Cranberry Apple Oatmeal Muffins

I have given up my morning Starbucks run. Mostly to save money, but I've actually been feeling better, without all that caffeine, and, um, cheese danish goodness. I did need to replace my morning breakfast routine though. I figured that I could probably make something just as tasty and satisfying as those huge, not-so-good-for-you muffins at Starbucks. And I found just the recipe! This could easily be modified to add your favorite dried fruit, nuts or flavored yogurt.

Cranberry Apple Oatmeal Muffins

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup flour

3/4 cups quick cook oats

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 egg

2 Tbls vegetable oil

1 cup vanilla flavored non-fat yogurt

1/2 cup applesauce

1 tsp cinnamon

1 cup diced apples

1 cup dried cranberries

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Stir together flour, oats, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon and sugar. In a seperate bowl, stir together egg, oil, yogurt and applesauce. Add to dry ingredients and mix just until batter is moisetened. Fold in cranberries and apples. Place in muffin cups (I used a cookie scoop). Bake at 400 degrees for about 20 to 25 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean and dry. Cool.

This made 16 muffins, using two scoops of batter.

These were so good! Very sweet, moist and almost no fat. The man wasn't thrilled ("I'm not a fan of apples in my baked goods." Um, ok), but the boy loved them. In my opinion, you could even omit the oil all together or replace with a little extra applesauce. Yummy, filling, and good for you! Woo-hoo!