Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Oatmeal Muffins. What a great way to start the day! Take some old-fashioned oatmeal, add all sorts of good and nutritious ingredients, such as cinnamon, apple chunks, walnuts, protein powder for an extra boost, and you end up with one super breakfast oatmeal muffin.
Wouldn’t you like to have a complete nutritious breakfast at your fingertips when you’re short on time?
Make and freeze breakfast oatmeal muffins
You can easily make 12 breakfast oatmeal muffins when you have time, then thaw and serve the chunky apple cinnamon breakfast muffins when you don’t have the time. Just stick the yummy muffins in the microwave and smell the wonderful aroma of apples and cinnamon that fills the air.
Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Oatmeal Muffins also make a terrific snack for your children or an energy boost for you after a run or a workout at the gym. Do you have a lot of shopping to do but no time to stop and eat? Take a satisfying oatmeal muffin along with you.
Breakfast oatmeal muffins are good for you
We make our oatmeal muffins with old-fashioned oatmeal. Oatmeal is low in saturated fat and cholesterol but rich in fiber. I hope you’re not getting sleepy with reading this scientific stuff. But eating some form of oatmeal is a great way to start your day, plus it’s a natural whole grain oat that helps keep your energy level high.
Now, for those people who have problems with gluten, whole grain oatmeal doesn’t naturally contain gluten but it may have a small amount introduced in transportation or processing. Most people can eat the oats without problems.
If gluten is still a problem, there are brands of oatmeal sold as gluten-free, you can find a list here. This could be a good alternative for you.
Breakfast oatmeal muffins pack nutrition and taste
Along with good for you oatmeal, we include as many nutritious ingredients as we can in one little ole muffin. The muffin is a breakfast powerhouse with heart-healthy apple chunks, omega-3s rich walnuts, antioxidant loaded cinnamon, lauric acid-rich coconut oil, and low-fat almond milk.
We hope you give these muffins a try, we know you won’t be disappointed. Be sure to sign up for our weekly newsletter so we can share what we’re cooking in our kitchen.
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Nutritious Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Oatmeal Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups old-fashioned oatmeal not instant, quick cooking, or steal cut
- 2 cups peeled and diced apples Granny Smith and Galas are good, I used one of each
- 2 large eggs
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil melted
- 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup almond milk you can use your preferred milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup walnuts
- 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 scoops vanilla whey protein powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 F.
- Line muffin tins with muffin liners that are sprayed with cooking spray.
- In a large bow add the brown sugar, eggs, melted coconut oil and whisk until smooth. Whisk in the milk, vanilla and when that is smooth add the apple chunks.
- In another bowl combine the oatmeal, cinnamon, baking powder, whey protein powder, salt and mix until combined. Mix in the walnuts. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir to combine.
- Fill the muffin cups to just below the top. As you scoop be sure to stir the ingredients so you get an even mix of oats and liquid in each muffin.
- Bake for 30- 35 minutes. Cool for at least 5 minutes before serving.
- Cool completely before storing in sealed container. We wrap each muffin in plastic wrap and then freeze in a zip-lock bag.
- When ready to serve, remove the muffin paper and heat in microwave. They taste as if they were just baked.
Notes
Nutrition
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Marion Harvey says
Hi. I’m confused about the calories for this recipe. Is it 700 plus or 201 calorues pef muffin? Also what can I use instead of the oatmeal? Thanks.
Marisa Franca says
Hello, Marion! The calorie content would be 201 according to the app I used. These are oatmeal muffins – we make them so that we can get our oatmeal in the morning. If you’d like another type, I have a banana chocolate chip muffin recipe on the blog and there are countless muffin recipes on the Internet.
Marion Harvey says
Thank you for your response. I need huge calories to help refeed anorexic D. 1000 cals would be great!! We don’t like nuts or oatmeal but was looking at substituting with choc chips and alternative to oats. Realise i need to do texas style. If you have anything i would love to hear. Thx so much.
Veena Azmanov says
I love breakfast muffins..! These look so good and perfect for weekend brunch or breakfast. My kids would love it – Yum.
Marisa Franca says
Thank you, Veena!! We kind of experiment as we go along. This is a great basic recipe. I think kids get tired of the same old same old as we do — this was a great change for us.
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy says
These look great. I use old fashioned oatmeal all the time for baking. I think I just might make a batch of these for the weekend. The grandkids are coming for a sleepover, and these would make the perfect snack..especially for me. I will be one tired gramma after the weekend is over.
Marisa Franca says
Oh, boy! You’ll need extra energy! I know exactly how you feel. Love the kids but they do have so much energy! If you make the muffins we use the processor to cut the apples into little chunks. If the oatmeal seems a little too dry I add a bit more almond milk. You’ll have to tell me how it went. 😌
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
This is a perfect breakfast on the go! Many days I leave the house without eating breakfast as I am running late. This would be a life saver for me.
Marisa Franca says
Hello, Sandhya! I just made another batch today. We’ve taken to eating a muffin in the morning instead of cooking oatmeal. We enjoy it so much more.
Jean | DelightfulRepast.com says
Marisa, these muffins sound fantastic! I like eating oatmeal and nuts every morning, and this is a change-of-pace way to do that. Cant wait to try them.
Courtney says
Hi Marisa! I hope all is well! I just wanted to stop by and see if you got my email about the giveaway the other day? Let me know!
Marisa Franca says
Hi, Courtney no I did not. I’m sorry I didn’t respond.
Ciao Chow Linda says
How delightful to wake up to muffins like these! I’d much rather eat these than a bowl of oatmeal.
Marisa Franca says
Hi, Linda. It all started with — we are so tired of cooked oatmeal in the morning. We had to find an alternative and now we look forward to our oatmeal 🙂
Diane P. says
This is definitely a keeper!! Thanks for the nutritious post!
Marisa Franca says
Hi, Diane! We love nutritious but what we love just as much is easy. We wanted to make something a little easier than our oatmeal bars — this way they are in muffin form with no cutting involved 🙂
Susie says
Delicious treat for breakfast, on the go…….any time! Yummy! You can’t beat homemade compared to store bought bars! Thanks, Marisa
Jovina Coughlin says
Gorgeous – those muffins look so beautiful and I bet the house smelled divine while they were baking.
Marisa Franca says
Good Morning, Jovina! The house smelled very cinnamony. Forget about boiling stuff like oranges and cloves on the stove to make the house smell good — just bake goodies!! I bet you’re cooking today — so are we.