Maple Apple Muffins
These Maple Apple Muffins are quick, healthy and delicious! Made with quick oats, diced apple, cinnamon and maple syrup, these will quickly become a favourite.
Any time is the perfect time for baking!
It’s true, but there’s just something about fall that makes me want to bake all the things…cakes, muffins, cookies…you name it, I want to bake it. I think it has a lot to do with all of the fresh fruit and veggies that are abundant this time of year…the markets are full so I stock up! So in efforts not to waste food I bake and cook and I’m not mad about it. This week I had a bowl full of market McIntosh apples that just called to me so I made these Maple Apple muffins.
Let’s Bake!
If you’re looking for a delicious muffin recipe that your family will love, these Maple Apple Oatmeal Muffins are it. Bonus points because they’re pretty healthy too. And this recipe is easily doubled, so make a big batch and freeze half for later. Your future self will thank you!
Apples + Maple + Oatmeal = Delicious
If you could taste these Maple Apple Muffins, you would know. You would know how good they are…with bites of sweet apple among oats and flavours of cinnamon and maple. They’re so flavourful and moist. Yum. Enjoy!
Muffins are a perfect snack or to-go breakfast.
I make, and we eat, a lot of muffins. They’re easy, delicious and great for snacks or a quick breakfast, and the flavour possibilities are endless! Over the years I’ve made many many muffin recipes so if you’re looking for even more recipe ideas, make sure to have a look around at my Muffin Recipes here.
Recipe Tips:
- Apples: My favourite apples for this recipe are McIntosh apples, but feel free to use your favourite.
- Oats: Use quick oats for this recipe.
- Sugar Topping: I like to sprinkle on some extra sugar on the tops of the batter before I put the muffins in the oven. It makes a nice sweet sugary crust.
- Freezing: These muffins freeze really well. Just store them in an air-tight container or ziplock bag.
Maple Apple Muffins
These Maple Apple Muffins are quick, healthy and delicious! Made with quick oats, diced apple, cinnamon and maple syrup, these will quickly become a favourite.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 12 muffins 1x
- Category: Muffins
- Method: Baking
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup quick oats
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 medium apples, peeled and diced
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Whisk together the flour, quick oats, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl mix together milk, egg, melted butter and maple syrup.
- Add the milk mixture to the flour/oat mixture. Mix well.
- Stir in diced apples.
- Fill paper muffin cups about 2/3 full, or until all the batter fits into the 12 muffin cups.
- Bake for about 20 minutes.
Recipe adapted from Cora’s
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More Delicious Muffin Recipes to Try:
- Banana Bran Muffins
- Morning Glory Muffins
- Pail Full Of Bran Muffins
- Raspberry Buttermilk Muffins
- Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins
Have a delicious day!
Please Note: This post was originally published in October 2012, but I have since updated it with new pictures and updated the recipe slightly…I removed the whole wheat flour (it’s all white flour now) and added 1/4 tsp salt.
Such a delicious and festive sounding muffin! Perfect for fall!
I love the idea of adding maple to them! I am going to have to try these 🙂
These look so yummy!! 🙂
Helen
Blue Eyed Beauty Blog
Just pulled these out of the oven and inhaled two of them. So delicious! There’s just enough maple to make it noticeable without being overwhelming. I did do half all purpose flour and half white whole wheat, and they were still tender and most. Highly recommend.
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I’m so happy you enjoyed them!
Can you reduce the amount of sugar in these ?
I’m not really sure, as I’ve never tried this. Reducing the sugar could result in bland, drier muffins.
To make these sugar free I used truvia brown sugar in place of regular sugar. They were absolutely delicious and sugar free!
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These muffins are absolutely delicious! Followed the recipe to a tee, and they’ve come out great each time. Quick question: can you substitute the flour for oat flour or gluten-free flour? Would the ratios still be the same?
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Hi Alyshia! You can definitely substitute with gluten-free flour, BUT I don’t think that oat flour would substitute as well…the batter may end up being too wet.
I used gluten free flour and an egg substitute and they turned out great. Only 15 minutes in my convection oven.
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These were delicious. Great for using up apples. Will definitely make again.
I’m so happy you enjoyed them!
I have made the muffins 3 times now. My husband and I loves them.
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I’m so happy you enjoy them!
I made these to cheer myself up…. YUP feel better now! Delicious <3
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So yummy!
I used quick cook steel cut oats and brown sugar – delicious!!
Thank you for the recipe.
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I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
Hi! Can I use rolled oats instead of quick oats? Thanks!
Hi! You can, but I would recommend giving them a really quick pulse in a food processor just because the volume of each oat type is different…there are more quick oats in a cup vs. rolled oats, so the texture could be different.
These were amazing! I added about 1/4 tsp of nutmeg because I like how it compliments the cinnamon and tastes like fall. I doubled the recipe as we are a family of 6 and between evening snack and lunches they were gone!
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Could these be made in a panand then cut into bars?
I’m not really sure, I’ve never baked them in any other form than muffins. If you baked them in a pan, it would be more of a cake than bars though.
I can’t wait to make these! Do you have the time conversion for mini muffins?
Hi Jennifer! I haven’t made these as mini muffins so I’m not completely sure. But most mini muffins take about 10-12 minutes.
I needed to use some individual oatmeal packets that my kids wouldn’t eat. Instead of 1 cup quick oats I used 1 packet maple brown sugar oatmeal and 1 packet cinnamon & spice packet. I also added a dash of nutmeg to my recipe. Let’s just say Im in Heaven! thanks for your great recipe!
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Oh what a great tip, thank you for sharing that! We always have those packets around, so I’m going to remember this for next time I make these muffins!
I made these exactly as printed. Heavens these are amazing! Thanks for a keeper recipe!
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I’m so happy you enjoyed them!!
I also used instant oatmeal packets that weren’t getting eaten…apple cinnamon! I also added nutmeg and used 1/3 cup whole wheat flour and 1/3 brown sugar. Easy and delicious!
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Love these changes you made…I have so many of those packets too, so I’ll have to try that!!
I doubled the recipe and baked at 400 for 20 minutes, as instructed, and all 24 of my muffins are burnt to a crisp on the bottoms 😢. Not a happy camper at present.
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Did you put both muffin tins in the oven on the same rack at the same time? I find that when muffins are done this way, they will almost always have burnt bottoms because air can’t flow around then oven properly.
These were incredible!! My baby, toddler, and husband all loved them. Perfect for school snacks or breakfast. I’m going to make these over and over.
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I’m so happy you enjoyed them!!
Can I use water instead of milk? I don’t have milk on hand
You probably could, but they might end up being a little dry…the fat in milk helps to make them moist
Was looking for a muffin recipe using only what I already had in the kitchen and these Maple Apple muffins fit the bill AND are delish! Will be in heaven for breakfasts this week and will definitely be making these again. Maybe next time with some chopped walnuts…
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Can I grate the apples instead of dicing them?
You can, but they will be much more wet than diced apples, so that could make a difference in the texture of these muffins.
These came out really well! Moist, tasty, just enough sweetness. I used honey instead of syrup and normal oats, not the quick type. I doubled the recipes and got 12 big muffins and a loaf. The loaf needed to be baked for longer (extra 20mins roughly). I will make these again
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