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 Martha, I created healthy greek yogurt chunky apple muffins. They are perfect for breakfast with a big cup of joe.
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.
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.
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 Martha, I created healthy greek yogurt chunky apple muffins. They are perfect for breakfast with a big cup of joe.
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| 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.
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| dry ingredients |
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| diced apples (also make a nice mid-recipe snack) |
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| coat apples & walnuts with dry ingredients |
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| get ready to whisk! |
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| two bowls, get ready to fold |
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| fold wet ingredients into dry |
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| fill muffin cups ~ 80% full |
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| when done, tops are golden brown |
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| 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.
