This healthy muffin recipe features strawberries, but you can use your favorite berry in their place. Recipe adapted from the Massachusetts Farm to School program.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup neutral oil, such as canola or avocado
  • 3 cups white whole-wheat flour
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups chopped strawberries

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 18 (1/2-cup) muffin cups with paper liners.
  2. Whisk applesauce, sugar and oil in a large bowl. Add flour, baking soda and salt; whisk until combined. Gently fold in strawberries. Divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups.
  3. Bake the muffins until the tops spring back when touched lightly and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 22 to 28 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.