Sugar-free Apple Muffins (BLW Friendly)

👩🏻‍🍳 Why you should try my recipe

• So appleeeeeey from the combination of apple sauce and chopped apple.
• Ready in less than 40 minutes.
• Delicious & healthy muffins for little ones and adults.
• Suitable for babies from 6 months old.
• Freezable if you want to make a big batch.
• Great for breakfast, as a snack, lunchboxes and days out.

🥘 Ingredients

To make these sugar-free apple muffins for BLW and more we need some applesauce, eggs, oil, cinnamon, oats, flour, baking powder, an apple and raisins.

You could use my homemade applesauce recipe, which is so simple and ready in just 15 minutes. You will get enough applesauce to make these sugar-free apple muffins and any remaining sauce, you could store in the fridge or add to yogurt.

For full quantities and to print the recipe, see the recipe card below.

🔪 Step-by-step Instructions

So get your ingredients ready and let's get started!

01. To start, I mix in a bowl the applesauce, eggs and oil until it's all well combined. If you don't have the time to make your own sugar-free applesauce, then you could buy an unsweetened one (paid link). As for the oil, I'm using light olive oil, but you could use any light oil you prefer and have at home, like coconut oil.

02. Next, I'm adding the dry ingredients, flour, oats, baking powder and cinnamon. I'm using quick oats (not oats flour) that I simply add to the batter along with the all-purpose flour and the baking powder that is going to help as a rising agent for my sugar-free muffins.

03. I mix everything gently with a spatula using folding moves from the bottom to the top. Try not to overwork the batter, just mix until the flour is incorporated.

04. Now it's time for the apples and the raisins. I peel one apple and cut it into cubes. I add the apple cubes to the batter along with the raisins. Then, I gently incorporate them into the batter with my spatula. That's it, we are now ready for the oven.

05. I'm using some silicon muffin cases that are reusable and it's easier to remove the muffins when baked. To get big, high-domed muffins like mine, you will need to fill in the cases to the top and that will give you about 9 muffins. Otherwise, you could spread the batter between 12 muffin cases and get smaller-raised muffins.

06. I'm baking the apple muffins for 20-25 minutes until they have a nice golden brown color. Try not to open the oven for the first 20 minutes as you might stop the muffins from rising.

📖 Substitutions & Variations

• You could use steel-cut oats instead of quick oats.
• Instead of cinnamon, you could use ¼ teaspoon of ground cloves and ¼ teaspoon of nutmeg.
• For more flavor and texture, you could leave the skin on the apples.

🍽 Serving suggestions

These dairy-free and sugar-free apple muffins are great for breakfast or an afternoon snack. They are easy to pack and we love taking a couple with us when we go to the playground for some extra energy. Now and then, I add one to my preschooler's lunchbox as a little healthy treat. Let me know how you are having your muffins in the comments below!

🧰 Storage

You will get about 9 apple muffins if you fill up the cases to the top as I do here. You could store them in an airtight container on the kitchen counter for 2-3 days or in the fridge for 4-5 days.

Although they go down fast, especially if you are a big family, you might want to put a couple in the freezer for a rainy day when you want a quick snack for your little one. I wrap each one in foil and put it in the freezer, then I just thaw it overnight or take one out and defrost it in the microwave.

❓ FAQ

📋 Recipe

Sugar-free Apple Muffins (BLW Friendly)

Julia Droulia

These dairy-free and sugar-free apple muffins are great for little ones and babies who follow the BLW. You don't need any special baking skills to prepare them and they are ready in less than 40 minutes. Serve them for breakfast, add one to your little one's lunchbox or pack a couple when you go out. Enjoy!

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Servings 9 muffins

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ ¾ cup applesauce
• ▢ 1 apple
• ▢ 3 eggs
• ▢ ⅓ cup oil
• ▢ ½ cup oats quick or steel cut
• ▢ 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ▢ 3 teaspoons baking powder
• ▢ ½ tablespoon cinnamon
• ▢ ⅓ cup raisins

Instructions

 

• In a bowl, mix the eggs with the oil and applesauce.
• Add the oats, all-purpose flour, baking powder and cinnamon, and incorporate using a spatula.
• Cut the apple into cubes and add it to the bowl. Add the raisins.
• Incorporate the fruits into the batter using the spatula.
• Add some silicon or paper cases to a muffin tin. Add the batter to the cases filling them to the top.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes in a preheated oven to 350℉ / 180℃.

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Notes

• Check my homemade applesauce recipe ready in just 15 minutes.
• You could use any vegetable oil like light olive oil, coconut oil etc.
• I'm using quick oats but you could also use steel cut oats.

Keyword dairy-free muffins, healthy muffins, no sugar muffins

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