I thought it would be fun to adapt my favorite muffins a little. For some reason, though, the carrot muffin recipe makes twelve, while this one makes about sixteen. Go figure. If you’re going to bake with me, it seems you’ll need to own an extra muffin pan.

If you want to make these low fat (or you make them low fat by accident like I did), just leave out the oil. They are quite good.

cinnamon oatmeal apple muffins

1 1/2 cups (120g) 1-minute oatmeal
2 1/2 (325g) cups whole wheat pastry flour (available at health food stores)
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
2 eggs
1 cup (200g) sugar
1/2 cup (100g) light brown sugar
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut into 1/4 inch pieces
1/3 cup (40g) whole milk yogurt or soy yogurt
6 tablespoons vegetable oil

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 16 standard muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Mix oatmeal with 2 cups of boiling water. Set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom.

4. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs with the sugars until well beaten.  Add the apples, oatmeal, yogurt, and oil. Mix well.

5. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients.  Fold just until no patches of flour remain. Drop by 1/3 cupfuls into muffin liners. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center muffins
comes out clean.

11 Responses to “cinnamon oatmeal apple muffins”

1. Jen T says:

   26 January 2009 at 12:51 pm

   Apples and cinnamon–you can’t beat that! You really left out the oil and they were fine?? That is nice to know.
2. Ashley says:

   26 January 2009 at 1:06 pm

   Mmm..those look delicious. I think I might make those for breakfast this week!
3. Connie (the write one) says:

   26 January 2009 at 7:03 pm

   Wow, these look delicious and HEALTHY!
   Plus, you didn’t forget the nutmeg!

   I only have 1 regular muffin pan and one mini-muffin pan. I could do half mini and half regular, but my kids would argue over who got the mini muffins. For some reason, mini muffins seem to be very popular.
4. Marcia says:

   26 January 2009 at 9:12 pm

   They were very good. Thank you for the afternoon snack/dinner, hey the kids are sick and husband is gone I’m not cooking.
5. patsyk says:

   27 January 2009 at 1:41 pm

   Those muffins look so yummy!
6. april says:

   27 January 2009 at 9:54 pm

   holy yumminess! I’m going on a scrapbook retreat this weekend with a friend and will be making these for our trip down (and the hubbies stuck at home!)
7. Danielle Lindorf says:

   28 January 2009 at 6:53 pm

   We were just looking for a good muffin recipe for RS VT interview snacks, and I think this one will be perfect. I can’t wait to make them. If there ever was a comfort food…this is it!
8. Kelsey says:

   26 February 2009 at 4:11 pm

   that looks so good!
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11. Jessica says:

    27 March 2011 at 9:38 pm

    Thanks for the recipe. The muffins came out great- I substituted applesauce for oil and they had a great flavor. I’ll definitely make these again!