These delicious Cinnamon Applesauce Muffins are sweetened with applesauce and spiced with cinnamon. And they make a simple breakfast or snack for those busy on-the-go mornings!
I’ve shared multiple health-ish muffins on this website. And you know what? I’m not 100% sold on them. And by that I mean I make them for the kids, I eat a few here and there, but I’m not satisfied or proud of the recipes. I’ve often thought about taking down the healthy chocolate muffins because I’ve made them 3 times, and 2 out of 3 times they were great and then one time they were a flop. Don’t ask me why. I’M NOT A BAKER! But these cinnamon applesauce muffins? Well they may have just converted me to a once-in-awhile baker… who will now only make THESE muffins! [Please hold me to that claim if I ever share another baked muffin on here].
You’ll notice in this recipe that beyond the applesauce, there’s nothing super healthy about these cinnamon applesauce muffins. I used white sugar and flour. Refined flour folks! I thought about spending time baking a few batches and playing around with the ingredient list, but then I realized I’d much rather spend time playing with my kids OR sleeping while they sleep. And what’s wrong with a little sugar and flour every now that then?! Nothing in this registered dietitian’s book! Plus, the fact that I am not wincing while sharing a muffin recipe with you for fear that I’ll get some bad comments means one thing: you’ve GOT to make these.
And if you want to cut the sugar, add whole wheat flour, coconut oil, etc. Please share the method to your madness. Because I haven’t figured out the science behind healthy baking and will never strive to do so! I’ve got this dinner thing down and will take baking in stride. But if I had to sell one thing at a bake sale I’ve now found my product: cinnamon applesauce muffins!
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Preheat oven to 375. In a large mixing bowl, add dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, add wet ingredients and whisk until combined.
- Add wet ingredients to the dry and stir until combined. Evenly scoop mixture into a greased or lined muffin pan, filling about ⅔ of the way full.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
PS. Do you like my little helper in the recipe photos?! He couldn’t wait until Mom was finished photographing the muffins to get his hands on one! Or really, all twelve… Sweetened with applesauce and spiced with cinnamon, these cinnamon applesauce muffins are sure to be a family-favorite! Share on X
Healthy baking is not my strength either. It’s such a crap shoot! My kids are muffin crazy and would love these 🙂 Love the cute little hand reaching in!!
Thanks for the recipe! I just made it with half whole wheat flour, and I added about a quarter cup (heaping) extra applesauce to make up for the extra moisture that whole wheat flour sucks up. They turned out great!
Oh, I just made the batter and plan to use it in the morning and I also did half whole wheat. It sucking up extra liquid makes sense, I’ll have to add more applesauce in the morning.
Delicious!
My kids have started boycotting our usual muffins due to the grated carrot in them. I hope these will fill in the gap! I added them to our meal plan this month. I provided a link on my blog too: http://www.healthhappensathome.com/blog/2016/8/1/august-meal-plan
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing Erin!!!
I’ve made these twice now and the texture is good, especially with coconut oil in place of butter. I have added extra applesauce though as the first time the batter was SO thick and the muffins tasted super flour-y (so much flour for the amount of oil/egg in this recipe!). Also my applesauce was homemade and lightly sweetened, but if I were using unsweetened applesauce I would HAVE to add in a little more sugar. 🙂
Love this recipe so much. Today I changed it up a little and substituted plum purree for applesauce. It was delicious. My daughter says they taste peachy! They even have little specks of pink from the plums. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Love the recipe changes you made! We have so many plums right now I’ll give your version a try!
Hi, what would you say the nutrition of this muffin would be. I scan my nutrition labels when I am doing my food intake. I like to make home made muffins but would like to know this info on the Cinnamon Applesauce Muffins. Tks!
kFantastic! I made them with 1 cup whole grain spelt and 1 cup unbleached white. Substituted the white sugar with coconut sugar and added about 2 tbsp of maple syrup. The ratios were bang on for a moist muffin with a subtle sweetness. Totally healthy and delicious.Thank you for posting this recipe!
Mine are in the oven right now. The dough looked thick like cookie dough. Is this normal? I used canned homemade applesauce which was quite thick, not sure if that’s the issue.
Update: they still turned out great. Not moist but still really good
My muffin batter was more like a dough. I could hardly stir it. I had to add some milk to the recipe. I don’t know how others even stirred these without more liquid.
Mine was the same. Still turned out quite well just a tad bit dry. It seems like the measurements are a bit off maybe? Not sure as I never got a response
Go to http://www.verywellfit.com and you can enter your recipe and serving size and it will calculate nutritional value.
Made these this morning and added grated carrot and zucchini to the mix. I also ran out of apple sauce so IIadded a jar of apple/pear/avacado baby food to the mix. They smell so good baking right now.
Love this recipe, made them last night using strawberry applesauce,so moist and delish
Thanks for this recipe! Made them yesterday with a view to sending them in to school with my daughter 😉 she is uber fussy about food…. But success! She loved them…. Win win for both of us! Xxx
I love this super easy and yummy recipe! I linked your page on my latest blog post: http://craftsmaninthecountryblog.com/2018/08/31/how-to-make-ahead-school-lunch-and-save-valuable-time/
I made these this morning and everyone loved them. I substituted the 1/2 cup or sugar for 1/3 of a cup of honey. They were delicious!! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
These are a new favorite with my family and friends! I especially love them because I was able to make them be only 87 calories and 19.5 carbs per muffin for those of us on low calorie diets. I replaced the egg with egg whites and the butter with Parkay Spray Butter. I also added an extra teaspoon of cinnamon for fun. They are just the right amount of sweet that I don’t feel like I want to add jam or jelly. Thank you thank you for sharing this recipe!!
Hey, very nice information. I came across this on Google, and I am stoked that I did. I will definitely be coming back here more often. Wish I could add to the conversation and bring a bit more to the table, but am just taking in as much info as I can at the moment. Thanks for sharing.
health fitness food