Apple-Oatmeal Muffins

These muffins are great for a fast breakfast. I also put them in lunch boxes instead of cookies. They become even more moist the next day from the apples.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 225 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¾ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• ½ cup buttermilk
• ½ cup honey
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• ½ cup oil
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• ⅓ cup tightly packed brown sugar
• 1 ½ tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
• 2 cups peeled and finely chopped apples

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 muffin tin cups with cupcake papers.

Step 2

Mix brown sugar, all-purpose flour, and cinnamon together in a small bowl for crumb topping. Add butter and press with the back of a spoon or your fingers to incorporate it into the sugar mixture. Mix until crumbly and set aside.

Step 3

Toss apples with lemon juice in a large bowl. Mix in sugar, honey, buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla until combined. Stir in oats.

Step 4

Combine whole wheat flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt in a smaller bowl. Gently fold flour mixture into the wet ingredients with a large spoon, until flour is just mixed in. Spoon batter into the prepared cupcake papers and sprinkle about 1 teaspoon crumb topping on top of each one.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.