Oatmeal Muffins
Oatmeal Muffins are a hearty (if not glamorous) breakfast muffin. Soft and moist thanks to a blend of oil and butter and a splash of buttermilk. Textured with oats, and full of flavor thanks to brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg.Be sure to check out the how-to VIDEO at the bottom of the recipe!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- ¼ cup melted butter
- ¼ cup avocado oil or vegetable oil or canola oil (may substitute vegetable oil )
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 egg white ( room temperature preferred)
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup buttermilk ( room temperature preferred **click link for an easy buttermilk substitute**)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch (cornflour in UK)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
- 1 cup old fashioned or instant oats*
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup oats
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar tightly packed
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 5 Tablespoons butter (melted)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 425F (215C) and line a 12-count muffin tin with paper liners.
- 2
Combine melted butter and canola oil in a large bowl. Add sugars and stir well.
- 3
Stir in eggs, vanilla extract, and buttermilk.
- 4
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cornstarch, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Add oats and stir again until combined.
- 5
Gently stir ingredients together using a spatula until just combined.
- 6
Divide batter into prepared pan, filling liners ¾ of the way full.
- 7
Prepare your streusel topping
- 8
Prepare streusel by whisking together flour, oats, sugars and cinnamon.
- 9
Pour the melted butter into the mixture and, using a fork, stir until crumbles form.
- 10
Using your hands, evenly divide streusel over muffin batter, piling the crumbly streusel over the batter and gently pressing the topping into the batter.
- 11
Transfer to 425F (215C) oven and bake for 8 minutes, then, without opening the oven door, reduce the oven temperature to 350 (175C) and bake another 12 minutes, or until tops are just beginning to turn golden brown.
- 12
Allow to cool and enjoy!