Healthier Apple Muffins
I don't consider muffins a healthy food, but I do make them on occasion making sure to use high-quality ingredients and less sugar. My kids love these "healthier" apple muffins.
Servings: 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup oats
- 1 ½ cup unbleached flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder aluminum-free
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon cardamom optional
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds optional
- ½ cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 1 cup apples diced
- 1 cup milk or non-dairy milk
- 1 egg slightly beaten
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoon coconut oil melted
- 2 tablespoon butter melted
Crumble Topping
- 3 tablespoon unbleached flour
- 2 tablespoon oats
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh ground flax
- ¼ teaspoon both cinnamon and cardamom
- 2 ½ tablespoon soft butter
- 2 tablespoon chopped pecans or walnuts optional
Instructions
Crumble
- Mix together all dry ingredients, add soft butter and stir until all dry ingredients are incorporated. Set aside.
Muffins
- Pre-heat oven to 400.
- In a small-medium mixing bowl mix together all dry ingredients. Oats, flour, baking powder, salt, chia seeds, and spices. Mix well with a wooden spoon.
- In a separate medium bowl, mix together sugar, milk, vanilla, coconut oil, butter, egg, and diced apple.
- Slowly add dry ingredients, stirring with wooden spoon until the dry in fully incorporated. Don't over mix.
- Divide into 6 jumbo or 12 mini lined or greased muffins tins.
- Sprinkle about a teaspoon of crumble on each one. Bake for about 20 min or until lightly brown.