Recipe: Cinnamon Apple Muffins with Oats

It's back to school. I try to be creative about the snacks that my kids take to school. Some days they have fresh fruits for snacks, some days, I bake them muffins or cookies. I try to make the pastries as healthy as it can be. I can only do so much, otherwise, it would no longer taste good.

This week, I made Cinnamon Apple Muffins. The original recipe  calls for 2 cups of all purpose-flour. To add more fiber to the muffin, I replaced the 1 cup (out of the 2 cups) of flour with 1 cup of Quaker's Old Fashioned Oats.

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour 
• 1 cup of Quaker Old Fashioned Oats
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt (optional. I don't normally add salt to anything that I bake)
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 cups diced apples
• ½ cup (1 stick ) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ cup milk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375º F. 
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Set aside.
3. Cream together butter and sugar until lightened in color, about 3 minutes. Add an egg, one at a time, taking care to fully incorporate before adding the other. Mix in vanilla. I used an electric mixer for this.
4. Gently fold in flour mixture, alternating with milk. Stir until just combined. Fold in diced apples and scoop mixture into prepared muffin tins, filling about 2/3 to 3/4 full. I was able to make 12 muffins. 
5. Bake until a toothpick or skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

Since this is a healthy alternative, I didn't make the sugary toppings. Plus, the muffins are already sweet. However, if you do like to add toppings, check this recipe out: https://addapinch.com/cinnamon-apple-muffins-recipe/