Applesauce Muffins

An update from my last post: I tried canning again. The next day I made another batch of applesauce--on the stove instead of the crockpot this time. I boiled my jars, lids, and rings right before my sauce was finished and left them in the hot water until it was time to use them. I put the sauce straight from the pot into the hot jars using a funnel (so nothing to wipe up afterward), left an inch of space at the top, and sealed them as tight as I could. Then I waited. Aaaand.... only 1 out of 4 pints sealed. I don't know why it's not working, but I give up for now. Maybe I'll try again next fall...

But for now I've got 7 pints--nearly a GALLON--of applesauce to use in the next 3 weeks or so before it goes bad. Yikes.

So what do you do when you have that much fresh applesauce to use up quickly? Go to Pinterest! I looked up a bunch of different applesauce recipes--cake, muffins, waffles, pancakes, etc... and decided that I would try one out today.

Today I made applesauce muffins and found the recipe from Spoonful.com on Pinterest (check it out here!). They were so simple to make, with simple ingredients that I already had on hand. The only thing I did different from this recipe is that my applesauce had been blended up, so it was smooth and not chunky. I don't really like chunks of fruit in my muffins anyway, so this wasn't a big deal to me.

I just tried out one of the muffins and they are yummmmmy! They are very moist from all the applesauce and have just enough cinnamon to get that flavor. The only thing I think I would change if I make them again--which there's a pretty good chance that I'm going to--is that I would make some streusel topping for them.

So there you have it. A short and sweet post today. Go try out these muffins!