Soft and moist apple cinnamon muffins made from whole wheat flour, filled with fresh apple chunks and warm fall spice. They're perfect as a light breakfast or an easy snack!
1cup(heaping) shredded Granny Smith apples, unpeeled (other varieties will work as well)
Instructions
Heat oven to 400ºF. Prepare muffin tins by spraying with cooking spray or line with paper baking cups.
In large bowl, stir milk, applesauce, egg and oil, with fork or wire whisk until well mixed. Fold in apples.
Stir in flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, all at once just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
If desired, sprinkle tops of muffins with cinnamon sugar or coarse sugar.
Bake 20 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand about 5 minutes in pan, then remove from pan to wire rack; if baked in paper baking cups, immediately remove from pan to wire rack. Serve warm or room temperature.
Notes
If preferred, all-purpose white flour can be substituted for all or part of the whole wheat flour.
Any variety of apple would work well. If desired, apple can be finely diced instead of shredded.
Most individual sized serving cups of applesauce contain a half cup.