If you've got a box of Bisquick and a cup of applesauce, you're just 15 minutes away from the softest, coziest cinnamon muffins. These Applesauce Cinnamon Muffins bake up fluffy, moist, and finished with that irresistible cinnamon sugar topping.
If you love easy homemade muffins, you'll also want to try my Blueberry Orange Muffins or this Easy Chocolate Muffins Recipe.
Quick Look: Bisquick Applesauce Cinnamon Muffins
- ⏲️Ready in: ~ 15 minutes
- 👪Serves: Makes 10-12 muffins
- 🥘Key Ingredients: Bisquick, applesauce, cinnamon, walnuts
- 🍳Method: Oven
- ⭐Difficulty: Easy
- 👩🍳Flavor Profile: Fluffy, moist, and topped with sweet cinnamon sugar.
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- Quick Look: Bisquick Applesauce Cinnamon Muffins
- Why You'll Love These Muffins
- Why This Recipe Works
- Ingredient Photo with Notes
- Cinnamon-Sugar Topping
- Ingredient Substitutions & Add-Ins
- How to Make Bisquick Applesauce Cinnamon Muffins
- Anne's Recipe Tips
- Bisquick Applesauce Cinnamon Muffins FAQs
- Easy Breakfast and Brunch Recipes
- Recipe
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Why You'll Love These Muffins
- These sweet muffins are bursting with cozy apple cinnamon flavor! Perfect with your morning coffee or as an afternoon treat.
- If you're a muffin lover like me, don't miss my Raspberry White Chocolate Chip Muffins or these bakery-style Banana and Walnut Muffins.
- Cinnamon sugar has always been a favorite in my house (I grew up on cinnamon sugar toast!), so topping these muffins with it was a no-brainer.
- One batch makes about 10-12 muffins, and they're ready in just 15 minutes... hard to beat that!
Why This Recipe Works
- My applesauce cinnamon muffin recipe calls for Bisquick instead of regular flour. Bisquick gives the muffins the slightest hint of a biscuit or pancake, making them extra delicious. Using Bisquick ensures a light and fluffy muffin and I just love the texture and taste.
- As a bonus, Bisquick already has leavening and salt added, meaning there's less for you to measure. Simplicity at its finest!
- These amazing muffins are delicious still warm from the oven. Slather with a little butter for an extra indulgent treat!
- If you enjoy baking with warm spices, you'll love my Cinnamon Swirl Cake or these rich King's Hawaiian Cinnamon Rolls.
Ingredient Photo with Notes
These low-effort Bisquick applesauce cinnamon muffins use simple pantry ingredients for a quick, no-fuss breakfast or snack.
- Bisquick - Bisquick is my preferred baking mix because I grew up with it and trust the quality. You can try subbing in your favorite baking mix here, but note that results may vary depending on the mix.
- Applesauce - If you don't often eat applesauce, do what I do and keep the individual serving size cups on hand. This recipe requires just one. I recommend using unsweetened applesauce where possible, but cinnamon flavored is perfectly acceptable!
- Sugar - I used granulated sugar for this muffin recipe, but you can feel free to swap in brown sugar or coconut sugar instead.
- Milk - If you're dairy free, simply swap in your favorite milk of choice!
- Egg - If you're allergic to eggs, you can swap in a flax egg (1 tablespoon ground flax + 3 tablespoon water mixed together for about 5 minutes), or add ¼ cup extra applesauce.
- Cinnamon - My family happens to LOVE cinnamon, so I like to add some extra flavor to the muffin batter. You can opt to omit this if you prefer a lighter flavor.
- Oil - Opt for a neutral-flavored oil for best results. Vegetable, canola or corn oil will all do the trick!
- Vanilla Extract - I find that adding just ¼ teaspoon adds a lovely depth of flavor to the muffins. Feel free to omit it, or swap in maple extract for more of a fall flavor!
- Chopped Nuts - While they're optional, I love adding some unsalted walnuts or pecans for some extra crunch.
- Butter - For melting and basting on top of the cooked muffins.
Cinnamon-Sugar Topping
Ingredient Substitutions & Add-Ins
- Applesauce: Unsweetened is best, but sweetened or cinnamon applesauce works too (just reduce the sugar slightly if needed).
- Sugar: Swap in brown sugar for a deeper, slightly caramel-like flavor.
- Milk: Use any milk you like, including almond, oat, or dairy-free options.
- Egg: Substitute with a flax egg (1 tablespoon ground flax + 3 tablespoons water) or add ¼ cup extra applesauce.
- Nuts: Swap walnuts with pecans for a nice crunch, but you can leave them out if you prefer.
- Add-ins: Try raisins, diced apples, or even a handful of chocolate chips for a fun twist.
How to Make Bisquick Applesauce Cinnamon Muffins
Photo 1: Whisk together sugar, cinnamon, applesauce, egg, milk, vanilla, and oil. Stir in Bisquick just until combined.
Photo 2: Fill muffin cups ⅔ full.
Photo 3: Bake at 400F for about 10-12 minutes.
Photo 4: Brush warm muffins with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
If you love fruity muffins, try my Blueberry Chocolate Chip Muffins. The grandies love these!!!
Anne's Recipe Tips
- Mix the batter until *just* combined. If you over-mix, the muffins will be too dense. So, what exactly does over-mix mean? Check out Food52's article that dives deep into the meaning: The Most Confusing Recipe Instruction, Debunked and Demystified.
