WW Friendly Apple Muffins

Hello 2024!  I came up with a WW Friendly Banana Bread recipe a few years ago and I still make it all the time.  But I wanted something a little different this week so I came up with a WW Friendly Apple Muffins recipe!  I tried a pumpkin version during the holidays and I didn’t like the texture.  I’m not giving up, though.  I’ll tweak a few things and when I get it to a place that I like, I’ll share it with you.

If you’re anything like me, you get reflective at the start of a new year.  Health, dieting, exercise…  But if you’re also like me, it falls off the rails a week later.  🙂  I have tried so many different diet programs, but all roads seem to lead back to Weight Watchers for me.  So I entered the ingredients for this WW friendly apple muffins recipe into the WW app, and each muffin is only 1 point!  

This recipe makes about 18 muffins.  I found a convenient way to scoop the batter into the cupcake liner is with this 3 tbsp scoop.  It makes it so easy and mess free!

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 1 Box Pillsbury Sugar Free Yellow cake mix
• 1 Gala apple or apple of your choice, grated
• 1 small container Motts Cinnamon Applesauce, No Sugar Added
• 1 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1 12 oz Diet Dr Pepper

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees
• Peel, core and grate the apple and set aside
• Add the cake mix, applesauce, ground cinnamon and Diet Dr Pepper to a bowl and beat with a hand mixer
• Fold in the apple until blended
• Scoop the batter into the cupcake liners
• Bake at 325 for 19-23 minutes.

And here’s what you get!  Pretty darn tasty for 1 point!

Random Thoughts…

• I like to grate the apple because then you get the flavor of apple in every bite.  You can dice them if you’d rather.
• You can also add more apples to the recipe.  Just be careful of the moisture content.
• Pecans would be delicious in this recipe!  If you choose to add a half cup of pecans, it will, of course add to the points but 2 points is still a really good snack!

I hope you enjoy this recipe.  Let me know how you like it.

Happy tinkering,

Susan