{"slug":"healthy-whole-wheat-apple-muffins","collection":"recipes","is_recipe":true,"visibility":"public","title":"Healthy Whole Wheat Apple Muffins","description":"Whole wheat muffins sweetened with maple syrup and applesauce, with shredded apple folded into a thick batter. They start in a hot oven for five minutes and finish at a lower temperature, which gives a tall dome.","body_md":"1. **Heat the oven:** Heat the oven to 220°C (425°F). Grease a 12-cup muffin pan or line it with paper liners.\n\n2. **Mix the dry ingredients:** In a large bowl, whisk together the 260g (2 cups) whole wheat flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp baking soda, 2 tsp ground cinnamon, ½ tsp ground allspice and 3g (1 tsp) kosher salt.\n\n3. **Mix the wet ingredients:** In a medium bowl, whisk together the 2 eggs, 180g (¾ cup) applesauce, 213g (⅔ cup) maple syrup, 70g (⅓ cup) melted coconut oil and 1½ tsp vanilla extract.\n\n4. **Combine:** Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir a few times. Add the 210g (2 cups) shredded apple and, if using, the 90g (¾ cup) chopped pecans or walnuts. Fold gently with a spatula just until combined. The batter will be very thick.\n\n5. **Fill:** Spoon the batter into the muffin cups, filling each one to the top. If using, sprinkle the 1 tbsp coarse sugar evenly over the tops.\n\n6. **Bake:** Bake for 5 minutes at 220°C (425°F). Leave the muffins in the oven, lower the temperature to 175°C (350°F), and bake for 16–18 minutes more, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Total oven time is 21–23 minutes.\n\n7. **Cool:** Cool the muffins in the pan for 5 minutes, then move them to a wire rack, or serve warm.\n\n## Notes\n\n- **Source and status:** Sally's Baking Addiction, added 2026-10-04 from pasted text and rewritten in house style. Cooked here before it was recorded.\n- **Salt is an estimate.** The source says ½ tsp salt without naming a type or a weight. That is assumed to be table salt, about 3g, which is 1 tsp of Diamond Crystal. Weigh the 3g with any salt.\n- **Weights are the source's own:** whole wheat flour at 130g per cup, maple syrup at 213g per ⅔ cup (160ml), coconut oil at 70g per ⅓ cup.\n- **Oven temperatures are rounded** to 220°C and 175°C from the source's 218°C (425°F) and 177°C (350°F).\n- **Fat:** the source allows vegetable oil or melted butter in place of the coconut oil, in the same amount.\n- **Apples:** 210g shredded is about 2 peeled apples. The source marks the apple line with a footnote that was not in the pasted text, so no variety is recorded here.\n- **Pan prep and tools:** the source uses nonstick spray and a silicone spatula; any grease and any spatula work.\n- **Mini muffins:** bake for 11–14 minutes at 175°C (350°F) the whole time.\n- **Storage:** covered at room temperature for a few days, then refrigerated for up to 1 week.\n","draft":false,"servings":"12 muffins","prep_time":"10 min","cook_time":"21–23 min","total_time":"35 min","times":{"prep":{"minutes":10},"cook":{"minutes":21,"minutes_max":23},"total":{"minutes":35}},"source_name":"Sally's Baking Addiction","source_url":"https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/healthy-apple-muffins/","created_at":"2026-10-04T23:16:44.973138Z","updated_at":"2026-10-04T23:27:07.847259Z","categories":["Breakfast"],"tags":["Apples","Cinnamon","Maple","Muffins","Whole Wheat"],"methods":["Baked"],"themes":["Vegetarian"],"ingredients":[{"section":"","items":["260g (2 cups) whole wheat flour","1 tsp baking powder","1 tsp baking soda","2 tsp ground cinnamon","½ tsp ground allspice","3g (1 tsp) Diamond Crystal kosher salt","2 large eggs, at room temperature","180g (¾ cup) smooth unsweetened applesauce, at room temperature","213g (⅔ cup) pure maple syrup, at room temperature","70g (⅓ cup) coconut oil, melted","1½ tsp vanilla extract","210g (2 cups) shredded apple"],"parsed":[{"raw":"260g (2 cups) whole wheat flour","qty":260,"unit":"g","item":"whole wheat flour"},{"raw":"1 tsp baking powder","qty":1,"unit":"tsp","item":"baking powder"},{"raw":"1 tsp baking soda","qty":1,"unit":"tsp","item":"baking soda"},{"raw":"2 tsp ground cinnamon","qty":2,"unit":"tsp","item":"ground cinnamon"},{"raw":"½ tsp ground allspice","qty":0.5,"unit":"tsp","item":"ground allspice"},{"raw":"3g (1 tsp) Diamond Crystal kosher salt","qty":3,"unit":"g","item":"Diamond Crystal kosher salt"},{"raw":"2 large eggs, at room temperature","qty":2,"item":"large eggs","prep":"at room temperature"},{"raw":"180g (¾ cup) smooth unsweetened applesauce, at room temperature","qty":180,"unit":"g","item":"smooth unsweetened applesauce","prep":"at room temperature"},{"raw":"213g (⅔ cup) pure maple syrup, at room temperature","qty":213,"unit":"g","item":"pure maple syrup","prep":"at room temperature"},{"raw":"70g (⅓ cup) coconut oil, melted","qty":70,"unit":"g","item":"coconut oil","prep":"melted"},{"raw":"1½ tsp vanilla extract","qty":1.5,"unit":"tsp","item":"vanilla extract"},{"raw":"210g (2 cups) shredded apple","qty":210,"unit":"g","item":"shredded apple"}]},{"section":"Optional","items":["90g (¾ cup) pecans or walnuts, chopped","1 tbsp coarse sugar"],"parsed":[{"raw":"90g (¾ cup) pecans or walnuts, chopped","qty":90,"unit":"g","item":"pecans or walnuts","prep":"chopped"},{"raw":"1 tbsp coarse sugar","qty":1,"unit":"tbsp","item":"coarse sugar"}]}],"servings_int":12,"qc":{"status":"passed","last_checked_at":"2026-10-04T23:27:13.943997Z","checked_by":"robert@sigler.io","standard_version":"2026-09-06","findings_count":0,"stale":false,"completeness_gaps":[]}}