- Use your ice cream scoop to fill the muffin cups with batter.
- While you can buy pre-made cinnamon sugar from the store, it's much cheaper to make your own and only takes a few seconds to throw together!
- Don't overbake. Bisquick muffins cook fast, and even an extra minute can dry them out.
- Muffin Pan - OXO offers a wonderful, heavy-gauge muffin pan with easy-grip sides.
Bisquick Applesauce Cinnamon Muffins FAQs
Glad you asked! Bisquick is a pre-made baking mix with a hint of sugar. It's used for all kinds of baking recipes such as biscuits, muffins, pancakes, and waffles. It already has leavening (i.e. baking soda) and salt added, meaning there's less for you to measure in this simple Bisquick muffin recipe. Hooray!
Yes, you can use sweetened applesauce, but you may want to slightly reduce the added sugar in the recipe so the muffins don't turn out overly sweet. Unsweetened applesauce gives you more control over the sweetness, but both options work just fine.
Yes, you can freeze muffins for up to 3 months if you wrap them tightly in aluminum foil or plastic wrapm then place them into a plastic freezer bag. To serve, defrost for at least an hour. Split in half and toast in the oven to get them nice and warm again!
I like to slice a hot muffin in half and put a pat of butter inside for a little extra richness. For day-old muffins, slice one in half and toast it. Then spread some cream cheese on both halves. Apple butter would also be a nice addition. Mmm, the possibilities are endless!
If you're taking these to share, a sturdy muffin carrier with a snap-on lid works great to keep everything in place. I love this one from Amazon: Southern Homewares 3-in-1 Plastic Holder Container. It offers easy-grip handles, a snap-tight lid, and it's made out of durable plastic.
Absolutely! This is a great beginner-friendly recipe. Younger kids can help pour pre-measured ingredients, while older kids can mix the batter. Just be sure an adult handles the oven and hot pans.
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Recipe
Bisquick Applesauce Cinnamon Muffins
Equipment
- muffin pan
- muffin liners (optional)
- large mixing bowl
- measuring spoons
- measuring cup(s)
- whisk
- Basting Brush
Ingredients
MUFFIN INGREDIENTS
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup applesauce, unsweetened or sweetened if that's all you have
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup milk 2% or whole
- 3 Tablespoons oil
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups Bisquick
- ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans, unsalted (optional)
CINNAMON SUGAR TOPPING INGREDIENTS
- 2 Tablespoons melted butter, salted
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Spray muffin tins or paper liners with non-stick to keep muffins from sticking.
- Add the cinnamon, sugar, applesauce, egg, milk, oil, and vanilla extract to a large bowl and blend with a whisk. Then add Bisquick (and nuts if using) and blend well.
- Fill muffin cups ⅔ full and bake for 10-11 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted into muffin comes out clean.
- Remove muffins from oven.
- Mix the cinnamon-sugar topping and sprinkle on top of muffins.
PREPARE CINNAMON-SUGAR TOPPING
- Mix the cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl. Brush muffin tops with melted butter. Sprinkle muffin tops with cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy to my readers. I'm not a nutritionist and I don't guarantee the accuracy of this data. The data may differ according to the brands I used versus the brands you use. To calculate the data yourself using your brands, try using an online nutrition calculator or app.
dawna says
To make them vegan I used Just Egg and unsweetened soy milk. I also used apple slices in water I had canned last summer instead of apple sauce to make them chunky. Delish
Anne Clark says
Hey Dawna! Thanks for commenting, I love your substitutions! I’m glad you liked the muffins 🙂
Jeana A. says
The only thing that was unclear was the quantity. I made 6 very big muffins and then doubled the recipe to get 18 after I scooped out some of the muffin cups.
MyKitchenSerenity says
Hi Jeana. The recipe card states 12 muffins - however, when using a standard size muffin tin, you can get anywhere from 10-12 muffins. Some of it depends on how much you fill each muffin cup with batter. Hope you enjoyed the muffins! Thanks for your comment.
Christy Jordan says
These look amazing! I came over from Meal Plan Monday looking for a feature - thanks for linking up! We love your recipes! If you'd ever like to be featured, just link back to any of the host's blogs in your recipe post. We're happy to have you either way!
MyKitchenSerenity says
Thank you, Christy! I will definitely do that. Again, I appreciate your nice comment!
Canela says
This recipe looks delicious!!!
MyKitchenSerenity says
Thanks for your rating and comment, Canela! Let me know if you give them a try.
Debby Sharp says
Great recipe, just mini muffin tins and just sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar before I bake. Turned out delicious.. Thanks
MyKitchenSerenity says
Thanks, Debby! I love mini muffins. It's fun to pop them in your mouth one at a time! Glad you liked the recipe and thanks for the tip.
Natalie Caviness says
Made these for mine and my boyfriend's breakfast this morning. Took over 15 minutes to get done, and still weren't done as much as I would have liked. But I had to take them out because they were going to burn. The taste is spot on though. Next time I will do them at 350 for 18-20 minutes. Thanks for the idea!
Anne Clark says
Hi Natalie. Sounds like your oven might run a little cooler than mine 😊 Mine are usually done around 10–11 minutes at 400, but ovens definitely vary. Glad you liked the flavor!