Cooking without oil, margarine or some vegetable fat can be hard sometimes. I've failed many times trying to make low fat baked recipes, that's why I'm so happy with these apple muffins. The only fat I used to make them is coconut milk and they taste amazing and are so soft and moist.
If you're looking for a fat-free muffin recipe, use some fat-free milk like oat or rice milk and if the muffins are a little bit dry, you can eat them with your favorite jam or dunk them in milk, so yummy!
Some people don't bake during summer time, but I do. It's totally worth it because I prefer to make my own food, it's usually healthier, and taste even better and the kitchen smells delicious.
Tips:
- If you're not using a non-stick muffin pan, you'll probably need to lightly grease it with some coconut oil. You also can use some muffin cases.
- Feel free to use bananas instead of the applesauce (I'd use 2 to 3 bananas).
- If you don't like bananas, use more applesauce instead (I'd use about 1 cup).
- Use your favorite plant milk, but I recommend you to use coconut milk or some nut milk because they contain some fat and you'll get delicious, moist muffins.
- Other flours or sweeteners can be used as well, but probably you'll need to add more or less.
- If you're batter is too dry, add more applesauce.
Products we used to make this recipe (affiliate links):
Low Fat Apple Muffins (Vegan + GF)
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 2 cups light buckwheat flour
- 2 and ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
- ½ cup coconut or brown sugar
- 1 14-ounce can coconut milk
- 1 banana
- 1 cup applesauce
- Coconut or brown sugar to taste for the crunchy topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 355ºF or 180ºC.
- Blend the rolled oats in a blender or food processor until you get a flour consistency.
- Place the oats in a large mixing bowl and add the rest of the dry ingredients (buckwheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and sugar). Stir with a spoon.
- Place the coconut milk and the banana in a blender and blend until smooth. Then add the mixture to the mixing bowl.
- Add the applesauce and mix until well combined.
- Scoop the batter into the muffin pan (I use an ice cream scooper to scoop the batter in perfectly, but it's not necessary).
- Bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow the muffins to cool for at least 5 minutes before removing them from the muffin pan. Then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
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tzipi greenszeles says
i would like to ask how much calories in one muffin? thank you
Iosune Robles says
Hi! I don't know exactly how much calories have one muffin, sorry. I recommend you to use Cronometer app 🙂
Ella Gibbs says
Hello, I was wondering how long these muffins last unrefrigerated. We are going camping and I'd love to bring these. Thanks!
Iosune says
Hi Ella! About a week or even longer 🙂 Have a nice day!
Cati Budimir says
It would be great to have specified in the recipe that one needs to use light buckwheat flour. I didn't know the difference between the two and used the dark version so they didn't come out right. Then I figured the problem was the consistency of the flour and the fact that it absorbered too much liquid.
So light buckwheat flour must be used.
Iosune says
Hi Cati! I dind't know there are two types of buckwheat flour, thanks a lot for your comment!
Alex says
I loved the recipe! Even though I trimmed it to my needs and changed a few ingredients, it worked wonders. As for buckwheat flour, I just did it myself from green buckwheat.
Thank you Iosune for sharing this one with us!
Iosune says
Hi Alex! Thanks a lot 🙂 Have a great day!
Alli says
Just letting you know I made these today and they came out great! I used fresh buckwheat flour ground from raw groats and substituted half the sweetener for stevia. Rose beautifully and taste delicious 🙂
Iosune says
Hi Alli! I'm so happy to read that 🙂 Have a nice week!
Natalia says
Hola!
En primer lugar, gracias por vuestras aportaciones. Soy una chica con múltiples intolerancias, y vuestras recetas me hacen muy feliz!
Me está costando encontrar la harina de trigo sarraceno sin gluten. ¿Crees que podría sustituirla por alguna harina especial sin gluten, como por ejemplo, el mix de repostería de la marca schar?
Muchas gracias
Iosune says
Hola Natalia! Gracias a ti por leernos 🙂 Ese tipo de harinas que dices no es que sean muy saludables, yo intentaría encontrar en herbolarios alguna harina natural como por ejemplo la de arroz integral, aunque si no las encuentras y es lo único que tienes a mano, no pasa nada por usarla de vez en cuando. En internet a lo mejor tienes más suerte... Un saludo!
Mirjam says
Hello!One question: you write 2 cups of applesauce (280g) and on the Homemade Applesauce 2 cups are 560. So for the muffin you mean 1 cup (280g). Could that be? Thank you! Great recipe!
Iosune says
Hi Mirjam! It's one cup, thanks a lot for your comment 🙂
Holly says
Hi, do you have the nutritional value for these?
Iosune says
Hi Holly! No, I don't, sorry! You could use this web: https://www.caloriecount.com/ 🙂
Lillisa says
I bake a lot with whole wheat flour. While I haven't actually tried this recipe, I've noticed that whole wheat baked goods are always a little doughy when fresh out of the oven. Just bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, and let the muffins cool completely before enjoying. Hope this helps.
Iosune says
Hi Lillisa! Thanks a lot for your help 🙂
Alexandra says
I just tried this recipe today, followed the instructions as given. The only change is the flour. I used wholewheat flour instead of buckwheat one.
Muffins were not ready after 20 minutes. Even after 40 minutes they still looked uncooked inside.
They do taste great, though. And I'm not sure what went wrong...;(
Iosune says
Hi Alexandra! Did the batter look like mine (picture number 3)? If so, try to bake at 390ºF or 200ºC next time. Hope it works for you!
Laurina Roo @sweetenedbyplants says
Yum! These look delicious! I love the sprinkling of sugar on top! My mum taught me that and it's stuck with me! Mums are usually righ aren't they! ?
Iosune says
Hi Laurina! Yes, they usually are 😉 Thanks a lot for your nice words!