Apple Oat Muffins

These Apple Oat Muffins are the perfect sweet snack or breakfast made with whole grain oats, sweet apples, and fragrant cinnamon and nutmeg! This is the BEST apple muffin recipe for apple season!

 

Estimated reading time: 22 minutes

It’s apple season and these Apple Oat Muffins are the perfect way to enjoy all the market-fresh apples! These are perfect for school lunches and breakfasts for busy mornings! If you’ve been a follower of The Busy Baker for any length of time you probably have heard that we created a No Fail Muffin Baking Course with all our favourite tips and tricks and muffin-baking secrets to get your homemade muffins into tip top shape! We’ve made SO many muffin-baking mistakes over the years and we are dying to share all our secrets with you so you can make your own muffins at home!

Here are just a few reasons why we love these Apple Oat Muffins!

1. They make the best SNACK: These apple oat muffins are great for snacks and busy breakfast mornings.
2. It’s a FALL STAPLE: Everybody loves fresh apples when they are in season and this is go-to fall recipe to enjoy.
3. They’re EASY to MAKE: We love how simple this recipe is to make with ingredients that you probably already have on hand.

Follow these PRO tips to make the BEST apple muffins you’ve ever made!

This is the BEST TIP for the perfect fluffy muffins every single time! If you’re left with muffins that are closer in texture to hockey pucks, it’s almost certainly because you mixed the batter too vigorously and for too long. Be gentle with the batter once you add the dry ingredients and stir only until the flour just barely disappears. Use a wooden spoon or silicone spatula and mix by hand to avoid over-mixing. Making muffins with a stand mixer or a hand mixer almost ALWAYS ensures you’ll over-mix, so making them by hand is the way to go!!

Adding any add-ins to your muffins with the dry ingredients helps keep them evenly distributed throughout the batter while baking so they don’t sink to the bottom of the muffins.

Adding ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves gives these muffins such a delicious warm flavour!

The leavening agent in muffins is usually baking powder (sometimes with baking soda), which acts quickly as soon as the liquid and dry ingredients come together. To get fluffy muffins with the nice dome shape on top, get them in the oven as fast as you can after mixing.

No one likes a gummy muffin that’s underdone on the inside. Let the muffins cool until they’re almost room temperature before digging in, since they continue baking on the inside even after they’ve been removed from the oven.

If you’re running into trouble with this apple muffin recipe, follow the solutions we recommend below!

If the flour is not measured properly and too much is added, the muffins can be dry after baking. Make sure to scoop and level off the flour before adding it to the bowl.

Over-mixing the batter can lead to dense muffins. Mix only until the flour has been incorporated to ensure light and fluffy muffins.

The muffins will crumble apart when they are over-baked. Bake the muffins at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius) for about 18-22 minutes, or until the tops have lost their shine and a toothpick inserted into one of the muffins comes out clean.

Use apples that are firm and hold up to baking, like Granny Smith or Honeycrisp apples. If the apples are too soft like Red Delicious, they will be mushy.

Let the muffins cool in the pan or they will fall apart when removing them. Make sure to grease the muffin pans or use muffin liners to prevent the muffins from sticking to the muffin tins.

You will need these kitchen items on hand to make these delicious apple muffins (paid links):

• muffin tins
• mixing bowls
• Silicone Spatula
• whisk
• measuring cups and spoons
• liquid measuring cups
• Paper Muffin Liners
• Cooling Racks
• Ice Cream Scoop

To make this apple muffin recipe, you’ll need these ingredients (paid links):

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup chopped apples (plus a few extra for sprinkling on top, optional)
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Want to try something different? Try one of these variations for this Apple Oat Muffin recipe!

1. Crunchy Topping – Use chopped walnuts and sprinkle on top for an added crunch texture. An oat streusel topping would also add texture without adding nuts.
2. Apple Carrot – Grate carrots and add it alongside the apples in the the batter for additional sweetness and added fibre and nutrients.
3. Cranberries – Mix in dried cranberries for flavour contrast and additional texture or add in fresh cranberries for a pop of colour.
4. Apple Pumpkin – Add in chopped apple, pumpkin puree, and spices for the perfect fall combination.

We hope you love these muffins as much as we do! Let us know in the comments below, what’s your favourite muffin recipe? We’d love to know!

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