Applesauce Muffins
Grab a glass of milk! It’s time for a delicious, wholesome Applesauce Muffins. They are perfect for breakfast, snacking, lunches, and more.
I am a snacker. A self-proclaimed snacker. There I said it.
Honestly, I rather just snack all day instead of eat a big meal. The trouble is with that, is that I need to force myself to eat healthy food while I am snacking. These Applesauce Muffins are the perfect snack, although they are perfect any time of day – breakfast, toss them in lunch boxes, after-school snack, even a late night snack before bed.
This muffin recipe is one that I have been using for many, many years. The boys and Doug all love them, and the recipe makes a lot too. They freeze well if you want to whip up a batch on the weekend, and have them throughout the whole week to snack on or pack in lunches.
The applesauce and raisins keep the muffins moist. And I used Truvia Baking Blend instead of sugar, it’s a sugar substitute blend of zero-calorie Truvia natural sweetener and sugar then packaged in a product that’s designed for easy, at-home baking. It also can be substituted for sugar in any recipe by simply using half as much Truvia Baking Blend as you would sugar.
Here’s a quick tip for baking with raisins. Before adding the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, add the raisins to a bowl and add a pinch of the flour mixture to them. Then toss them to coat with the flour, that way the raisins won’t sink to the bottom of the muffins when they bake.
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Applesauce Muffins
A hearty muffin perfect for breakfast, lunch boxes, snacks or even a late night snack! Filled with good-for-you ingredients and LESS sugar too!
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour - all-purpose or whole wheat
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon allspice
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup Truvia Baking Blend
- 2 eggs
- 2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 tablespoons vanilla
- 1 cup raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fill muffin tin with liners
- Combine flour, cinnamon, allspice and soda, set aside
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and Truvia
- Beat in eggs, applesauce and vanilla until smooth
- Add raisins to a bowl - add a pinch of flour mixture, toss to coat
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients just until moistened
- Fold in raisins
- Divide batter into muffin tin using a cookie scoop
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
- Cool on wire rack
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can you use sugar or honey in the applesauce muffins ? How much would you use ?
Hi Carol, yes you use twice the amount of sugar, so for the applesauce muffins, use 2 cups of granulated sugar.
I’m not sure about the honey though.
Happy Baking!
-Liz
I found your site last night and spent my evening there. I made these muffins for breakfast (mini sized) today. I halved it and didn’t have allspice so I doubled the cinnamon and no raisins (fam doesn’t like them). Used Granny Smith applesauce. Kids loved them!
@Kris, Wow! You totally made my day! How great is that! What a great idea to make them mini! Thanks so much for letting me know!
~Liz
These would be perfect made gluten & sugar-free so don’t be surprised if I come up with my own spin on these. I bookmarked it in my “to make” file.
You’re the only other person I’ve seen do the flour-coated raisin trick. Actually, I saw Ina Garten do it with cheddar cheese and have stolen it and used it in everything that sticks when baking. It always works perfectly.
Thanks so much for participating in Slightly Indulgent Mondays!!
These sound delish! I have all these ingredients on hand…I think I will make them for breakfast tomorrow! Thanks for the recipe!
These look great! I make some very similar, but I will try your recipe next time!
Thanks for sharing! That sounds yummy!
Glad you joined us today.
I love these muffins.. I actually make a recipe that is similar! YUM!
Yum and almost everything that is already in my pantry to boot! I have done that with chocolate chips before, but never thought to do that with raisins. Thanks so much for the tip!
Love it! Smart idea with the raisins!! I have a guacamole recipe on my site!
Yum Yum!! I love using applesauce in baked goods and these sound delish!
Great tip on the raisins!
these sound yummy and so good for you
These sounds yummy. I love heathy muffins 🙂
I use to put applesauce in muffins for my kids when they were younger. Your muffins sound good.
Those sound really good!! Thanks for sharing – I’m definitely going to try them! 🙂