Fudgy Peanut Butter Chip Muffins
"What a wonderful tasting snack, dessert, or maybe even breakfast? It's got to be healthy with applesauce and oats in it - right?"
- Ready In:
- 37mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
12-15
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup applesauce
- 1⁄2 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
- 1⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3⁄4 cup flour
- 1⁄4 cup cocoa or 1/4 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder (recommend Hershey's)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- 1 cup peanut butter chips (or semi-sweet chocolate for variety)
- powdered sugar (optional)
directions
- Mix applesauce and oats in a small bowl.
- Beat butter, sugars, egg and vanilla until well blended.
- Stir in the applesauce mixture, blending well.
- Stir together the next 4 dry ingredients and blend into the butter mixture.
- Fold in the peanut butter chips.
- Fill 12 paper lined muffin cups 3/4 full of batter.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 22-26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out almost clean.
- If desired, sprinkle with powdered sugar when slightly cooled.
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Reviews
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One of my kids favorite muffins. We use chocolate chips most of the time. -
These are very decadent tasting, but they took much longer to solidify in the oven. I cooked them for 35 minutes. Only thing I did diff. was to use margarine and added 1-2 T organic P.B. and mini choc. chips. I don't buy P.B. chips, as they are high in hydrogenated oil. It came out more like a brownie. I would try it in a 9x13 pan and cut them as brownies. Then the servings would be a little smaller and the fat a little less.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Trisha W
Fernandina Beach, FL
<p>I was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Have lived from Arkansas to Memphis to Maine to Minnesota to Texas to CA and now Illinois since I have been married. I have 4 children (3 grown daughters and 1 grown son) and 11 grandsons. The oldest turned 12 in Aug.'14 and the youngest was born Oct. 5, 2014. I taught elementary school (both public and private) for 16 years, then worked for 6 years as a principal for a private Christian school. I am now a Dyslexia Testing Specialist and Tutor in private practice and I love my work. The cookbook I have used most during my 37 years of marriage is the Better Homes and Garden New Cook Book (red and white checkered.) I still get it out frequently and several of its recipes have become regulars in my house.</p>
