Zucchini Applesauce Muffins
on Oct 05, 2017, Updated Jun 27, 2023
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With spelt flour, these zucchini applesauce muffins are a full-on treat with bittersweet chocolate in the batter and even sprinkled on top.
I discovered a couple forgotten zucchinis buried deep in the bottom of a refrigerator drawer.
A couple weeks ago they were destined for the grill, but they were a bit wrinkly and becoming borderline unusable.
Past their prime, I figured the best way to put them to use was to bake.
After a great debate over doing a quickbread or something else, I settled on zucchini applesauce muffins.
I always joke that muffins are just rustic little cakes that often have a faux healthy vibe.
Don’t be fooled by the applesauce! It added a subtle apple flavor to the muffins, but it didn’t replace another ingredient as it sometimes does in certain recipes.
Nope, these muffins are a full-on treat with chopped bittersweet chocolate folded into the batter and even sprinkled on top.
Bonus: they do have spelt flour!
Zucchini Applesauce Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup spelt flour
- 2-3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1-1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 3 cups grated zucchini
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup roughly chopped bittersweet chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
- In a medium bowl, stir together both flours, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil, applesauce, sugar, zucchini and vanilla extract. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients followed by 1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate. Transfer the batter the prepared muffin pan and sprinkle with the remaining chocolate.
- Bake the muffins for 22-25 minutes until the tops spring back when pressed. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing the muffins and transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
