Applesauce Puffs

Applesauce puffs are perfect for breakfast or brunch.  This muffins start with a biscuit mix for easy preparation. In fact, these soft and flavorful muffins are a lot like a cinnamon sugar donut. They won't last long at your house!

Applesauce Puffs are muffins rolled in butter and cinnamon sugar. Enough said, right? They are like eating a cinnamon sugar donut. (However they are much easier to make!)

You also add applesauce to the mix instead of having to add a lot of oil so that is a healthier.

Of course, you may loose some of that benefit when you roll the muffin in butter and cinnamon sugar. Shh, don't tell. But who is counting?

When I made these, I knew the family would love them. We like muffins in our house like these Blueberry Cheesecake Muffins and Chocolate Muffins.

Ingredients

• biscuit mix - this can be a Bisquick mix or a store brand
• cinnamon
• sugar
• applesauce - sweetened or unsweetened works
• milk
• egg
• oil

Biscuit mix

As I said, it starts with a biscuit mix. You can use a homemade mix or a store bought mix. I used a store bought mix because I happened to have some in my pantry. Here is a recipe for homemade biscuit mix.

What type of applesauce to use

These soft cinnamon sugar muffins have applesauce in them and that certainly helps with how soft they are! The muffins are moist and flavorful.

The applesauce can be unsweetened to help cut down on the amount of sugar in these muffins. Yes, they are coated with a cinnamon/sugar mixture but using unsweetened applesauce does help.

A cinnamon applesauce does help add a little extra flavor so that can be used as well. The cinnamon in the batter can be omitted if a cinnamon applesauce is used.

Bake

Bake these kid friendly muffins in a 375 degree oven for about 10-12 minutes. The muffins will start to turn a golden brown and will be firm to the touch when they are done.

Cinnamon and sugar mixture

After the muffins are down cooking, let them sit in the muffin tin for about 5 minutes. Then remove from pan (carefully) and dip the top of the muffins in the melted butter and then the cinnamon sugar mixture.

Storage

These muffins are best when served and eaten the same day or within 24-36 hours. If you want to make these muffins ahead of time, make the muffin, then wait to roll the muffin in the cinnamon sugar mixture until ready to serve.

Try making them. Actually, this would be a great recipe for your children to try their hand in the kitchen! These muffins were moist, flavorful and became a family favorite. You can use a regular sized muffin pan like this one or a mini muffin pan (which, by the way, this one holds 24 muffins. Brilliant!).

📖 Recipe

Applesauce Puffs

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4.52 from 39 votes

Applesauce puffs, rolled in cinnamon sugar mixture a delicious breakfast, brunch or snack treat.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword applesauce puffs, cinnamon sugar muffins, muffins

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 9

Calories 311kcal

Author Kim Strawn

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Ingredients

• 2 c biscuit mix
• ¼ c sugar
• 2 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ c applesauce (I used natural)
• ¼ c milk
• 1 egg
• 2 T oil

Cinnamon Sugar Mixture

• 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ cup melted butter

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Mix biscuit mix, sugar and cinnamon.
• Stir in applesauce, milk, egg and oil.
• Stir well.
• Fill greased muffin pans ⅔ full.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Let muffins cool for 5 minutes in pan and roll in melted butter.
• Combine cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl and roll muffin with melted butter on it in mixture.
• Serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 311kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 391mg | Potassium: 76mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 204IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 1mg

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