Are you looking for a healthier way to enjoy your favorite apple walnut muffins? Our article is the answer to your culinary cravings. We'll provide you with a recipe that offers a low-fat, low-sugar alternative to the classic muffin while still packing in all the delicious flavors. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting out, our easy-to-follow instructions and simple yet flavorful ingredients will guide you to muffin perfection. Get ready to indulge in a healthier version of this timeless treat that's perfect for a breakfast on the go, an afternoon snack, or a sweet treat to share with friends and family.
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
JUMBO FLUFFY WALNUT APPLE MUFFINS
A large fluffy muffin with a sweet buttery topping. My jumbo muffin tins hold 1 cup per muffin, so this is scaled for my tins.
Provided by Jen Graham
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Muffin Recipes Apple Muffin Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat top and insides of jumbo muffin pan with cooking spray, or line with muffin papers.
- In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter, 1 1/4 cups sugar, vanilla, and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at time. Mix together the 1 3/4 cups of flour, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Stir in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Fold in apples and walnuts. Scoop into muffin cups to fill 3/4 full. Lightly sprinkle the tops with cinnamon crumble.
- To make Cinnamon Crumble: In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, and 2 tablespoons cubed butter. Mix together using a pastry blender, or two butter knives. The crumble topping should resemble small peas.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until tops are golden brown, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. If they are browning too quickly, cover with tin foil. Remove from pans, and cool on wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 634.7 calories, Carbohydrate 89.7 g, Cholesterol 114.5 mg, Fat 28.2 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 8.8 g, SaturatedFat 13.6 g, Sodium 483.1 mg, Sugar 55.8 g
BANANA BREAD MUFFINS LOW CARB LOW SUGAR
I just made these thought I would try something and it turned out good. Even my husband who doesn't have special dietary needs said they tasted good. Even if sugar isn't not a worry for you just swap out the Spenda for regular sugar. I was impressed with the almond flour, I added extra baking soda because all of the reading on almond flour said it does not raise well and my muffins did well.
Provided by augustaloomis
Categories Breads
Time 35m
Yield 11 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Mash banana add egg, Splenda, unsweetened applesauce, vanilla, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, mix well.
- Add in almond flour 1/2 a cup at a time mix well then add the all purpose flour.
- Take muffin pan put in liners or spray with non stick spray spoon in 1/4 cup mixture into each muffin slot. Bake at 350°F for 25 to 30 minutes. Enjoy.
LOW FAT APPLE BRAN MUFFINS
I like to snack on these muffins, they're good, and they're healthy too. Add more sugar if you want it to be sweeter, since these muffins aren't very sweet. Be careful with the milk, sometimes it can be too moist, but you'll just have to bake it for a longer period of time.
Provided by Jenny Wong
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Muffin Recipes Bran Muffin Recipes
Time 30m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 7
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 84.8 calories, Carbohydrate 18.9 g, Cholesterol 0.8 mg, Fat 0.6 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 3.5 g, SaturatedFat 0.2 g, Sodium 137.3 mg, Sugar 6.1 g
DIETETIC BANANA NUT MUFFINS
These muffins have no sugar and no fat, but are moist and tasty. Instead of regular applesauce, I sometimes use mango-peach to give the muffins more flavor. Great recipe for diabetics! You can use all white flour instead the whole wheat flour, too.
Provided by Bridget
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Muffin Recipes Whole Wheat Muffin Recipes
Time 23m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin tin, or line with paper muffin liners.
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar substitute, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, mix together the egg whites, mashed banana and applesauce. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and mix until just blended. Fill prepared muffin cups 3/4 full.
- Bake for 15 to 18 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Allow muffins to cool in the pan over a wire rack for a little while before tapping them out of the pan.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 77.1 calories, Carbohydrate 16.7 g, Fat 0.3 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 2.6 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 152.4 mg, Sugar 2.9 g
APPLE WALNUT STREUSEL MUFFINS
Make and share this Apple Walnut Streusel Muffins recipe from Food.com.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Quick Breads
Time 40m
Yield 12 muffins
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Butter muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
- Put streusel topping ingredients into a medium-size bowl.
- Mix with a fork, then crumble with fingers until mixture looks like chopped walnuts.
- For muffins: thoroughly mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
- Break eggs into another bowl.
- Add yoghurt and melted butter, and whisk until well blended.
- Stir in diced apple.
- Pour egg mixture over flour mixture and fold in just until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Scoop batter into muffin cups.
