These cinnamon raisin baked oatmeal muffins are baked in a single serving muffin cup and simple to eat and reheat for breakfast on busy mornings.
My love for oats started lengthy earlier than I had an oatmeal-centric weblog.
After we had been in highschool, my sister and I requested my mother if she may begin making us scorching breakfasts on chilly winter mornings. (Versus us making our personal yogurt or toast.)
The subsequent morning she made us scorching oatmeal on the range high for breakfast utilizing – you guessed it – Quaker Oats.
Her recipe was a easy, basic mixture of cinnamon, raisins, and brown sugar. (There have been no fancy toppings or drippy nut butters within the 90s!)
Cinnamon Raisin Baked Oatmeal Muffins
These cinnamon raisin baked oatmeal muffins are the 2019 model of my mother’s basic oatmeal.
Baked in a single serving, easy-to-reheat muffin cup, you may take pleasure in them out of hand (muffin-style) or on a plate with a fork (baked oatmeal model).
I like mine with almond butter on high! The highest will get a bit of crunchy from the brown sugar, and the within is comfortable and chewy.
Mashed banana gives loads of pure sweetness and replaces any oil within the recipe, so these are mild and wholesome.
You may freeze these muffins to reheat on busy mornings. I’d advocate a toaster oven, however you may as well simply warmth within the microwave. Retailer them within the fridge as soon as baked to maintain them contemporary.
I like that they’re single serving, so you may have one in case you’re a bit of hungry and three in case you’re lots hungry!
eat baked oatmeal muffins
You may eat them scorching or chilly for a snack – nevertheless you want. They’re the best possible contemporary from the oven.
These muffin cups can be enjoyable for a brunch, a picnic, busy mornings out the door, from the freezer – the flexibility is infinite!
Scroll down for tips about freezing and reheating them.
What’s the distinction between oatmeal muffins and common muffins?
The distinction is flour. Common muffins have a bread-like crumb due to the flour. As a result of these are made with oatmeal, they’ve a extra structured texture, however they’re additionally gluten-free. There are fewer crumbs too which is a plus in my e book!
What kind of oats are finest for oatmeal muffins?
I take advantage of quaint rolled oats for the perfect texture, however in case you solely have fast or instantaneous oats readily available these ought to work high quality too. I wouldn’t advocate utilizing metal minimize oats for this recipe as a result of the floor space on metal minimize is just too small to work for baking these with the quantity of liquid the recipe requires.
Methods To Customise The Recipe
For those who use gluten-free oats, then this recipe could be gluten free.
You too can use a non-dairy milk to make it dairy free as effectively – contemplate soy, almond, cashew or rice milks.
Clearly raisins are a key ingredient, nevertheless, in case you don’t do raisins, you may completely use chocolate chips as a substitute!
And lastly, add every other components you want to boost the feel equivalent to slivered almonds, toasted walnuts, or chia seeds.
Substances
Cinnamon and Raisins
Cinnamon and raisins are the first flavors
Banana
Mashed banana for sweetness
Brown Sugar
Brown sugar makes a light-weight dusting throughout the highest of every muffin for added candy crunch, however you may depart it out in case you’d like.
Oats inside and on high
The oats on high get a pleasant crunch to them within the oven!
How To Make The Oatmeal Muffins
I like recipes that circulate as follows: combine dry components. combine moist components. combine moist into dry. Simple peasy!
Mix dry components in a single bowl
Mix moist in one other. Then pour moist into dry.
Stir in raisins
Or chocolate chips, cranberries, currants, walnuts, and so forth!
Portion evenly into muffin cups
I used paper cups with a bit of cooking spray right here, however silicone muffin liners are all the time an ideal concept! I additionally LOVE the Caraway ceramic muffin pan and use it now since we upgraded!
And sprinkle with brown sugar
Bake at 350 levels for half-hour.
retailer baked oatmeal muffins
Retailer them in an air-tight container within the fridge or freezer. I’d use inside 4 days if within the fridge. I normally put half within the fridge to eat sooner and half within the freezer to eat later!
Are you able to freeze baked oatmeal muffins?
Yep! For freezing, I normally put them in a silicone stasher bag that’s nice for the freezer. Stasher baggage are reusable and created from safer silicone. Nice for minimizing disposable plastic in your kitchen.
While you’re able to eat them, I like to recommend microwaving them for about 20 seconds to unfreeze after which baking in a toaster oven to reheat till they’re heat and crunchy on high.
For the perfect floor space of toasted edges, take away the muffin from its liner and minimize it in half and heating on low (round 300°F) for 5-6 minutes or till the muffin is heat all through.
Cinnamon Raisin Baked Oatmeal Muffins
These baked oatmeal muffins are harking back to the brown sugar and cinnamon oatmeal your mother made on the range high in a single serving, easy-to-reheat muffin cup.
Substances
- 3 cups Previous Normal Roll Oats
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups skim milk or milk of your alternative
- 2 eggs beat
- 1 small banana mashed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 12-cup muffin tin liners (silicone are my favourite however paper ones are high quality as effectively).
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Combine collectively dry components: oats, cinnamon, baking powder and salt.
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In a separate bowl, whisk collectively milk, eggs, banana, and vanilla.
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Pour moist components into dry components. Stir in raisins.
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Spoon oat combination evenly into 12 muffin cups.
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Sprinkle brown sugar evenly on high of muffins.
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Bake for half-hour, or till a toothpick comes out clear.
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Retailer in a container within the fridge or freeze in a big ziplock.
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