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February 22, 2016

Hearty Muffin Recipe with Walnuts, Oats and Applesauce

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This “heart”y heart healthy muffin recipe is full of great ingredients, like Fisher Walnuts, Oatmeal and Applesauce! 

Hearty Muffin Recipe with Walnuts Oatmeal and Applesauce on dineanddish.net

It’s funny how our tastes change as we get older, isn’t it? I used to hate having things in my muffins. In fact, I used to pretty much make muffins that resembled as close to a breakfast cupcake as possible. Plain Jane muffins, delicious, but not really substantial.

As I’ve aged, I’ve realized I want more out of my breakfast. Instead of something that’s filling, I want a hearty breakfast with substance to sustain me until lunch time. Those breakfast cupcake muffins I used to make weren’t going to cut it. I needed a muffin recipe full of good for me ingredients that also doubled as a filling and substantial start to my day.

This hearty muffin recipe is full of great, heart healthy ingredients, like Walnuts, Oatmeal and Applesauce!

This is where this Hearty Muffin recipe comes in. Protein packed with heart healthy ingredients like Fisher Walnut Halves and Pieces, oatmeal and applesauce, these are muffins I feel great about starting my day with. I mean, just look at them… don’t they look like they’d be a filling, awesome start to your day? And they are less than 200 calories per hearty serving, which leaves room for lots of other good food throughout the day! To make these muffins even better, when you bake them with Fisher Nuts you are choosing one of the only brands of recipe nuts entirely without preservatives…more goodness!

Hearty Muffin recipe featuring Fisher Walnut Halves and Pieces

Are you ready to start your day like a grown up? Then definitely give this muffin recipe a try! Your heart and health will thank you!

Hearty Muffin Recipe

This hearty muffin recipe is full of great, heart healthy ingredients, like Walnuts, Oatmeal and Applesauce!
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Hearty Muffin Recipe with Walnuts, Oats and Applesauce

A hearty muffin recipe full of great ingredients to sustain you throughout the day!
Course Breakfast
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Total Time 31 minutes
Servings 12 muffins
Author Dine & Dish

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 3 tablespoons coconut oil melted
  • 1 egg
  • 1-1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
  • 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cupFisher Walnut Halves and Pieces chopped
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • For the Topping:
  • 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup Fisher Walnut Halves and Pieces chopped
  • 1 tablespoon butter melted

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F.
  • Spray a muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a medium sized bowl, mix together the applesauce, milk, melted coconut oil and egg until well blended.
  • Stir in the dry ingredients (oats, flour, walnuts, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt).
  • Blend with a spoon until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
  • Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
  • In a small bowl, stir together the topping ingredients.
  • Sprinkle topping over the batter.
  • Bake for 16 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Cool for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

 Craving more recipes, like this muffin recipe,  featuring Fisher Nuts? Here are some favorites from around the web:

  • Nutty Granola Bites from Shugary Sweets
  • Oatmeal Walnut Caramel Banana Pancakes from Picky Palate
  • Honey Almond Flax Granola from Aggies’ Kitchen
  • Cinnamon Applesauce Bread with Walnuts from Good Life Eats

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Fisher. The opinions and text are all mine.

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  1. Joana says

    February 22, 2016 at 1:24 pm

    Hi there! These look so yummy… would it be ok to use regular oats instead of quick-cooking? Maybe adjusting the cook time only?… Thanks

    • Kristen says

      February 22, 2016 at 1:58 pm

      I think that would actually work well. I wonder if you’d maybe lessen the liquid (milk) a bit too, since quick cooking oats seem to absorb more liquid? I’m not sure, the batter is pretty thick as it is so I don’t think it should make a big difference. Of course, I have’t tried that but would love to – so let me know if you do and how they turn out!

  2. Tracy | Pale Yellow says

    February 22, 2016 at 1:59 pm

    These look great for breakfast! Rather healthful as well! I can’t wait to mix up a batch for breakfast. I have grown to love chunky things in my muffins too!

