Apple Cinnamon Oat Muffins (Egg Free, Dairy Free, Vegan)
These egg free Apple Cinnamon Oat Muffins are hearty and slightly less sweet than your typical fruit muffin, but almost look like dessert with their cinnamon sugar topping. Oat flour, apples, and cinnamon come together to make these a sweet (but not too sweet!) breakfast option packed with fiber. The recipe is egg free as is, and can easily be made dairy free and vegan with simple substitutions.
Servings: 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 3 Tablespoons water
- 3 Tablespoons vegetable or canola oil (may substitute additional applesauce, if desired)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (blended into oat flour in food processor)
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup milk of choice
- 2/3 cup apples, finely chopped (1 cup if you like a lot of apples!)
Topping (Optional)
- 1 Tbsp sugar for topping
- 1/4 - 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 12 muffin tins or line with muffin liners.
- Stir together applesauce, brown sugar, water, oil, and vanilla in large bowl.
- For oat flour, pulse ½ cup of oats in food processor 5-10 times (5 for chunkier oats, 10+ for a finer oat flour – both ways are good!).
- Whisk together flour, oat flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- Add about half of the flour mixture (no need to measure) to wet ingredients and stir to combine.
- Add milk and remaining flour mixture, and stir until combined. Stir in apples last.
- Divide batter evenly into 12 muffins (or 24 mini muffins). Optional: Mix together cinnamon and sugar topping in small bowl, and sprinkle evenly over muffin tops before baking.
- Bake at 350F for 17-22 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean (or about 12 minutes for mini muffins).
- Allow to cool in pan several minutes. The apples add additional moisture, so allowing them to cool a bit first will help them keep their shape. Transfer to wire rack and cool completely before storing.