Name: Apple Granola Muffins
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12 Muffins
Ingredients: 1 cup whole wheat flour; 1/2 cup all purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 2 tsp cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup coconut sugar; 1 cup applesauce; 1/4 cup maple syrup; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup apple (finely diced); 1/2 cup granola (- of your choice)

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Apple Granola Muffins are easy and delicious. These fruity moist muffins are healthier and sweetened just right for breakfast or a snack. Everyone loves them!

Apple Granola Muffins are stacked three high at perilous angles. All sitting on a small white dish and a beige wooden beaded mat.

Apple Granola Muffins are healthy and delicious. I never met an apple, muffin or granola that I didn’t like so this seemed like a home run from the get-go.

A helpful fun video is right here ↑ if you’re on a desktop computer and a couple of paragraphs below if you’re on mobile.

Apple is finely diced so the chunks are understated and applesauce brings more apple flavor through. It seems like I try to work apples into a lot of recipes.

They’re just so friggin’ good!

Apple Granola Muffins have a photo taken from above. Five muffins on a white rectangle plate with one muffin broken open.

Nuts are the usual crunch that gets added to muffins but, hey, let’s add a bigger variety of texture and use granola.

You can choose your favorite whether it includes other dried fruits or not. I used cereal granola, not trail mix granola. Both would work great.

In fact, have you ever made your own granola? I just happen to have a delicious recipe on the blog and it’s called Date Bar Granola. Here’s a pic!

Date Bar Granola Cereal is in a green pottery bowl and is almost covered in dairy free milk. Sitting in front of a milk pitcher and huge glass container of homemade granola.

Now I need to make these muffins again soon. Some of this granola is in my cereal jar, right now, and it would be so good in this recipe.

If you want bigger muffins this batter works for those also. Just fill up the tins more. You won’t get as many muffins but they will be a bigger serving. Whatever muffin tins you have work with this recipe.

Since super moist muffins are always welcome bake up a batch of Apple Granola Muffins and you will be glad you did.

Apple Granola Muffins stacked three and one broken open so that chunks of apples are seen inside.

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5 from 3 votes

Apple Granola Muffins

Apple Granola Muffins are healthy and delicious.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Muffins

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Servings Muffins

Calories 143kcal

Author Ginny McMeans

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup coconut sugar
1 cup applesauce
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup apple finely diced
1/2 cup granola - of your choice

Instructions

Lightly oil muffin tin for 12 muffins.
Preheat oven to 350°.
In a large bowl, add the flours, baking powder, baking soda and all the spices and coconut sugar..
Add the applesauce, maple syrup and vanilla extract.
Stir until just blended.
Add diced apple and granola.
Mix until just incorporated.
Fill the muffin cups about 3/4 full.
Bake at 350° for about 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffin comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool about 10 minutes.

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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Apple Granola Muffins

Amount Per Serving (1 Muffin)

Calories 143 Calories from Fat 9

% Daily Value*

Fat 1g2%

Sodium 224mg9%

Potassium 144mg4%

Carbohydrates 32g11%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 14g16%

Protein 2g4%

Vitamin A 10IU0%

Vitamin C 0.7mg1%

Calcium 37mg4%

Iron 0.9mg5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

TO FREEZE:

After they have cooled you may freeze them in any of the methods shown in my article How to prepare Food for the Freezer

TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING:

They defrost quickly so it really doesn’t take any planning. The microwave will also zap them in 20 seconds.

Apple Granola Muffins are deep golden stacked three high with a dark turquisse background.

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Comments

Ginny McMeans
February 27, 2019 at 12:59 pm
Yay!!! Fantastic Sheila – You are so welcome!
Sheila
February 27, 2019 at 12:37 pm

HOLY MOLY these things are AMAZING. I just finished them and I can’t even begin to describe how delicious they are. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Susan Chan
July 17, 2017 at 1:12 am
Can I use green granny smith apples?
Andrea
July 17, 2017 at 12:16 am
Apple + granola in the form of a muffin? Call me in! I bet they taste just as delicious as they look 🙂
Laura
July 16, 2017 at 11:53 pm
Those muffins are so much fun. So many flavours mixed together.
Ginny McMeans
July 16, 2017 at 10:24 pm
Thanks so much Syama! They really are perfect to grab as you’re running out the door.
Ginny McMeans
July 16, 2017 at 10:23 pm
Thanks Sandy and you are very smart!
Sandy @ Ginger and Scotch
July 16, 2017 at 6:48 pm
This is such a great combination and I am thinking of freezing some for the kids to snack on when needed.
Syama
July 16, 2017 at 4:36 pm

A wonderful idea for breakfast on the go ! That too with healthful ingredients. We love the flavors in this muffin. I am sure this is going to be a hit.
Ginny McMeans
July 16, 2017 at 4:03 pm
That’s great Erin! They turned out so good and moist too!
Erin Clarkson
July 16, 2017 at 3:56 pm

These look delicious! I love apples and I LOVE granola, so I can imagine combining them is amazing!
Ginny McMeans
August 22, 2013 at 2:53 pm
Absolutely! They just won’t have a mild molasses type of flavor. Still delicious though.
Britny
August 22, 2013 at 1:37 pm
Can I use regular sugar instead of coconut sugar?

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