Healthy Apple Oatmeal Muffins made with whole wheat flour, new SweeTango® apples and chai spices. Completed with a light vanilla bean glaze for a particular treat!

Whew! I’m finally back in Chicago after a crazy couple of days in Minneapolis with Lee and Katie. I believe I’ve mentioned several times that I’m focusing on an exciting fresh project for the Perspiration Series! Don’t worry, we’ll be letting you in on all of the details soon but basically it will be the BEST HEALTH System EVER.

This post is in partnership with SweeTango® apples

My apple yearnings started regress to something easier in August when my mom was visiting; we adored noshing on SweeTango® apples after our long 12 mile bicycle rides across the lakeshore. I had been obsessed with raspberries all summertime, but the tastes were beginning to fade; a crispy, juicy apple sounded both refreshing and delicious.

For the past few years, the best apple has been the SweeTango® They’re sweet, incredibly crunchy, wonderful for baking and something of my favorite afternoon snacks.

Usually I warm-up a little honey almond butter to pair with my apple slices. And when you want to try something fresh, sprinkle of sea salt together with your apple slices to contrast the sweet flavors. SO SO SO SO GOOD.

Another snack I know of course you like? Muffins! I made a decision to bake a batch of healthy apple muffins made with whole wheat grains pastry flour, maple syrup, applesauce chai spices (cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and ginger!) and clean apple chunks! The chai spices will make your home smell insanely great, you know one particular smells you want to container up and maintain forever and ever.

To top it all off, a light cream cheese vanilla bean glaze. Both adults and kiddos will love them.

The best way to take pleasure from these muffins is warm with just a little almond or peanut butter. Enjoy as a snack or an instant breakfast on the go. They’re refrigerator friendly, too!

Okay I’ve gotta go catch up on Westworld now. Have you been watching?! SO EXCELLENT. xo!

5.0 from 4 reviews

Calories: 157.5

Fat: 4.9g

Prep time:

10 mins

Cook period:

25 mins

Total period:

35 mins

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour or white whole wheat grains

1/2 cup old-fashioned oats, plus more for sprinkling at the top

1 teaspoon cooking soda

1 cup unsweetened applesauce

3 tablespoons melted and cooled coconut oil (or olive oil or melted butter)

1/4 cup real maple syrup

1 egg, at area temperature

¼ glass almond milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 medium SweeTango Apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped (about 1 cup chopped apple)

For the glaze:

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 vanilla bean,

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 levels F. Grease 12 cup muffin tin with non-stick cooking aerosol or range with muffin liners. If you series with muffin liners, make sure to aerosol the inside of the liners with nonstick cooking spray as these are lowfat muffins and will stick when the liners are not greased.

In a large bowl, whisk collectively flour, oats, baking soda pop, sodium and spices. Set aside.

In a separate large dish, add applesauce, oil, maple syrup, egg, almond milk and vanilla; combine until well combined. Add wet substances to dry ingredients and combine until just mixed. Fold within the apple pieces. Divide batter equally, filling up each muffin glass about 3/4 of the way full. Sprinkle a few oats on top of each muffin to include a little beauty. Bake for 23-28 a few minutes or until tester happens clean or with just a few crumbs attached. Transfer to a cable rack to cool for five minutes, after that remove muffins and transfer to wire rack to great completely.

Once muffins are cooled, make the glaze by blending jointly the powdered sugar, cream parmesan cheese, Pig Feet Vs Ham Hocks vanilla, almond dairy and vanilla bean. If necessary, add in a bit more milk, you want it to become glaze-like uniformity. Drizzle equally over warm muffins! Makes 12 muffins total.

Formula by: Monique Volz // Ambitious Kitchen Photography by: Sarah Fennel