Applesauce Muffins Recipe

This is my Grandmama’s favorite recipe - a very rich, sweet, and hearty applesauce muffin. She has always loved it and requests it regularly. She prefers it with Apples and Nuts added. In fact, she has taken to calling it, “Those muffins you cut the little apples up in.” I try to keep
her freezer well stocked.

Ingredients:

(I always double when I bake this so the amounts in the photos will seem larger than these measurements):

The amounts listed here will make 8-9 muffins. Each Add-In adds 1-2 muffins.

2 Cups Flour
1 ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
½ teaspoon Baking Soda
½ teaspoon Cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Salt
¼ Cup Oil
½ Cup Sugar
2 Tablespoons soft Butter
2 Eggs
1 ¼ Cups Applesauce
¼ teaspoon Vanilla

Step-by-Step Instructions:

Mix Dry Ingredients (Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Cinnamon, and Salt) and set aside.

Cream Oil, Sugar, and Butter.

Add Eggs and Vanilla and mix well.

Add Applesauce.

Add Dry Ingredients – Mix only until moistened and stop just shy of mixed if you are doing Add Ins

Add – Add Ins.

Spoon into Muffin Cups – Fill these almost full.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Cool in Pans 10 Minutes. Be careful when removing them from the tins, as they will still be somewhat hot.  Then cool on wire cooling rack until cooled.





Variations:

Add ¼ teaspoon ground Cloves

Substitute Apple Butter for up to ½ of the Applesauce – but cut down or eliminate the cinnamon because Apple Butter has much stronger flavor.

This is one recipe where using whole wheat flour tends to work alright. It will be grittier than white flour though.

Add ¼ teaspoon Almond Extract – We really like this.

If you do not want it this sweet, you could cut down the sugar by as much as half, but that will affect the texture a little.


Add Ins – ¼-½ cup of any combination of the following:

Raisins
Chopped Nuts – I use Walnuts – Tossing nuts with a spoonful of flour before adding them keeps them from all sinking to the bottom of the muffin.
Diced Apples – Dice them really small – like the size of raisins
Chocolate Chips – I would increase the sugar by 2 Tablespoons or so, to make the muffin sweet enough to go with the chips.