Healthy Applesauce Oat Muffins

1 C rolled oats
1 C unsweetened applesauce
1/2 C milk
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
4 TBS butter or coconut oil, melted
1/3 C sugar
3/4 C whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 C dried cranberries/raisins (optional)

Preheat oven to 375. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with liners or grease the muffin cups. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, stir together the oatmeal, applesauce, milk, egg, vanilla, butter and sugar. Set aswide.

In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt (and berries if using). Make a well in the center and pout in the applesauce mixture. Stire until just combined (don't overmix or the muffins will be dense and dry). The muffin batter texture might be a bit different (wetter?) than other m uffin batters but no fear, carry on!

Distribute the batter evenly among the 12 muffin cups. Bake for 15-20 minutes until a toothipick unserted in the cneter comes out clean. Don't overbake or the muffins will be dry.

Remove the muffins to a rack and cool completely. Once cool, I place 6-9 muffins in a large freezer Ziploc bag, suck all the air out, and seal the bag, and freeze.