These apple and granola breakfast muffins will guarantee a delicious start of the day! Packed with juicy raisins and sweet dates, they will quickly become your favourite breakfast companion!
How is your week going? I must say, this week has been testing me, and my patience, on sooooo many different levels (story for a different post perhaps)! But hey, it’s pretty much the weekend, and we’ve made it! That deserves a celebration, right?
Ever since after Christmas, I have been pretty good with my diet and exercises. Occasionally, I would steal a chip (or 10) from Jon’s dinner, but other than that, I’ve been clean for most of it. Promise! But sometimes, when the cravings strike, you just have to satisfy it, and that’s that. And normally, if I have a craving, it will be for a chocolate, cookie, brownie or a muffin (in some extreme situations, ALL of them)…
And the other day, I really fancied a nice, big, fluffy and delicious breakfast muffin. Not the one that is so sweet, it will make you feel sick and leave you dehydrated after eating it. No, just a simple muffin, made with good, healthy-ish ingredients that will not make me feel guilty or hyper on sugar. So I have immediately thought of my Breakfast Muffins, but then, my friend, who also shares my passion for a good breakfast muffin, pointed me into a different recipe, which had granola as one of the ingredients. I was very curious to see what granola will actually taste like in a muffin, and that’s really how this recipe came to be.
It’s adapted from Donna Hay recipe, and after swapping and changing few ingredients, I’ve managed to come up with this vegan and dairy free version. Granola works great in this recipe, it adds extra texture to the muffin, and creates this super crunchy topping. They are stuffed with raisins and dates, which are a great source of energy and fiber. Plus, they also add extra sweetness to the muffins without adding millions of calories! Win-win!
These breakfast muffins will taste best when they are still warm, but they will still be good the next day (that is if you manage to have any left), although you may want to heat them up in the oven just for few minutes. While they are still warm, you can also drizzle them with some maple maple syrup for some extra oomph!
Thanks for reading, and as always, let me know if you try this or any other of my recipes!
Until next time!
A.
- 375 g self-raising flour
- 120 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 120 g chopped, pitted dates
- 80 g raisins
- 185 g granola
- 150 ml plain soya yogurt
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 125 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 180 ml almond milk (or any other dairy-free milk of choice)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 small apples (peeled, cored and grated)
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Preheat the oven to 180 C (160 C fan). Line up the 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases. Place the flour, sugar, cinnamon, dates, raisins and 3/4 of the granola in a large bowl and mix to combine.
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In a small bowl, mix together yogurt and apple cider vinegar, set aside for a couple of minutes. In a separate bowl, mix together olive oil, milk, vanilla extract and apples. Add yogurt with vinegar and mix some more.
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Add all the wet ingredients into dry ones, and stir until just combined. Divide the mixture into prepared muffin tin, then sprinkle on top with the remaining granola. Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown, or until inserted in the middle skewer comes out clean. Enjoy!
These look so delicious – I would definitely opt for one of these for breakfast! What a great idea to use granola
Thanks so much Bintu!
Granola works so well in this recipe, glad you also like it!
These look like the perfect healthy breakfast! Perfect for on the go busy days!
Thanks Cliona, they would be great for busy day, although they taste best almost straight from the oven!
Hope you will get to try them!
A couple of these warm from the oven would be great right now! I’m fascinated by your muffin liners.
Ahhh thanks Leslie! They are delicious while still warm! And the cases are called ‘tulip cases’ (at least here, in UK). Hope that helps 😉
YUM! These muffins look soooo good and just perfect as a sweet breakfast (or even a pre-workout treat!). Can’t wait to try it!
Hi Natalie, and thanks so much!
They are perfect for any time of the day really 🙂 And happy to hear you will be trying it out, let me know what you think!
Yum! I bet granola in a muffin is delicious! I like how you changed up the ingredients to make it healthy. My 2 year old would love these as an after nap snack so I will be making these very soon!
Thanks Tiffany!
That’s great to hear! I hope you and the little one will like them!
Hi, wich flour do you recommend for these ones if you want it gluten-free? 🙂 Looks delicious!
Hi Katarina,
Unfortunately I do not have any recommendations, as I have not tested the recipe with gluten-free flour, so sorry, but can’t help there. But I would love to know if you try it and have successful results! Good luck!
Well Anna, I’m now dreaming of having these fluffy muffins in front of me right now! They look so scrumptious indeed. And well done for eating clean (this time it was ME stealing your chips from your plate yesterday, haha). Have a great weekend my beautiful friend xxx
Hahaha! Hey Tania!
Thanks so much my lovely friend! And I don’t mind you stealing my food 😉
Have a great week!
They look delicious. How do they hold up in the freezer?
Hi Darlene, thanks for stopping by! I honestly never tried freezing them (they never last long in my house), so unfortunately won’t be able to tell. But please let me know if you try doing so and what results you’ve got!
Mmm apples and cinnamon and baked goods…. 😀 Also the addition of yogurt always elevates things, so I might make a simplified version of this one of these days when I want to be cozy:)
Ohhh, these sound delicious! I bet the granola on top is just perfect!
It soooo is Cassidy!
It gives them that lovely crunch! And thanks so much, glad you like them.
mmm muffins this one looks good
thanks Jenny!
Beautiful muffins! Better than you’d find in any bakery! I imagine these don’t last long in your house.
Hah, you imagine that right Nicole!
Thanks so much for kind words! Glad you like them!
Mmmm, these look so good! I love eating cake for breakfast so will have to try these as they make a healthier alternative to the type I usually eat!!
Hey Jess!
Cake for breakfast is always a good idea! 😉 I’m so glad you like this recipe, thanks so much for popping by!
Thanks for the recipe. I adapted it a little with ingredients I had (cows milk, extra spice, some seeds, plain full cream yoghurt). They’re delicious and somehow I got 24 out of the mix. Yum!
Hi Jenna! Thanks so much for this great review, I’m so happy to read that! And yay for the extra muffins!!! 😉
I’ve made these twice now and they’re delicious! I did use regular yogurt and cows milk. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Hi Rachel, thanks so much for your lovely feedback! I’m so happy to hear that you’ve been enjoying this recipe!