipe was so great, my cat jumped up on the counter and ate 3 of them! 🤦🏻♀️
Just made these for my 7 month old and the rest of us. Was looking for a way to use up the purees we had made for him prior to deciding on just feeding him what we eat. Followed your recipe except subbed out the applesauce for whatever puree we had thawed (I think I used some pear and a mixture of carrot/cauliflower/banana/cinnamon). These turned out GREAT and my son loves them. saving to use in the future for sure!
I found this and made them for my picky eaters and it was a hit! ( which leads to a very happy mom when that happens!) The only changes I made was using Kodiak Cinnamon pancake mix, pulsing the oats (because in the Kodiak Cimmaon pancake mix it has whole oats as well and that was plenty for whole oats) and I added 2 tsp of apple pie spice in place of the cinnamon. They came out beautifully! Thank you!