These cinnamon raisin baked oatmeal muffins are baked in a single serving muffin cup and straightforward to eat and reheat for breakfast on busy mornings.
My love for oats started lengthy earlier than I had an oatmeal-centric weblog.
When we had been in highschool, my sister and I requested my mother if she might begin making us sizzling breakfasts on chilly winter mornings. (As against us making our personal yogurt or toast.)
The subsequent morning she made us sizzling oatmeal on the range prime for breakfast utilizing – you guessed it – Quaker Oats.
Her recipe was a easy, basic mixture of cinnamon, raisins, and brown sugar. (There had 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 type).
I like mine with almond butter on prime! The prime will get slightly crunchy from the brown sugar, and the within is gentle and chewy.
Mashed banana supplies numerous pure sweetness and replaces any oil within the recipe, so these are mild and wholesome.
You can freeze these muffins to reheat on busy mornings. I’d suggest a toaster oven, however you too can simply warmth within the microwave. Store them within the fridge as soon as baked to maintain them contemporary.
I like that they’re single serving, so you may have one should you’re slightly hungry and three should you’re rather a lot hungry!
How to eat baked oatmeal muffins
You can eat them sizzling or chilly for a snack – nonetheless you want. They are the very best 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 recommendations on freezing and reheating them.
What’s the distinction between oatmeal muffins and common muffins?
The distinction is flour. Regular muffins have a bread-like crumb due to the flour. Because 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 greatest for oatmeal muffins?
I take advantage of quaint rolled oats for the most effective texture, however should you solely have fast or instantaneous oats available these ought to work positive too. I wouldn’t suggest utilizing metal reduce oats for this recipe as a result of the floor space on metal reduce is just too small to work for baking these with the quantity of liquid the recipe requires.
Ways To Customize The Recipe
If you employ gluten-free oats, then this recipe could be gluten free.
You may use a non-dairy milk to make it dairy free as properly – think about soy, almond, cashew or rice milks.
Obviously raisins are a key ingredient, nonetheless, should you don’t do raisins, you may completely use chocolate chips as a substitute!
And lastly, add every other elements you want to reinforce the feel comparable to slivered almonds, toasted walnuts, or chia seeds.
Ingredients
Cinnamon and Raisins
Cinnamon and raisins are the first flavors
Banana
Mashed banana for sweetness
Brown Sugar
Brown sugar makes a lightweight dusting throughout the highest of every muffin for added candy crunch, however you may go away it out should you’d like.
Oats inside and on prime
The oats on prime get a pleasant crunch to them within the oven!
How To Make The Oatmeal Muffins
I really like recipes that stream as follows: combine dry elements. combine moist elements. combine moist into dry. Easy peasy!
Combine dry elements in a single bowl
Combine moist in one other. Then pour moist into dry.
Stir in raisins
Or chocolate chips, cranberries, currants, walnuts, and so on!
Portion evenly into muffin cups
I used paper cups with slightly cooking spray right here, however silicone muffin liners are at all times an awesome 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.
How to retailer baked oatmeal muffins
Store 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!
Can you freeze baked oatmeal muffins?
Yep! For freezing, I normally put them in a silicone stasher bag that’s nice for the freezer. Stasher luggage are reusable and constituted of safer silicone. Great for minimizing disposable plastic in your kitchen.
When 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 prime.
For the most effective floor space of toasted edges, take away the muffin from its liner and reduce 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 prime in a single serving, easy-to-reheat muffin cup.
Ingredients
- 3 cups Old Fashioned Roll Oats
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups skim milk or milk of your selection
- 2 eggs beat
- 1 small banana mashed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
Instructions
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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 positive as properly).
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Mix collectively dry elements: 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 elements into dry elements. Stir in raisins.
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Spoon oat combination evenly into 12 muffin cups.
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Sprinkle brown sugar evenly on prime of muffins.
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Bake for half-hour, or till a toothpick comes out clear.
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Store in a container within the fridge or freeze in a big ziplock.
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