Recipe: Yummy Apple Oat Muffins

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I have been wanting to make this recipe forever. Apple is one of the flavors I associate with fall. And these muffins have a wonderful robust apple flavor and a texture reminiscent of oat muffins. You can have Apple Oat Muffins using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Apple Oat Muffins

1. It's 3 cups of old fashioned rolled oats.
2. It's 1 tbsp. of apple pie spice.
3. You need 1 1/2 tsp. of baking soda.
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp. of salt.
5. Prepare 2 of large eggs, at room temperature.
6. Prepare 2/3 cup of milk, at room temperature (any kind).
7. It's 3/4 cup of unsweetened applesauce.
8. You need 1/2 cup of maple syrup.
9. Prepare 3 tbsp. of unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly.
10. You need 1 tsp. of vanilla extract.
11. Prepare 1 of large granny smith apple, grated.
12. You need of Turbinado sugar, for optional topping.

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Apple Oat Muffins step by step

1. Use a food processor to grind up the oats into oat flour. Then pour the oat flour out into a large bowl and add the apple pie spice, baking soda and salt to it. Whisk it all together and set it aside..
2. In a seperate, large bowl, whisk together the eggs, applesauce, milk, maple syrup, butter and vanilla extract until well combined..
3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and use a rubber spatula to fold it all together until just combined. Then fold in the shredded apple. The mix will seem quite wet. I let it sit while the oven heats..
4. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a standard size 12 count muffin tin with cupcake liners or grease them well. Fill the tins to the top with the muffin batter. Then, sprinkle a good pinch of turbinado sugar over each one..
5. Bake 15-18 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let them cool in the pan for 5 or so minutes, before popping them out and letting them cool on wire racks..
6. Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days and enjoy!.
7. You could also finely dice the apple instead of shredding it, for a different textured muffin..

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