Berry Oatmeal Muffins
Filed Under (Breakfast, Muffins) by Lisa on 05-06-2010
I love oatmeal. My mom recently made some oatmeal raison cookies that were very yummy. The cookies inspired me to try to make some oatmeal muffins. I had actually never made any muffins with oatmeal in them before (surprising considering how often I bake muffins). I was also thinking about making berry muffins, so I decided to make them into oatmeal berry muffins. I added some mini chocolate chips to the muffins since I love chocolate. They were the perfect addition to these muffins! The tiny size of these chips distribute the chocolate much more evenly then using larger chocolate chips. Regular chips work too though. For the recipe I adapted one of my own berry muffin recipes that didn’t have oatmeal in it.
My muffins were amazing! They were actually quite fluffy (considering they are oatmeal muffins) which I love! The berry to chocolate ratio was perfect! They are also not too sweet to be eaten for breakfast. They are a major hit (only 4 left and I just made them 3 hours ago, soon to be 3 left). I will be making these again.
Here is my recipe
Berry Oatmeal Muffins (adapted from chocolate chip blueberry muffins)
*makes 12 medium sized muffins
1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
1 cup oats
1 tbsp baking powder
½ cup white sugar
½ tsp salt
¼ cup salted butter (melted)
1 cup skim milk
1 cup mixed berries (I used raspberries, blueberries and blackberries)
2 large eggs (beaten)
¼ cup mini chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease muffin tins. In a large bowl add the: flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix well. Stir in the berries and chocolate chips. Add the beaten egg, and stir. Add the melted butter and mix well. Add the milk and stir until a smooth batter forms. Spoon into muffin tins. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Serve warm or cool.
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