Applesauce muffins

A quick post to share a super simple applesauce muffin recipe that is perfect for babies and toddlers.

Some of the most well known recipes on my blog are for muffins that are suitable for babies and baby led weaning.

I have had some feedback on these recipes that for some mums they either look a little like too much work, or they don’t have an electric beater to make them

I’m a mum with 4 kiddos (lol) a mum currently in lockdown with 4 munchkins, so don’t worry I get where you might be coming from on the “too much work front”

So I thought I would share an easier, simpler baby led weaning muffin

Muffins with applesauce

So that’s what we have here, a one bowl, no beater required applesauce muffin recipe! There is no need to make your own fruit or veggie puree for this recipe either

Jarred applesauce is a great little convenience food, if you keep your eyes out for an unsweetened one, where the ingredients are literally just apples (Like this one from Countdown Supermarkets) then it can be a great little base for loads of recipes

I am an ambassador for Countdown Supermarkets, this means they support my blog by gifting ingredients to help with recipe testing and creation.

Tips for making applesauce muffins

• feel absolutely free to make your own homemade applesauce for this recipe. By applesauce, I am referring to essentially apple purée
• If you are going to use store-bought applesauce, look for an unsweetened apple sauce. In the ingredients list, there should be no sugar
• You can usually find applesauce/apple purée in either the sauce section of the supermarket or the baby food section, I find it is a lot cheaper to buy it from the sauce section and if you choose the right one it has the same ingredients as the baby food apple purée ie 99%-100% apples
• Applesauce means this recipe can be egg-free (apple sauce is a great egg replacer)
• Applesauce can also be used to replace oil in a recipe, I prefer my muffins with some oil as I find they are a little softer in texture and keep a little bit better, but in this recipe, you can up the applesauce a little as a substitute for the oil
• Applesauce is never going to be as healthy as your child eating a fresh apple, as by creating the applesauce you have concentrated the fresh apples which means by volume applesauce is higher in sugar than a fresh apple. But I do find that it can be useful in baking and does reduce the quantity of other sweeteners or sugars required to make the muffin healthy.

Other recipes with applesauce

I am quite a fan of using applesauce in my recipes, it tends to keep things moist, and my kids enjoy the flavour

• Apple Oat Baby Pancakes
• Apple Pie Oat Bars – Granola Bars
• Apple Oat Energy Balls no-bake snack bites
• Apple Pie Chia Pudding
• Apple Toddler Muffins
• Healthy Apple Muffins – These muffins are loaded with oats and designed for slightly older kids.