Low Fat Apple Oatmeal Muffins Recipes

LOW-FAT OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Soak oats in milk for 1 hour.
• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
• Spoon into a muffin pan that has been lightly greased or sprayed with nonstick spray.
• Bake at 400 F for 20-25 minutes.
• Variations: To make Oatmeal Raisin Muffins, Oatmeal Apple Muffins, or Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins, add raisins/chopped apples/chocolate chips to the batter.

APPLE-OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 muffin tin cups with cupcake papers.
• Mix brown sugar, all-purpose flour, and cinnamon together in a small bowl for crumb topping. Add butter and press with the back of a spoon or your fingers to incorporate it into the sugar mixture. Mix until crumbly and set aside.
• Toss apples with lemon juice in a large bowl. Mix in sugar, honey, buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla until combined. Stir in oats.
• Combine whole wheat flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt in a smaller bowl. Gently fold flour mixture into the wet ingredients with a large spoon, until flour is just mixed in. Spoon batter into the prepared cupcake papers and sprinkle about 1 teaspoon crumb topping on top of each one.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

LOW FAT APPLE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine bran and buttermilk. Set aside to soak for 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease muffin pan, or use paper liners.
• In a large bowl, mix together flour, brown sugar and baking soda. Stir in bran mixture and egg whites. Fold in grated apple. Divide batter into 12 muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 16 to 18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing from the pan.

LOW-FAT APPLE SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Whisk the whole wheat pastry flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger together in a large bowl until evenly combined. Use your fingers to make a well in the center of the dry ingredients.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites, skim milk, yogurt, raw sugar, canola oil, and vanilla extract until smooth; mix in the chopped apple.
• Pour the liquid ingredients into the well in the dry ingredients, and mix to make a thick batter.
• Pour the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them about 2/3 full.
• Bake the muffins in the preheated oven until lightly golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Cool the muffins in their cups for about 5 minutes before removing to finish cooling on wire racks.

HEALTHY LOW FAT APPLE AND OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Soak the oats, apple juice, sugar and vanilla for 30 minutes.
• Mix in the flour, baking powder, grated apple and cinnamon.
• Fold in the beaten egg whites; Spoon into 12 muffin tins.
• Top muffins with 2 sliced apple wedges (cut quarters of apple into 3 or 4 wedges) and bake at 170° C (338°F) for 25 - 30 minutes until muffins and cooked though and golden.
• Cool in pan for a few minutes, then remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

LOW-FAT APPLE OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Combine oats, yogurt, and cider vinegar and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, combine applesauce, oil, eggs, and vanilla.
• In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients.
• Pour wet ingredients over dry, and stir gently to combine. Stir in the oat/yogurt mixture. Stir in the shredded apples.
• Spoon into well-greased muffin tin.
• Bake ~25 minutes.

LOW-FAT APPLE ORANGE OAT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, oat bran, baking powder and soda, salt and cinnamon.
• Combine buttermilk, egg, orange rind and juice in a separate bowl.
• Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients, mixing just until moistened.
• Stir in apples and raisins.
• Spoon into greased muffin tins.
• Sprinkle with wheat germ.
• Bake at 400 for 18-20 minutes.