A delicious fall after school snack!
Cranberry Apple Muffins
Yield – 18 regular sized muffins, or 12 regular sized muffins plus 12 mini muffins
Preparation Time – 10 minutes
Cooking Time – Regular sized muffins: 16-18 minutes. Mini muffins: 13-15 minutes.
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 4 Tbsp canola or vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 cup white flour
- 1 cup wheat flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 medium Jonathon or Macintosh apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 12 muffin tin wells and 12 mini muffin wells, or 18 regular size muffin tin wells.
- In stand mixer or large mixing bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, applesauce, oil and milk.
- In small mixing bowl, combine white flour, wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add to the wet ingredients in the mixer/mixing bowl and combine until batter forms.
- In another small bowl, stir together cranberries, finely chopped apples, cinnamon and brown sugar. Fold the cranberries and apples into the batter.
- Bake in preheated oven, using these time frames: Regular sized muffins for 16-18 minutes. Or mini muffins for 13-15 minutes.
**Note: If you don’t use all the wells in your muffin tin, just fill them with water so they don’t brown. Plus the water creates a nice steamy environment in the oven!
Enjoy!
Abby says
Made these this morning as soon as I saw your post – delicious! I love when you post a recipe that I have all the ingredients for so I can make it right away.
Rachel @ Surviving The Stores says
So I was wondering why you had candles coming out of your batter mix, then I realized that was your WISK! Where did you ever find such a fun and colorful wisk? I want one! 🙂
I got apples for 30¢ a pound last night at Target, so I stocked up… I think I might use some to make these this afternoon. They look awesome!!
Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says
@Rachel @ Surviving The Stores,
LOL! It was a birthday gift…I believe from Pier 1! And don’t forget you can make and freeze/can applesauce in the crockpot!
cathe says
@Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom,
recipe looks great but can i just use regular flour if i do not have wheat flour on hand right now?
cathe
Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says
@cathe,
Absolutely!
tosha says
These look sooo good. Think I will have to try these. I really like cranberry orange nut muffins too. Thanks. BTW, I made your Blackeye Pea Casserole last night and it was a big hit.
Megan says
Oh, these look phenomenal. I LOVE cranberries! Thank you for this. I’m on a muffin kick lately and will be trying them!
Megan says
My toddler loves helping when I use my kitchenaid, too. His “help” takes baking to a whole new level! Just wanted to let you know I really appreciate your blog–what a blessing it has been to my family. Thank you!
Stacie says
These sound fantastic! Another muffin to add to my baking frenzy I am in. I will be spending yet another day baking tomorrow. .
Lindsey says
Do you think I could just double the apples in this recipe if I didn’t want to use the cranberries?
Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says
@Lindsey,
Yes…that would totally work!