Secretly Healthy Chocolate Muffins!

 So a couple of days ago I was browsing the aisles of our local grocery store hoping for inspiration to jump out at me from the shelves. As if by magi
c, a bag of caramel pieces, apples, and caramel whiskey appeared in my cart.
 So I came home, carefully sliced 3 cups of apples and marinated them in caramel whisky overnight.
 In the morning I looked up some apple muffin recipes, modified one and added caramel pieces.
 So I was extremely excited for my boozy caramel apple muffins. They turned out beautifully as I took them out of the oven.
 After about ten minutes, the unthinkable happened.
 They collapsed. 

 My beautiful masterpiece... And this wasn't the first time it had happened to me. My quick bread often collapses.
 I think this particular issue was that I added 1/2 a cup of extra sugar. Threw off the chemistry, I suppose.
 But I did not give up. The next morning I threw on my apron and once again attempted to create a muffin recipe.
 This time, I baked two muffins as tests. The first one partially collapsed. So I added more flour and tested it again. The second one was the charm. I baked the rest and they turned out perfectly! So don't worry, this recipe is completely collapse-proof.
 Not to mention they are made with apple sauce, less sugar, and canola oil instead of butter, and Oat flour! Which means they are entirely gluten free! So they're a lot healthier than most muffins which makes them perfect for breakfast.

So as you probably know, two days ago was the first day of fall. Which made me feel like an idiot because I wrote a post three days ago and kept ranting about how it felt like fall but wasn't yet, whereas in reality it was only one day until fall. Ugh. Well, by now I'm sure you have already figured out how stupid I am.
 I look doubly stupid actually, because since I didn't realize fall was coming so quickly, I forgot about finishing my summer project. Doi.
 I did manage to work on it a lot, but it's' not finished. Oh well. I still have these delicious chocolate muffins to comfort me...

  I think I'll make those Nuttella Cinnamon Rolls. We're going to have company this weekend, and cinnamon rolls always seem kind of impressive. Okay, they're REALLY impressive. At least I am impressed by them.
 Maybe I'll change up the flavors in favor of Autumn. Pumpkin cinnamon rolls? Maple pecan cinnamon rolls? I don't know, what do you think?

 Well, I'd really love to chat with you, but I need to relax and watch an episode of Monk. Wait, you don't know the show "Monk"? The Obsessive Compulsive Detective? My childhood obsession? The dorkiest show ever aired? Wait, I really have to go, Monk just accidentally deleted all the police computer case files while cleaning crumbs off a keyboard and now this Commissioner with a toupe is about to fire him.

 What you will need...

1 Cup Apple Sauce
2 Large Eggs
1/2 Cup Canola Oil
3/4 Cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla

1 Cup Oat Flour
1/2 Cup Coco Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
3/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon

 What you will do...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place muffin liners in muffin tin and grease with Pam lightly.
Mix together wet ingredients.
In separate mixing bowl whisk together dry ingredients.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Batter will be pretty thin.
Fill muffin holes about 5/6 of the way full.
Bake for about 20 minutes or until you can press your finger lightly in the center of a muffin and it bounces back. Toothpick should come out with only a couple crumbs.
Enjoy!