Healthy Baked Oatmeal Muffins

A friend and I are in a very similar life situation right now – We are newly married, soon after the wedding we moved to a foreign country, and now we have lost our husbands to the “Dreaded 4th Term of SGU.” Needless to say, in just the first few weeks of 4th term, we already rarely see our husbands, and it will most likely only get worse. Our solution: Cook and Bake together to keep each other from missing our husbands too much! And, then in return, we get happier husbands with full tummies from our dinners and fun sweet treats! We had our first day and boy was it a success. We took a delicious-sounding recipe that another friend had given us and made it even better!

Ingredients:

2 Eggs

2 Tsp Vanilla

2 cups Applesauce

1 Banana, mashed

1/2 cup Honey

5 cups Old Fashioned Rolled Oats

1/4 cup Flaxseed meal

1 1/2 TBS Ground Cinnamon

1 TBS Baking Powder

1 Tsp Salt

2 3/4 Cups Almond Milk

Additional toppings (Optional): Chopped Apple Slices, Almonds, Blueberries, Raisins, Chocolate Chips, White Chocolate Chips

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix eggs, vanilla, applesauce, banana, and honey together in a large bowl.

3. Add the oats, flaxseed, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Combine well with the wet ingredients.

4. Mix in the milk. Your batter will look runny, so do not worry. This makes the muffins turn out very moist and yummy!

5. Place muffin liners in your muffin tin. Use a 1/4 or 1/3 of a cup, depending on how big your muffin tins are, to evenly fill each muffin slot, .

6. Add toppings on top of individual muffins. If you want to add toppings into the batter, transfer some of the batter into a smaller bowl and mix in your toppings. You can do this for as many toppings as you would like. You are not limited to the above list! Add all types of fruits and nuts or try some other dessert options!

7. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until they are cooked all the way through. (Check with a toothpick)

8. Allow to cool and then try your new creation! Be careful not to eat the whole batch- they are that delicious!

Makes 24-30 muffins

 
YUM!!!
My favorite creation so far is to warm up a plain muffin and spread my favorite Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter on top (Yes, of course, I brought some TJ’s PB with us to Grenada!).

What new creative additions did you try with this muffin recipe?