Last night I felt like baking, but I didn’t have any butter left in the fridge. I decided to check out my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, and I found a muffin recipe that called for oil instead of butter. Then I saw that I could add oatmeal in place of some of the flour (healthier, right?!), and I decided to chop up an apple and throw that in there, too. I also threw a teaspoon of cinnamon in there for some extra flavor.
They came out great! Nice and light and perfect for breakfast. There’s nothing really special about them, I suppose, but they took me all of 10 minutes to make, which is pretty special all in itself. 
Oatmeal Apple Cinnamon Muffins
adapated from Better Homes and Gardens cookbook
Ingredients:
1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup cooking oil
1 medium apple, peeled and cored, then diced – I used an Empire apple.
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Grease twelve 2-1/2 inch muffin cups or line with paper bake cups; set aside.
3. In a medium bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and oatmeal. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.
4. In another bowl, combine egg, milk, and oil. Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy).
5. Fold in the diced apple.
6. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each two-thirds full. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden and a wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in muffin cups on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from muffin cups; serve warm.
