A great fall recipe that combines all of your favorite fall flavors. These Apple Pumpkin Muffins are 100% whole wheat and are a great healthy grab and go breakfast.
I don’t know if you’ve noticed but we are officially in full swing of the fall season. Pinterest is blowing up with pumpkin recipes and the stores have fall {and Christmas} decorations out. With the feeling and smell of fall in the air myself and a couple of other awesome bloggers joined together to bring you some of the best fall recipes out there!
What food comes to mind when you think Fall? I tend to think of Pumpkin recipes, Apple Pie, Caramel Apples, Roasted Turkey, Pecan Pie, Sweet Potatoes, and cranberries. Well, for this Fall Recipe roundup I thought I would combine a few of those favorites into one delicious healthy muffin. No, I didn’t make one the weird muffins you would see on Cupcake Wars; like turkey, cranberry, mashed potato muffin. I made a sweet but healthy Apple Pumpkin Muffin topped with Pecans. This muffin is also 100% whole wheat and uses no oil, milk, or butter! 🙂 It is absolutely delicious and totally reminds me of everything Fall. The one problem I did have while making it was, for some reason the cupcake liners were sticking to the muffin. So if anyone has recommendations on how to solve that problem. PLEASE let me know! Other than that, these are a winner!
To get started, preheat oven to 350º. Core and peel 1 small granny smith apple. Dice into small pieces, you should have about 1/2 cup. Set aside.
In a large bowl, mix 1 1/2 cup of King Arthur whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 1 1/4 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice, 3/4 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Mix till combined.
Next, add 3/4 cup of pumpkin puree.
As well as 1/2 cup of unsweetened apple sauce, 1/2 cup of vanilla greek yogurt, and 2 eggs.
Using a handheld electric mixer, mix until wet and dry ingredients are combined.
Stir in 1/2 cup of diced granny smith apples.
Put cupcake liners in muffin tins and fill each liner all the way with apple pumpkin mixture. Top with chopped pecans. {optional}
Bake for 22-24 minutes. Until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into muffin.
Remove from oven and let sit for 5-10 minutes.
Serve for a grab and go break for a quick afternoon snack.
Apple Pumpkin Muffins
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Prep Time: 10 mins
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Cook Time: 24 mins
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Total Time: 34 mins
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Yield: 12 -14 muffins 1x
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Category: Breakfast, Bread & Dough
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of diced granny smith apple {cored & peeled}, about 1 apple
- 1 1/2 cup of King Arthur Whole Wheat Flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup of apple sauce {unsweetened}
- 1/2 cup vanilla greek yogurt
- 2 eggs
- chopped pecans for topping {optional}
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a large bowl, mix King Arthur whole wheat flour, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until combined.
- Next, add pumpkin puree, unsweetened apple sauce, vanilla greek yogurt, and eggs.
- Using a handheld electric mixer, mix until wet and dry ingredients are combined.
- Stir in diced granny smith apples.
- Put cupcake liners in muffin tins and fill each liner all the way with apple pumpkin mixture. Top with chopped pecans. {optional}
- Bake for 22-24 minutes. Until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into muffin.
- Remove from oven and let sit for 5-10 minutes.
Notes
Recipe inspired by [The Comfort of Cooking|http://www.thecomfortofcooking.com/2013/08/super-soft-100-whole-wheat-apple-pumpkin-muffins.html]
Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze from Let’s Dish
Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Pretzel Poppers from Reasons to Skip the Housework
Apple Ginger Coctail from One Martini at a Time
Caramelized Pear Turnovers from Kleinworth & Co.
Apple Fritters from In the Moment With
Rosh Hashanah Apple Cake from Random-osity
Apple Pumpkin Muffins from Joyful Healthy Eats
Chocolate Pecan Pie Granola from Little by Little
Crock Pot Tuscan Bean Soup from Mostly-Homemade Mom
Apple Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting from Nap-Time Creations
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How many calories?
Hey Cherry, there are a 159 calories per muffin! 🙂
I am going to be making these muffins for sure. Now I have another recipe for the apples and pumpkins we grow 🙂 I could use some recipes for pears now! We have a fruit orchard and I can always use more ideas besides just canning them. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Awesome Anne. How fun that you have a fruit orchard! I would love that! I hope you enjoy the muffins!
I will get on trying to think of pear recipes for you to use. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
I just made these last night and they’re delicious! I love the apple and pumpkin together! I had enough pumpkin puree & diced apples from two apples from the can to make 2 batches! You can prolly add that 1 apple is enough to get 1/2 cup diced apples. I didn’t know so I diced two. I paired the muffins with pumpkin butter from Trader Joe’s and it’s perfect! Thanks so much for the recipe! Also, my muffins didn’t stick too much to the liners, at least not more than what I would expect from other muffins.
OH… the pumpkin butter sounds delicious! Great tip Alena! Thank you so much. Can’t wait to try it with that… the more pumpkin the better. 🙂 I will change the recipe to say 1 apple just in case people are wondering. 🙂 I’m so glad you liked them and that they didn’t stick too bad to the liner for you. Thanks for stopping by and letting me know, I so appreciate it! {and it definitely made my day}
Quick question! I’m hoping to make these very soon (as in this afternoon 😉 ), but I do not have any greek yogurt in the house. I do have traditional vanilla yogurt and sour cream. Would one of those work well as a substitute? Thank you SO much! I can’t wait to try one of these little pieces of Fall!
Absolutely, I would use the traditional vanilla yogurt. Be sure to spray the pan with PAM before you put the cupcake liners in. These tend to stick to the liner a bit, but they are absolutely delicious! 🙂
Your muffins look amazing! Thanks for linking up with me for Friday Favorites. I’m featuring you this week.
Awe.. thanks Jerri! They were as good as they look. 🙂 Thanks for the feature, your so sweet! 🙂
Yummy, these look so good! I love the combo of pumpkin and apple – my two favorites lately! Pinned!
Mine too, especially in the fall. 🙂 Best time of year… EVER! Thanks for pinning.
Pinning these.. both seasonal and super healthy.
Thanks Diane, it was delicious and definitely reminded me of the fall! 🙂 Hope you like it friend.
Hi Krista! Stopping by from Show Stopper Saturday and had to check out these amazing looking muffins. Can’t wait to make these. Pinning!
Thanks so much Erin! I hope you love them as much as we did! Thanks for the “pin love”. 🙂 Hope you have a great weekend!
They look absolutely delicious Krista! I love the old crate, so cool. 🙂
Thanks so much Lisa, they were delicious especially with the pecan toppings. The crate is definitely becoming one of my favorites. 🙂