  3. Katie | Good Life Eats says

    February 22, 2016 at 5:30 pm

    These look so good! I love having muffins for breakfast. One of my favorite things! Thanks for including my recipe in your roundup 🙂

  4. Amy @BellyFull says

    February 22, 2016 at 6:16 pm

    And now I desperately want a muffin!

  5. Kari says

    February 22, 2016 at 6:51 pm

    These are so loaded up with goodies. Looks good!
    Kari
    http://www.sweetteasweetie.com

  6. Yvonne Feld says

    February 23, 2016 at 12:23 am

    I love the photos – they are gorgeous and I just want to take a bite out of my computer screen. Maybe I’d be better off just making a batch of these. YUM!!!

  7. Maureen says

    February 23, 2016 at 7:53 am

    Can’t wait to try these! They look and sound delicious 🙂

  8. Khrista {ezeBreezy Life Simplified} says

    February 23, 2016 at 11:04 am

    Pinning these! Thanks for sharing.

  9. Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles says

    February 23, 2016 at 8:12 pm

    These look right up my muffin-loving alley! 🙂

  10. Gemma says

    February 28, 2016 at 5:28 pm

    What a great recipe! I love having these kind of hearty-yet-delicious muffins for breakfast and luckily I have all the ingredients. Yay! 🙂

    Lovely pictures!

    xo

  11. Beverley Press says

    March 1, 2016 at 1:10 pm

    Oh yes please and I would also use non quick cooking oats so will let you know how they turn out. Everything shouts out my name in this recipe xoxo Thank you

  12. Chelsea [Baked Greens] says

    April 1, 2016 at 10:33 am

    Yes! I love hearty, satisfying muffins like these ones! I can’t wait to try them out.

  13. Sofia says

    April 11, 2016 at 9:53 am

    Hi! These look great. If I don’t have coconut oil, can I use regular vegetable oil or what would be a good substitute? Thanks a lot!

  14. Neha says

    April 29, 2016 at 7:21 pm

    Thank you for the recipe! I made a few alterations and they came out delicious!
    I subbed 1 cup whole wheat flour instead of 1-1/4 cup all-purpose flour, coconut sugar for brown sugar, and regular oats for quick-cooking oats. I also added 1 tsp vanilla extract and 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and completely omitted the topping. Definitely making these every week!!

  15. Sondy says

    April 27, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    5 stars
    OMG! I didn’t have applesauce so I used 2 1/2 cups of pineapple tidbits. I broke the pineapple down with a hand blender. I followed the rest of your recipe but I cut the milk to 1/4c because I used the juice that was with the pineapple and it’s so good! The flavor reminds me of hummingbird cake. So good!

    • Kristen says

      April 27, 2018 at 8:37 pm

      Wow! That sounds so great! I can’t wait to try your version! Thanks for letting me know.

  16. M says

    May 6, 2018 at 10:51 am

    5 stars
    Wow. These muffins are fantastic! The texture/crumb is just perfect. Like a bowl of oatmeal in muffin form. Perfect grab-and-go in the morning. Not too sweet (I don’t like sweet). I’d describe them as Oatmeal Walnut Muffins with Cinnamon.

  17. Debra Cleppe says

    January 16, 2019 at 9:18 am

    4 stars
    I added some slice apples to half the recipe. Yummy.

  18. Marie says

    September 14, 2019 at 6:17 pm

    I made these today after seeing some delicious-looking muffins in the store that, sadly, were not gluten free. These muffins are amazing, just the hearty texture and slightly sweet flavor I was looking for. Halfway through making them I realized I didn’t have any applesauce, so I added an egg and 1/2 mashed banana. I give these a 10/10 would recommend. Thank you!

  19. TL says

    March 14, 2020 at 10:31 am

    5 stars
    These are delicious!!! I didn’t have any quick oats, so I used rolled oats and soaked them in the milk while I did all the other prep. It still tasted quite good. Thanks!

  20. Dawn Blankenship says

    May 18, 2020 at 9:46 am

    5 stars
    WooooooW! These are amazing. i bake muffins weekly for my family and after 1 day, the dozen muffins are almost gone(there are only 4 of us). This is a big hit among my family!

    • Kristen says

      May 19, 2020 at 9:08 am

      I’m so glad! Thank you!

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