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

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WW Friendly Apple Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 Box Pillsbury Sugar Free Yellow Cake Mix
• 1 Gala Apple or apple of your choice
• 1 Container Motts Cinnamon Applesauce, No Sugar Added
• 1 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
• 12 oz Diet Dr Pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees

2. Peel, core and grate the apple, and set aside

3. Add the cake mix, applesauce, cinnamon and Diet Dr Pepper to a bowl, and beat with a hand mixer

4. Fold in the grated apples until blended

5. Scoop the batter into cupcake liners

6. Bake at 325 for 19-23 minutes