My favorite morning muffins are these applesauce muffins. My mother passed down this recipe to me, and I made a few adjustments to add bran and flax. To add a hint of sweetness, add some raisins.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 dozen muffins |
Ingredients
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup applesauce
- ¼ cup canola oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup natural wheat bran
- 3 tablespoons ground flax
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
- Mix together brown sugar, applesauce, canola oil, egg, vanilla extract, and salt in a large bowl.
- Mix flour, bran, flax, baking soda, and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add bran mixture to applesauce mixture. Add milk and stir until thoroughly combined. Pour batter into the prepared muffin cups.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 11 to 13 minutes.
- I use single-serve 4-ounce applesauce cups for convenience, so I always have some on hand.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 151 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 22 g |
| Cholesterol | 15 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 288 mg |
| Sugars | 11 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
They tasted great. I think a little cinnamon would have been good. My only issue is that at 11 minutes, the middles were raw and the edges looked really brown. I had to turn the oven down to 350 and bake for an additional 8 minutes.
Amazing! The muffins had a beautiful crumb but held together. Wonderful deep flavor. I added 1 Tbsp molasses for a deeper color. These will be my go-to muffins!
Quick, easy and delicious.
This recipe balances fiber and sweetness to create the texture that works in our family. I appreciate the whole wheat flour, bran, and flax meal and changed nothing other than using 1 1/4 cups FiberOne cereal (pellet like) softened in the cup of milk before adding at the end of the process with walnuts and raisins. I also suggest, as have others, that you mix only as much as is absolutely necessary.
I really enjoy these muffins and have one every day for breakfast. I use 2 eggs for texture. For flavorings I add 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice and a little ground ginger – 1/2 tsp or so. I like to use whatever dried fruits I have (often it’s cranberries and dates) and I always throw in a handful of walnuts, because I love the crunch. They are off the yum-score chart!
These muffins are just want I was looking for ..moist and delicious. I substituted 1/3 c turbinado sugar and 2Tbsp maple syrup for the brown sugar (soaking the turninado sugar mix in the milk while I was preparing rest of ingredients). Also I used light olive oil in place of canola oil and added ~2/3 c of carrots, minced in food processor. YUM.
These are fabulous! Moist, sweet and hearty – all in one! Easy to make, turned out great.
These turned out great for me! Light and fluffy and soft! I didn’t have whole wheat flour, but regular flour worked just fine. I added raisins, but I minced them up with a sharp knife so you get nice little bits of raisin throughout. If you’re new to making muffins like I am, I had to go searching for some additional instructions: you fill the muffin cups about 2/3 full, and you let them cool for just a few minutes in the pan but transfer them to wire racks to finish cooling. Wonderful recipe!
Delicious, moist, and easy. I added 2/3 cup raisins with the dry ingredients and it was perfect. Made 12 generous muffins.
Delicious!
This recipe turned out great! I made one change by adding half of a finely chopped apple to the batter.
Very good muffin! I’m a nutritionist so I liked the lower fat option. Added 1/2 banana, 1 tsp cinnamon and cardamom (because why not?) and put some bran cereal in the food processor instead of regular bran. Will definitely make these again! Karen Tait, D.T.
Delicious! Will definitely make them again!
I had to swap applesauce for the cranberry-apple butter that I had on hand and I used almond flour instead of flax but these were delicious. The half recipe helped me keep them fresh and not overeat on them! I am excited to make these again!
I made it. I loved them! I added cinnamon, oats, raisins and walnuts. I used 1 cup applesauce and 1 tablespoon oil. Excellent!! Very healthy and tasty!!
I was spending money at the coffee shop for a raisin bran muffin a few times a week. Now I have discovered this recipe I will be bringing these to work every day! I followed the recipe and added a large handful of raisins. I will be making these muffins weekly from now on!
I was looking for a healthier muffin and didn’t to like them as much as a less healthy version. What a nice surprise! They are moist and delicious! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe.