12 Tasty Recipes with Applesauce

First up in our best recipes with applesauce: applesauce cake! This fruit puree makes for incredibly moist cake: this one is scented with cinnamon and perfectly fluffy. The best part? It’s beyond easy: simply mix all the ingredients together in the baking pan. No mixing bowls required!

Hello and welcome to our favorite cookie recipe…spiced Applesauce Cookies! These are so moist and irresistible, you’ll forget about everything else and you savory each chewy bite. The applesauce makes them ultra moist, and they’ve got a little oatmeal to balance the sweet. They’re like a lighter version of an oatmeal cream pie: which is AOK in our book.

Another great recipe with applesauce: this spiced and iced applesauce bread! This one is perfectly spiced with cinnamon, allspice and cloves, and studded with oats. It’s so tasty and perfect for special occasions! Take it over the top with an easy icing drizzle. It’s great for an occasional treat or as a way to use up applesauce. Here’s how to make this impressive loaf!

What to do with leftover applesauce? Make pancakes, of course! This fruit puree makes the ideal soft and moist texture for flapjacks. These pancakes are perfectly fluffy and spiced with cinnamon. They’re perfect for a cozy breakfast…and easy enough for anyone (even kids!).

This applesauce muffins recipe is a total go to! They’re light and fluffy, spiced with just the right amount of cinnamon and ginger. They couldn’t be easier to make: just pop all the ingredients in the blender. The batter has no flour: just rolled oats! It makes them a healthy way to get your muffin fix. You’ll be amazed at how the oats blend into the perfect muffin texture.

Applesauce is perfect for quick bread recipes like this zucchini bread! A little confident over here, but we think this is the best zucchini bread recipe you’ll find. Yep, we said it! This zucchini bread is moist, cinnamon-scented, and the perfect sweetness. It’s got just the right texture: it’s not too oily or dense: thanks to that applesauce. And, it’s easy to put together!

These brownies are insanely fudgy and at the same time filled with nutrient dense whole foods! They’ve got almond butter and applesauce to make them extra gooey, then they’re topped with chopped almonds and chocolate chips! After they’re baked, pop them in the refrigerator to get them extra chewy.

Here's an applesauce recipe you need in your arsenal: carrot cake muffins! These are beautifully moist and spiced, with cozy spices interspersed with pecans and bright strands of carrots. Add a tangy cream cheese glaze to decorate the tops, and it takes them into rockstar territory!

Here’s a make ahead breakfast that fits in the palm of your hand: these Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies! Yes, it’s magic: oats, nut butter, applesauce, and maple syrup transform into cookies that you can eat for breakfast.

Wow, will a beautiful bite of these pumpkin cream cheese muffins have you meditating on it for hours! The moist cake is cozy-scented and just sweet enough, since after all it really is a muffin. It's got some oats and applesauce in the batter for good measure. Top that with a generous gooey mound of maple cream cheese, and each bite is like eating cheesecake and a muffin all at once. It’s really a bit of heaven in a muffin wrapper.

Also try: Healthy Pumpkin Muffins

Many of our recipes with applesauce include muffins: because it's perfect for attaining that beautifully moist texture! These apple muffins have a a crunchy streusel topping made of glittery turbinado sugar and a little butter and oats. The nice thing about a streusel topping is that it adds just the right sweetness and crunch to each bite. The muffin is flavored with cinnamon, ginger and allspice, and features both applesauce in the batter and chunks of diced apple throughout.

Here's another recipe with applesauce that benefits from the beautiful moisture: blueberry cake! It's fluffy and moist, and it’s topped with a layer of purple-blue ripe blueberries. Made with olive oil, Greek yogurt and applesauce, it tastes light and fresh instead of indulgent. This means you could serve it as a blueberry breakfast cake, or turn around and serve it for dessert with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.