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I have a dark secret.

It usually involves cooking.

And dancing.

And the Mamma Mia Soundtrack.

Luckily, my dark secrets usually involve a redeeming aspect.

Like muffins.

Like Apple-Cinnamony-Oatmeal Goodness Muffins.

Last weekend my friend and I went apple-picking on a glorious New England fall day.  Where we acquired apples

Lots of them

This left me with an excellent problem of how to use all the apples.  I  knew I wanted to incorporate them into some type of bread or muffin, but I wasn’t too fond of the recipes I could find online.  A lot of them also called for ingredients I didn’t have in my cupboard, and I wasn’t about to leave my Mamma Mia dance session to run to the store.

So I improvised. They don’t teach us that in business school.  Actually, we did go over improvisational techniques in my leadership class, I retract my last statement.  Regardless, I need to cook with apples more frequently.

Apple Cinnamony Oatmeal Muffins

• 1 1/2 c. oatmeal (I never use quick-oats)
• 3/4 c. packed dark brown sugar
• 1 1/2 c. all purpose flour
• 1 tspn baking soda
• 1 1/2 tspn baking powder
• 1 tspn cinnamon
• 1/2 tspn salt
• 1 tspn vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 1/3 c skim milk
• 1 egg
• 1 cup fat free Greek yogurt
• 2 cups chopped apples

1. Pre-heat oven to 400ºF
2. Mix flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside.
3. Combine milk, vanilla, yogurt and egg.  Whisk until blended.  Add the slightly cooled melted butter.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
5. Stir in the chopped apples.
6. Spoon batter into muffin pans and bake for approximately 16-20 minutes.