We love these healthy apple cinnamon muffins for a healthy jump start in the morning, hence the nickname Power Muffins. And they’re easy to make, too!
If you can’t eat them all right away, store them in an airtight container in the fridge, or freeze them. You can always pull them out one by one as you need them. Sit them out on the counter — they don’t take very long to thaw to room temp.
They make a great “grab and go” breakfast for busy weekday mornings!
Healthy Apple Cinnamon Muffins Recipe
What you’ll need:
1 1/2 cups flour (we use whole wheat, but you can also use AP)
3/4 c ground flax seed
3/4 c oat bran
3/4 c honey
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
3/4 c milk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 tbsp oil
2 cups shredded carrots (use your food processor or do a fine chop by hand)
2 apples, peeled and shredded
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped nuts, optional
How to do it:
1. Preheat your oven to 350. Oil your muffin pan.
2. In a large bowl, mix the flour, flax, bran, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Add the milk, honey, eggs, and oil to the dry mixture, then stir until just blended. Be careful to not overstir.
3. Now, gently stir in the carrots, apples, raisins, and optional nuts.
4. Fill the muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. I like to use a soup ladle to do this; it’s neater this way.
5. Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes until deep golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Mmmm!
Wow. That's a lot of stuff in those! Thanks for the recipe!
Those are some power muffins–super nutritional! I love that I can use honey from our bees in them, plus I have some carrots already grated. Last, they'll be easy to make gluten free. Thanks so much!
Shirley
Yum ~ definitely trying this recipe soon!
We have a different name for these but absolutely LOVE them! They taste so delicious and are packed full of goodies to start the day.
I just made 2 batches of these and I absolutely love these!!!!! (I used King Arthur Organic whole wheat flour – blue package) =) next is the bread recipe.
Thank you for sharing!
p.s. I love your blog – it is very inspiring.
I must try.
Too funny! I have a “power” muffin recipe too. But not as powerful I believe as yours is – WOW! These look amazing. I can’t wait to give them a try! I am going to try soaking the grains first and see how that works out and will let you know, if you’d like? 🙂
Please do!!!! I haven’t tried it on these muffins, and I’d love to know!
These look amazing!!!!!! I am going to have to try them!
Mary Joy, be sure to pop back over and let me know if you do 🙂
I just made these and they are fantastic straight out of the oven! I’m just hoping that they will be as yummy in the morning for breakfast =). Thank you for the good recipe!