Skinny Apple Peanut Butter Mini Muffins

Lightened up Skinny Apple Peanut Butter Mini Muffins are bursting with peanut butter flavor and bits of Granny Smith apples. I love popping these little mini muffins in my mouth! Aren’t they just soooo cute?  

Besides being super moist, (by using banana and peanut butter) I’ve added in a secret ingredient to get some protein in, by adding in some Quaker Banana Nut Protein Oatmeal. So besides skinny, you get a little more protein, and heart-healthy along with extreme yumminess too! Yay!  

I love this Quaker Banana Nut Protein Oatmeal for breakfast, and now I have it in these muffins and these 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Banana Nut Oatmeal {No Bake} Protein Squares as well. Think I should tell Quaker?  Maybe I will… 🙂  Oatmeal IS one of my favorite things to eat for breakfast, and I’ve been known to eat it for a snack and dinner too.  I absolutely love baking with it.

 Oatmeal is definitely a staple in our home.  Now mind you, if you don’t have the Quaker Protein Oatmeal, you can use any kind of oatmeal, you just need about a half cup. If you like skinny & healthy mini muffins, you could also try my Skinny Peanut Butter Banana and Chocolate Muffins {GF} and my Healthy Mini Pumpkin Oat Chocolate Chip Muffins. So, don’t fret, and make these Skinny Apple Peanut Butter Mini Muffins ASAP!  No pun intended, but my muffin-top was very, very happy! 🙂

Here’s the recipe!  Happy Baking!

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Skinny Apple Peanut Butter Mini Muffins

Prep Time

15 mins

 

Lightened up peanut butter muffins loaded with peanut butter, banana, oatmeal and bits of Granny Smith apples. 71 calories a piece and all natural! 🙂

Author: Kim Lange

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup banana 1 ripe large banana mashed well, 105 calories
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter 750 calories
• 2 tablespoons honey or agave nectar 85 calories
• 1 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract 12 calories
• 1 large egg 74
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/3 cup oat flour 120 calories
• 1 packet of Quaker Oat Banana Nut Protein Oatmeal or 1/3 cup quick oats + 2 Tablespoons brown sugar 240 calories
• 1/2 cup Granny Smith Apple 40 calories, diced small
• 1435 divided by 20 mini muffins = 71 calories each

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray your mini muffin pan with nonstick spray.
2. In a large bowl, using mixer, combine together the mashed banana, peanut butter, agave or honey, vanilla or almond extract and beat until combined.
3. Add egg and beat into mixture.
4. Beat in the salt, baking soda, oatmeal and oat flour. Do not over-mix or muffins will be become dense and lose flavor.
5. Fold in the diced apples until just mixed.
6. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop 1 full scoop of the muffin mixture into each muffin cavity. Add a sprinkling of oats on top if you want for decorative purposes.
7. If you want larger muffins, this recipe will make 7-8 muffins.
8. Bake mini muffins at 350 for 8-10 minutes. Larger muffins 11-13 minutes.

Recipe Notes

If you don't have oat flour, you can process your own oat flour, by taking oats and pulsing them in a blender/food processor until they are a flour like consistency. Be sure to measure the oat flour after pulsing or the amounts will be off.

 Other healthy muffins you might like, just not mini-me size:

Blender Strawberry & Chocolate Breakfast Muffins

Fudgy Dark Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins

Smashed Blueberry, Chocolate & Greek Yogurt Muffins