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Applesauce Oat Muffins

Soft, lightly sweet muffins made with applesauce, oats and cinnamon. Nut-free, and sturdy enough to ride in a backpack.

⏱ 35 min (15 min prep, 20 min cooking) 🍽 Serves 12 · 1 muffin lunchboxkid friendlymake aheadbudgetfreezer friendly vegetarian

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ContainsMilk, Eggs, Wheat. Check the labels on what you buy; brands differ.

Ingredients

Make 12 servings
  • 1 cup All-purpose flour
  • 1 cup Old-fashioned rolled oats
  • β…“ cup Brown sugar
  • 1Β½ tsp Baking powder
  • Β½ tsp Baking soda
  • 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
  • ΒΌ tsp Table salt
  • 1 cup Applesauce, unsweetened, unsweetened
  • 1 Eggs, large
  • ΒΌ cup Vegetable oil (soybean)
  • ΒΌ cup Whole milk
  • Β½ cup Raisins (optional)

Make it yourself

Out of brown sugar? Make it β†’ Make the applesauce yourself β†’

In the planner, Make it on the shopping list swaps the store item for these ingredients and puts the work on your prep day.

Nutrition

Nutrition coming: the USDA numbers for these ingredients are being added.

Steps

You’ll need: 12-cup muffin pan, paper liners, mixing bowls, whisk.

  1. Heat the oven to 375Β°F and line a 12-cup muffin pan.
  2. Whisk the flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl.
  3. In another bowl, whisk the applesauce, egg, oil and milk. Stir them into the dry ingredients just until combined, then fold in the raisins.
  4. Divide among the cups and bake 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick in the center comes out clean. Cool on a rack.
Make aheadKeeps 2 days on the counter in a covered container, or 5 days in the refrigerator.
❄️ FreezerFreeze up to 3 months. A frozen muffin thaws in the lunch box by lunchtime.
πŸ§’ With kidsKids can measure, stir and fill the liners. A grown-up handles the hot pan.
Dairy-free swapUse any plant milk.
Egg free swapUse 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed stirred into 3 tablespoons water, left 5 minutes.
From scratch swapMake the applesauce from scratch.

Goes well with

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An original Teddy Rook Book recipe, written for our back-to-school lunchboxes; safety steps follow USDA. Nutrition is estimated from USDA FoodData Central and changes with brands and portions.