Peanut Butter Muffins

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: muffins with peanut butter, peanut butter muffin recipe, peanut butter muffins

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 25

Servings: muffins

Calories: 164kcal

These fluffy Peanut Butter Muffins are soft, moist, and loaded with peanut butter flavor. It's a quick and easy muffin recipe you can whip together and enjoy as a healthy breakfast, snack, or dessert.

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups white whole wheat flour or sub half all-purpose flour, half whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon fine sea salt
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup creamy peanut butter nothing added
½ cup pure maple syrup
⅔ cup unsweetened applesauce
1 large egg can sub 1 flaxseed egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⅓ cup unsweetened non-dairy milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375ºF and grease 12-cup muffin pan or use silicone liners.
Mix dry ingredients: In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, powder, salt & cinnamon; set aside.
Mix wet ingredients: In a large bowl, mix together peanut butter and maple syrup, add applesauce, egg, vanilla extract and whisk until combined.
Combine: Add dry ingredients to bowl of wet ingredients; stir a few times then add in milk and stir gently until just combined.
Bake: Distribute batter into 12-cup muffin pan, filling about ⅔ full, topping with crushed peanuts if you’d like. Bake muffins for 15-20 minutes, until tops are lightly golden and inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Notes

STORAGE - muffins can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for 5 days or one week in the fridge.

FREEZE - cool completely on a wire rack. Wrap the cooled muffins individually in plastic wrap, then transfer to a freezer bag. Freeze for up to 3 months.

THAW - transfer to the fridge to thaw overnight or thaw at room temperature.

REHEAT - warm through in a toaster oven for 5 minutes or pop one in the microwave for 5-10 seconds (20-40 seconds if frozen).

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