Fall Oaty Apple Cinnamon Muffins ..

AND another week begins :) Gotta love Mondays!! Not so much, but it was a gorg fall day!! The weekend was beautiful as well. I got to see so many of my friends this last weekend and many of them said they read my blog - how exciting :) Its so motivating to keep blogging when I know I have followers!!

Another thing that is great about this weather is THE CROCKPOT :) My favorite winter gadget. I will be blogging a lot of crockpot recipes coming up - since I use the thing constantly in the fall. The first one will come tomorrow :)

But first, I have this amazing apple muffin recipe. Its super nutritious and a GREAT snack. It taste delicious with a little cream cheese and a coffee at about 10:00AM - that's when my sweet tooth kicks in !!

So here we go.. Fall Oaty Apple Cinnamon Muffins..

Ingredients

1 2/3 Cup of Whole Wheat Flour (Be sure to get the 100% whole wheat - not enriched)
1/4 Cup of rolled oats
2 tsp of baking powder
1/3 cup of light brown sugar (so here's the deal w/ brown sugar - not the healthiest, but def healthier than regular white sugar and here is why -- the organic brown sugar is made from evaporated cane juice which is taken from organically grown sugar cane. It is not processed - the sugar cane is crushed/pressed to release the juice. The natural molasses is what makes it brown - so there ya have it.. natural at that :))
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
2 large eggs (cage-free organic)
1 cup milk
1/2 cup of peanut oil
1 tsp of vanilla extract (pure)
2 apples, cored and grated (I used granny smith and did it with Gala apples as well) (also, a very easy way to grate the apples is by using your food processor if it has a grating disk)

Once you have all of your ingredients ready - its time to get mixing..

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 and get your muffin tin ready. I made about 18 regular sized muffins w/ this recipe. I did not use muffin wrappers, I greased the muffin tin and the muffins came right out perfectly :)

2. Mix together the flour, oats, baking powder, sugar, and cinnamon in a large bowl.

3. Lightly beat the eggs in a large bowl and beat in the milk and oil. When blended, pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Add the vanilla extract and stir gently until combined - be sure not to over mix here.

4. Finally, stir in the apples and fill your muffin pans.

5. Cook in the oven for 25-30 minutes - Here is my trick, I ALWAYS under bake so I always do the least amount of time b/c they continue cooking in the pan while they are cooling.

6. Let them cool completely before removing from the pan and there ya go - a delicious batch of muffins!!

These are yummy and amazing!! Enjoy :)

Stay tuned for the crockpot recipes coming tomorrow!!!

Live Well xxoxo