Welcome Fall With Apple Oatmeal Muffins

Apple Oatmeal Muffins are a delicious bite for crisp fall mornings. Tart apples are baked in a spiced oatmeal muffin & drizzled with a sweet applesauce glaze.

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I hope everyone had a fabulous Labor Day Weekend full of fun, relaxation and summer delights!  Now that we’re in the unofficial start of fall, today’s recipe is one that you might find yourself making again and again – Apple Oatmeal Muffins.

The start of September also means that it’s time for another Blogger C.L.U.E. recipe and this month’s blogger that I got to stalk is my gal Christiane from Taking on Magazines.  She’s a stellar cook and baker and her recipes are always delicious.  What I love is that she’s a straight shooter when it comes to recipes – she tells you what she likes, what she doesn’t and how she’d switch it up on the next time she’d make a recipe.  I knew that whatever recipe I chose to feature would be fabulous.

This month’s assignment was to focus on recipes featuring apples and pears, but the minute I spotted these Apple Oatmeal Muffins I was sold.  Some other fabulous apple recipes on her site include this sweet Dutch Apple, Pear and Raisin Pie, her Roast Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Apples, and this intriguing Cheddar, Apple and Pastrami Grilled Cheese.

Apple Oatmeal Muffins and I go wayyyyyy back – back to one of my first jobs at McD’s – yes, you heard that right – Apple Oatmeal Muffins at McD’s.  I don’t know if they are still on the menu but when I worked there a bizillion years ago,  they were spotlighted as a healthier option – instead of a sausage muffin with bbq sauce – not that I’d know anything about that (or my friend John’s covert fajita scramble that he’d whip up and drive our manager Bonnie nuts with his food experiments – especially at changeover).   We would microwave them for about 15 seconds and they would not be rock hard and actually quite tasty.  However, I never attempted to really recreate myself.

When I hear oatmeal muffins, I tend to think that if done wrong, they can be dense and heavy but these muffins were moist and delicious.  I used applesauce in the batter along with plain Greek yogurt and slightly varied up the sugars (mostly because I didn’t have dark brown sugar on hand and decided to play).  Also, for the glaze, while her recipe called for apple cider or lemon juice, I thought I’d carry on the applesauce flavor and that glaze rocked my world.  All in all, this was the absolute perfect recipe for #BloggerClue and perfect to welcome fall with!

These Apple Oatmeal Muffins are a great option for breakfast on the go, a weekend brunch or just because.  Just don’t tell the little ones that they are a healthier option – that’s our little secret!

On to the recipe:

Gather your ingredients

Time to sift

Combining the wet to dry

Fresh out of the oven

Whisking up the glaze

Now these, my friends, are the perfect way to to start the day!

Let’s see what my favorite Blogger C.L.U.E. peeps brought to the table:

• • Apple Banana Bread by Lora from Cake Duchess

• • Apple Brie Panini by Rebekah from Making Miracles

• • Apple Butter by Stacy from Food Lust People Love

• • Apple Oatmeal Muffins by Aly from Cooking in Stilettos

• • Apple Pie with Oat Streusel by Christiane from Taking on Magazines

• • Arugula, Pear and Parmesan Salad by Kate from Kate’s Kitchen

• • Chaussons aux Pommes by Liz from That Skinny Chick Can Bake

• • Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal by Kim from Liv Life

• • Creamy Tomato Soup by Kelli from Kelli’s Kitchen

• • Fresh Peach Buckle by Sue from A Palatable Pastime

• • Fried Apple Hand Pies by Heather from girlichef

• • Greek Yogurt Apple Loaf by Lauren from Sew You Think You Can Cook

• • Peach Streusel Bread by Azmina from Lawyer Loves Lunch

• • Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie by Wendy from A Day in the Life on the Farm

• • Pumpkin Molasses Tea Bread by Lisa from Authentic Suburban Gourmet

• • Sweet Potato Apple Soup with Chipotle by Kathy from A Spoonful of Thyme

• • Vegan Spiced Apple Crumb Muffins by Debra from Eliot’s Eats