3-Ingredient Healthy Muffins (No Sugar, Oil, or Eggs)
Enjoy light and fluffy muffins in under 20 minutes with this super simple 3-ingredient muffin recipe. Bonus points for being low-calorie and fat-free!
Why are these muffins going to be your new best friend? Well, you can whip them up in just minutes, and customize them using your favorite ingredients.
These are not a regular muffin recipe– they are lighter, and have a very light natural sweetness. These are perfect for those who still want a muffin, but are watching calories or cutting down on fat in their lives. These work as a breakfast, quick snack, and a healthy treat.
What’s in 3-ingredient muffins?
These healthy muffins use minimal ingredients to get a fluffy, chewy muffin that’s perfect as a base for breakfast!
- Self-Rising Flour:Self-rising flour is your secret weapon! It’s just all-purpose flour with baking powder and salt mixed in, so you get premixed leavening agent in your flour. It’s sold at most grocery stores, but if you need a DIY version King Arthur Baking has a great recipe!
- Applesauce: I use unsweetened applesauce in this recipe, but you can use sweetened if you’d like a little added sugar. You won’t taste the applesauce in these muffins — it’s just there to add moisture and make the crumb tender. You can sub this with mashed banana, pumpkin, or greek yogurt.
- Sparkling Water: This helps give a fluffiness to the muffins. You can use any flavor or brand. but it does need carbonation!
Making easy muffins
Step 1 | Mix the Batter
In a large mixing bowl, mix the flour, applesauce, and sparkling water to make an extremely fluffy muffin batter. It’s going to look like this:
Step 2 | Fill the Tin
Prep a muffin tin with paper liners. Spoon the batter into the liners, filling them about 3/4 of the way. Feel free to use a mini muffin pan, but make sure that you use mini muffin tin liner so your mini muffins don’t stick!
Step 3 | Bake
Bake your muffins at 350° for 10-12 minutes. The tops should be golden brown and should spring back when you touch them.
Let your muffins cool on a cooling rack for 5-10 minutes.
Step 4 | Enjoy!
You can eat these muffins for breakfast, as a side, or even as a bread base for lunch or dinner. The flavor is very neutral, so you can spread them with butter, peanut butter, Nutella, or jam. Cut them in half and fill them with meat, fried eggs, or fruit for a wholesome snack or lunch!
Additions
The base recipe uses just 3 simple ingredients, but you can jazz these muffins up with just a few additions. Try one to take your muffins to the next level!
- For a sweeter muffin: Add 1/4 cup granulated sugar to the batter.
- Add extracts:Vanilla extract, almond extract, butter flavoring, and other extracts are the best way to add extra flavor while still keeping calories down!
- Add mix-ins: You an add 1/2 cup of chocolate chips (I love dark chocolate chips), a tablespoon of chia seeds, or a couple tablespoons of peanut butter, sunflower seed butter, cashew butter, almond butter, or other nut butters.
- Sub the applesauce: For different flavors, you can sub the applesauce with equal amounts of mashed overripe bananas, mashed sweet potato, pumpkin puree, or greek yogurt!
More Easy Breakfast Ideas
FAQs
Store them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days or in the fridge for up to a week. You can also freeze them for longer storage.
Absolutely! Just make sure your homemade applesauce has a smooth consistency.
Yes! Flavored sparkling water can add a subtle hint of extra flavor. Just be sure to choose one without added sugar or artificial sweeteners, as they can affect the final texture.
Ingredients
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 cup applesauce
- 1 cup sparkling water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, applesauce, and water. Mix until batter forms.
- Line a muffin pan with paper liners. Spoon batter into liners, filling each 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes, or until tops are golden brown and spring back to the touch. Allow muffins to cool before eating.