- Top each muffin with about 2 teaspoons of the streusel topping.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until done.
LOW-FAT APPLE SPICE MUFFINS
What I like the most about these muffins is that the spices make the muffin what it is. The raw cane sugar and whole wheat pastry flour are the best to use because they are the least processed ingredients available and retain more of their natural goodness. The chunky apple bits give me more for my bite and add another level of sweetness to the muffin. These make a great breakfast or brunch item, or you can have one with a cup of coffee and unwind! Enjoy!
Provided by Chef Ivy
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Muffin Recipes Apple Muffin Recipes
Time 40m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 16
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 158.7 calories, Carbohydrate 32.9 g, Cholesterol 0.5 mg, Fat 1.5 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 84.6 mg, Sugar 18.5 g
CUPCAKES, LOW-FAT VERSION
I love muffins, I tweaked an applesauce cake recipe and substituted an equal amount of applesauce for the vegetable oil and substituted an equal number of egg whites for whole eggs. This turned out to be a teacher's classroom favorite on Apple tasting day for my son.
Provided by Vseward Chef-V
Categories Dessert
Time 32m
Yield 24 muffins
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray 24 muffin cups with nonstick flour based cooking spray.
- Prepare cake according to package directions except, add 1 tablespoon of flour to the dry mix and blend well.
- Substitute the applesauce for the oil in the recipe and use only egg whites instead of whole eggs.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 99.2, Fat 2.5, SaturatedFat 0.4, Cholesterol 0.4, Sodium 149.7, Carbohydrate 17.8, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 9.4, Protein 1.4
BISQUICK LOWER FAT ZUCCHINI NUT MUFFINS
Make and share this Bisquick Lower Fat Zucchini Nut Muffins recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Karen Anne Newton RN
Categories Quick Breads
Time 23m
Yield 12 muffins
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400ºF.
- Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups, or grease muffin tin.
- In a small mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients.
- In a larger bowl, mix the milk, oil, egg, vanilla, and zucchini with a large spoon.
- Then very gently stir the dry ingredients into the liquid ingredients just until moistened. Do NOT over-stir, or they will be dry and tough.
- Divide batter evenly among cups.
- Bake until the tops spring back when pressed gently in the center, about 13-18 minutes. Do not over-bake.
- Cool in the pan on a wire cake rim for 10 minutes before removing from cups.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 104.5, Fat 7, SaturatedFat 1.4, Cholesterol 21.7, Sodium 22.1, Carbohydrate 8.6, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 6, Protein 2.4
APPLE WALNUT MUFFINS LOW FAT & LOW SUGAR VERSION
All the glory of muffins, using apple butter for part of the fat and replacing the white sugar with Splenda granular. Another Graham Kerr speciality. (I've also posted recipe #204126 which he used in this recipe.)
Provided by SusieQusie
Categories Quick Breads
Time 40m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400ºF. Grease 12 muffin tin cups or line with cupcake papers.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder & soda, salt, cinnamon, oats, Splenda and walnuts.
- Thoroughly mix the egg, buttermilk, apple butter, oil & grated apple. Pour into dry ingredients and stir gently just till mixed. A few lumps are OK; overmixing will make the muffins tough.
- Divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups. Combine topping ingredients & scatter over muffin tops.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (They don't rise very much; that's okay.).
- Remove from oven & cool on a rack (if you're "muffin tipper", now's the time to do it ;-) for 10 minutes. Remove from pan & finish cooling on rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 122.3, Fat 4.9, SaturatedFat 0.8, Cholesterol 18.4, Sodium 223.7, Carbohydrate 16.7, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 4.4, Protein 3.7
Tips:
- Use ripe apples for the best flavor and texture.
- If you don't have walnuts, you can substitute another type of nut, such as pecans or almonds.
- To make the muffins even lower in fat, you can use unsweetened applesauce instead of the oil.
- If you don't have muffin liners, you can grease the muffin tins with cooking spray.
- Be careful not to overmix the batter, as this will make the muffins tough.
- Bake the muffins until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the muffins cool in the pan for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store the muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- You can also freeze the muffins for up to 2 months. To freeze, wrap each muffin individually in plastic wrap and then place them in a freezer bag.
Conclusion:
These apple walnut muffins are a delicious and healthy snack or breakfast option. They are low in fat and sugar, and they are packed with whole grains, fruits, and nuts. They are also easy to make and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Whether you are looking for a quick and easy breakfast or a healthy snack, these apple walnut muffins are a great choice.
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