Apple-oat muffins

Ingredients:

1 large apple, diced

1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup old fashioned oats, uncooked

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. sea salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

pinch of cloves

2/3 cup chopped walnuts

2/3 cup dried cranberries (orange flavored if you can find them!)

1 cup vanilla Greek yogurt

2 eggs

1/4 cup vanilla almond milk (or plain milk)

3 TBL vegetable oil

1 cup unsweetened applesauce (OR apricot preserves)

1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375.  Peel and dice apple.  In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients (flour through cloves), then stir in walnuts, diced apple and dried cranberries.  In another bowl, whisk together the yogurt, eggs, milk, oil, applesauce and vanilla.  Pour into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined.

Spray a muffin tin with non stick spray.  Fill muffin cups 3/4 of the way, topping with oats and/or cranberries.  Bake until muffins begin to brown around edges and are firm to the touch, 25-30 minutes.  Remove muffins from tins and allow to cool.  This recipe will make 6 muffins and a loaf of bread.