Apple Oat Muffins

Name: Apple Oat Muffins
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 37 min
Ingredients: 3/4 cup ripe mashed banana ((mash then measure - about 2 bananas - 225 grams)); 1/2 cup pure maple syrup ((170 grams)); 4 tablespoons coconut oil ((melted - 59 ml)); 1 1/2 tablespoons cashew butter ((45 grams)); 2 1/4 cups old fashioned rolled oats ((191 grams)); 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 cup grated apple ((lightly packed - I peeled the skin but that's optional - 52 grams))

Jump to Recipe Jump to Video Print Recipe

These vegan Apple Oat Muffins are also gluten free and refined sugar free. They are apple and cinnamon flavored and make the best breakfast or snack.

Two Apple Oat Muffins stacked on top each other with bite taken out of top muffin.

Jump to:

Why you will love this recipe
Ingredients
Variations
How to make Apple Oat Muffins
Expert Tips
Recipe FAQs
More Vegan Muffin Recipes
Apple Oat Muffins

Why you will love this recipe

Excellent Muffins: Moist, soft and full of sweetness from the apples, bananas and pure maple syrup. These Apple Oat Muffins get a nice texture from the cashew butter and oats while the cinnamon gives a nice complimenting flavor to the apples making this the perfect apple muffin.
Easy-to-Make: Tasty and homemade, this vegan apple and oat muffins recipe is easy to make and comes together quickly, giving you about 20 mini amazing muffins with an easy quick clean up.
Ingredients: These vegan apple cinnamon oat muffins only need 8 ingredients, which you may already have on hand.
Vegan Muffins: Homemade muffins with easy ingredients that happen to be vegan ingredients, giving you these awesome vegan apple oatmeal muffins that literally no one would be able to tell they are vegan muffins.

Check out some more Vegan Mini Oat Muffins.

Ingredients

Be sure to take a look at the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and quantities to make these vegan Apple Oat Muffins.

Old Fashioned Rolled Oats: Be sure to use rolled oats, do not use quick oats as they are too mushy.
Cashew Butter: I like cashew because it's a very mild flavor.
Pure Maple Syrup: Be sure it's pure without added sugars or preservatives.
Coconut Oil: Adds moisture to these vegan apple oat muffins.
Mashed Banana: Holds everything together and adds moisture.
Apple: The flavor of the muffin.

Variations

Adjust the Size: These apple muffins with oats recipe is for mini muffins, but you can easily make these vegan oatmeal apple muffins into a full size muffin, will make 6 full size muffins and be sure to check them at 17 minutes by inserting a toothpick in the center of one to check for doneness and then adjust the timing from there, it will take a little longer to bake full sized muffins.
Chopped nuts: Yes, you can add chopped nuts to this apple and oats muffins mixture it will give the muffins a little crunch for the texture, some options are, pecans, walnuts, almonds or whatever nuts you’d like to add.
Cashew Butter: You can easily swap out the cashew butter used in this apple muffins oatmeal recipe with another nut butter like, sunflower or almond butter, yes it will change the flavor a little bit.
Chocolate Chips: Yes, these vegan apple muffins with oatmeal you can certainly add some vegan chocolate chips if you’d like a little chocolate taste added to the muffins.

How to make Apple Oat Muffins

Prep: Pre heat the oven to 375° F and grease a muffin tin (I used a mini muffin tin but regular size muffins is optional you'll get about 6 muffins). Next add your old fashioned rolled oats in a blender or food processor and pulse/blend until broken up into a rough flour consistency, set aside. Grate your apple and set aside.

Wet ingredients in glass bowl with whisk.

Step 1: Next add the wet ingredients mashed and measure banana, maple syrup, cashew butter, melted coconut oil and whisk together.

Oat flour added to wet ingrdients in glass bowl.

Step 2: Then fold in the oats, baking powder, and cinnamon.

Step 3: Then fold in the grated apple.

Step 4: Using a small spoon or a 1 ounce cookie scoop add the batter to the greased muffin tin holes. Bake for 17 minutes, let cool 10 minutes before removing from the muffin tin. Store in a container on the counter for 3-4 days or freeze up to 3 months.

Expert Tips

Measurement of Banana: It’s important that you mash up the bananas first, before you measure them out for this Apple Oat Muffins recipe.
Old Fashioned Oats: Quick oats will not work for this vegan healthy apple oat muffins recipe, be sure to use old fashioned rolled oats, I used organic old fashioned rolled oats GF, if you want these muffins gluten free be sure the oats you grab state they are gluten free.
Anytime You’d Like: These Apple Oat Muffins work for absolutely anytime of the day, breakfast, an afternoon snack or evening treat and these muffins are perfectly delicious with a glass of homemade oat milk or almond milk.
Storing: These vegan apple oat muffins can be stored on the counter for 2-3 days in a container, you can refrigerate for 5-7 days and you can also freeze them for up to 2-3 months in an airtight container.

Recipe FAQs

What is difference between a muffin and cupcake?

Cupcakes generally are sweeter having more sugar and fat to the cupcakes and muffins are considered a quick bread and has less fat and sugar added to the recipe, but with everything you eat, be sure to check the ingredients listed in the muffins or cupcakes.

Why muffin is healthier than cupcake?

Muffins sometimes have fruits, nuts and less sugar ingredients in the recipe, making homemade muffins gives you more control over what you add to your muffins, but read the ingredients or the recipe because that’s not always the case these days.

How long do oatmeal muffins last in the fridge?

You need to read what the recipe or item you’re purchasing says, it will be specific by ingredients used, but generally most muffins are good in a sealed container in the refrigerator for 3-5 days.

Apple Oat Muffins on a wire rack with parchment paper.

More Vegan Muffin Recipes