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Showing posts with label muffins. Show all posts

October 14, 2012

Healthy Greek Yogurt Chunky Apple Muffins

Apples, apples, and more apples. I just can't get enough of them right now! I'm not an apple pie fan, but I wanted to make something sweet with a big bag of honeycrisps I picked up at the farmer's market.

While searching for apple recipes, I stumbled upon this great article for how to make healthy muffins from what you have available. With some additional inspiration from MarthaI created healthy greek yogurt chunky apple muffins. They are perfect for breakfast with a big cup of joe. 


greek yogurt chunky apple muffins

Ingredients:
1 C all purpose or whole wheat flour
1 C rolled oats
1 C honeycrisp apples, peeled, cored, and diced
2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
2 eggs
1/3 C vegetable oil
1 1/2 C 2% Greek yogurt
1/2 C brown sugar
1/2 t powdered cinnamon
1/2 t vanilla extract

optional: 1/4 C walnuts, chopped

Directions:
preheat oven to 350.
spray a 12-muffin pan with cooking spray.
peel, core, and dice apples.
combine dry ingredients in a large bowl - flour, oats, salt, baking powder, brown sugar, & cinnamon.
add apples and walnuts and mix to coat.
in a separate small bowl, whisk together eggs, oil, yogurt, and vanilla.
fold yogurt mixture into dry ingredients. 
fill each muffin cup with batter (about 75% - 80% full).
bake 22 - 27 minutes.
cool 5 minutes and serve.
store in an air-tight container and serve at room temperature.


dry ingredients

diced apples (also make a nice mid-recipe snack)

coat apples & walnuts with dry ingredients

get ready to whisk!

two bowls, get ready to fold

fold wet ingredients into dry

fill muffin cups ~ 80% full

when done, tops are golden brown

look at those chunks of apple - yum


tips & extras

brown sugar - You can use normal sugar to make these, but I felt the ingredients really went with brown. These are more of a breakfast muffin. If you want something a bit sweeter, double the sugar.

yogurt - You can use plain yogurt if you can't find Greek. Since there is no butter in this recipe, use 2% or full-fat yogurt. 

apples - Any apples will work! Something sweet is best. Dice them into as little or big pieces as you want. 

helpful kitchen tip - Annoyed with needing to use an ice pick to break up your brown sugar? Store brown sugar in a zip lock bag in your refrigerator. It will last forever and will stay soft & crumbly.