Pumpkin Apple Cinnamon Oat Muffins are healthy, simple, easy and delicious. This muffin recipe uses a white cake mix which means minimal food preparation. Enjoy your pumpkin oatmeal muffin with a cup of coffee, a generous spread of peanut butter or as a mid-morning snack!

As you all can probably tell, I pride myself on being resourceful in the kitchen. Whether it’s swapping out ingredients, finding the least expensive healthy alternatives or manipulating a recipe in someway — this is where I thrive.

I’ve talked a lot about how michael and I are running a tight budget because… #newlyweds. Also because he is being the sweetest husband out there and letting me pursue something very non-traditional — this blog you are reading!

My goal every morning to is create a new recipe using the ingredients we already have in our apartment. This has not only been a way to challenge my creative side, but also a fantastic way to create recipes using things YOU all already have in your kitchen.

Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner so naturally all things cinnamon, pumpkin, nutmeg, peppermint, BUTTER, sweet potato and basically all things good in the world are being thrown around the internet/pinterest/instagram.

{ looking for more fall recipes? try these bartlett pear, goat cheese and honey pecan crostinis — this pear, pomegranate, pumpkin seed salad — slow cooker white chicken chili — or healthy pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! }

I’m a major fan of fall recipes and fall foods too, but not always a fan of the amount of butter, sugar and cream that gets added to their already NATURALLY amazing flavor! Can you tell this is a theme here?

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For example, sweet potato casserole is incredible (!!!) — i’m not saying it’s not, but somehow we include it as a side dish/vegetable when it’s honestly more rich than most desserts you’ll eat that day!

Maybe i’m a weirdo, but I just love roasted sweet potatoes and roasted vegetables that keep their yummy, natural flavor. I wasn’t always this way, but through intuitive eating and other lifestyle choices, my body reacts this way.

I made a pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip muffin recipe about a month ago and it was a majorrrrr hit! I think the cinnamon streusel on top was what really won people over. That was my favorite part at least!

I decided to go for a less-sweet approach with these pumpkin apple cinnamon oat muffins.

So many times I find muffins end up basically being cupcakes by the end of the baking process. I wanted to keep this pumpkin apple oat muffin recipe relatively clean compared to other muffin recipes.

You might be thinking — “you used a CAKE mix, so how are these less like cupcakes!?” and that is a very valid question!

I prefer using this brand for my cake mix, so really it’s all you would need for the base of a muffin mix anyways! Flour, baking powder, vanilla, etc.

And as I said earlier… this recipe came from ingredients we already had in our kitchen! You may choose to make a homemade muffin base, but this is what worked for me 🙂

{ These pumpkin apple cinnamon oat muffins have the perfect amount of sweetness for a breakfast treat }

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I like slicing mine in half, toasting it and adding a generous spread of organic peanut butter. Pairing my peanut butter muffin with a cup of coffee always makes for a great start to my morning. I also enjoy…

warming it up and adding a little honey
crumbling it up into my greek yogurt with some sauteed cinnamon apples on top
OR going all in and heating it up, slicing it, adding some frozen yogurt and nuts for dessert!

Muffins are such an easy on-the go breakfast or afternoon snack at work.

How do you all enjoy your breakfast muffins!?