These simple apple oatmeal muffins packed with nutritious oatmeal and fresh fall apples, healthy and filling. Lots of cinnamon too! Kids love these in their lunchboxes or after school. Use your favourite kind of eating apple variety to make these muffins.
This is a re-post from (let me look it up).... 2010. Wholly long time ago! Apple Oatmeal Muffins. A make again and again recipe.
I am a creature of habit and one of my habits is baking a batch of something most weekends. I just can't help myself. Muffins have always been my go-to. I like that they are compact and perfectly portioned. I do my darndest to pack nutritious things into them. And it gives the kids something homemade to stuff in their lunch boxes.
Some of my favorite muffin recipes:
- Perfect Date Banana Muffins {vegan}
- Lemon Zucchini Muffins
- Blueberry Muffins {vegan}
- Pumpkin Butter Muffins
Since it is apple season.. and apple picking something we just can't pass up... I have found myself revisiting apple recipes. Here is an old favourite, Apple Oatmeal Muffins. Full of apples.
There are 3 whole apples in this batch of muffins!
For these muffins I like to grate 2 of the apples so they melt into the muffin, flavouring the muffins and adding moisture.
But I also add one chopped apple too. Because chunks of apples are in fact the point of apple season and these muffins. A chopped apple adds texture. I just love biting into a soft sweet apple piece in each bite.
Add-ins and variations
Add walnuts if you like a little crunch too.
Sunflower seeds are good if you want crunch but are concerned about nut-safety due to allergies or if you want to send these to school with the kids.
I used quick oats in these muffins, it keeps the muffins soft and not too chewy. Minute oats work too. But don't use instant oatmeal.
For the apples - use your favourite variety. Apple season makes me happy because of the variety. You will want to make a batch of these muffins with all the apple kinds 😍.
Vegan options:
- use non-dairy milk and non-dairy yogurt. I like soy milk and soy or coconut yogurt best. Equal amounts as listed below.
- For the egg, this recipe will work with powdered egg replacer or a flax-egg. see this post for instructions for a flax egg.
these apple oatmeal muffins are full of apples and oats
Storage and freezing
These muffins are best if eaten within a couple of days of baking. If I know we will not be eating them all at once, I will keep the extra refrigerated and reheat them before eating.
Muffins freeze well, wrap each individual muffin in foil or place several muffins in an air-tight freezer bag with as much of the air removed as possible and freeze for 2-3 months.
📖 Recipe
Apple Oatmeal Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 apples McIntosh works best
- 1-½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats or minute oats
- ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
- 1-½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup milk your choice, low fat or non-dairy, I used soy
- 2 tablespoons canoila or sunflower oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt or sour cream, low fat or regular
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl. Whisk to combine.
- In a medium bowl combine milk, vanilla, oil, yogurt and egg. Whisk well. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Stir to just combine. Leave a few dry and powdering parts.
- For the apples: core and dice one apple into ½ inch pieces. Grate the other two apples onto a clean kitchen towel. Wrap a clean kitchen towel around the grated apples and wring gently to remove most of the moisture.
- Fold apples (grated and diced) into the muffin batter. Divide batter evenly between 12 muffin cups. Bake at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes. Muffins will spring back in the middle when pressed and be very slightly golden on top and around the edges. Remove from oven and muffin tin and allow to cool on a wire rack. Serve warm or store in an air-tight container for up to one day.
Notes
Nutrition
Here are some more apple and whole grain recipes you might want to try this time of year.
Apple Pie Bread {vegan}
Cinnamon Apple Baked Oatmeal {vegan}
Cinnamon Apple Baked Oatmeal 
Apple Pie Bread 
Apple Cinnamon Hot Breakfast Cereal 
Whole Oats with Apples 
Cranberry Apple Muffins
