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Apple and pear crumble muffins on wooden board with sliced apple in background.

Apple and Pear Crumble Muffins for Toddlers

These muffins are the perfect, cozy toddler muffin. They have no added sugar in the muffin base, and then if you do want a little sweetness, you can add an optional crumble on top. These muffins are soft and are perfect for little hands to hold!
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Course: Breakfast, Snack
Keyword: muffins
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 13 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup apple peeled and grated
  • ¼ applesauce unsweetened
  • ½ cup pears peeled and diced
  • ⅓ cup olive oil or other neutral flavoured oil
  • 1 tablespoon almond milk unsweetened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Dry ingredients

  • ⅓ cup oats
  • ½ cup regular flour
  • ¾ cup almond flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg

Optional Crumble

  • ½ cup rolled oats (grind up half into a flour)
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons butter or oil of choice
  • t teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 350℉.
  • Peel and grate the apple. Peel and finely dice the pears. Add all wet ingredients to a medium bowl. Stir to combine.
  • In a separate medium-large bowl, add the dry ingredients together.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
  • If you are making the crumble, grind up half of the oats (so you should have ¼ cup ground up oats, ¼ whole oats).
  • Mix the oats with the maple syrup, melted butter or oil, and cinnamon. Stir to combine.
  • Sprinkle the crumble on top of the muffins in a small layer.
  • Bake in the oven at 350℉ for 15-18 minutes.