Gluten-Free Oatmeal Spice Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups quick oats use gluten-free if it matters to you
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup pecans chopped (optional)
- ¾ cup applesauce or oil
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons orange peel finely shreddedyou can substitute lemon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup milk
- 2 ½ tablespoons butter melted
- 1/3 cup sugar mixed with ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF and grease a muffin tin.
- Put oats into a blender and blend until they reach a flour-like consistency.
- Dump the oat flour into a mixing bowl and add baking powder, salt, nutmeg and pecans and mix well.
- In another bowl, mix together the applesauce, sugar, eggs, orange peel, vanilla and milk.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
- Pour batter into greased muffin tins, filling each ¾ full.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 14-18 minutes.
- While muffins bake, melt butter in a small bowl and mix cinnamon sugar in another bowl.
- Let muffins sit for 5 minutes after they come out of the oven.
- Remove muffins from tin, dip the tops in melted butter and then cinnamon-sugar.
- Place on cooling racks until they are fully cooled.
Notes
SUBSTITUTIONS for FAT FREE (almost):
- Use low fat milk
- Leave out the nuts
- Brush the tops of the muffins with a tiny bit of water instead of butter before dipping them in the cinnamon/sugar mixture
- Substitute dairy-free milk (we like almond milk)
- Use melted coconut oil instead of the butter
Nutrition
Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 193mg | Potassium: 125mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 123IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 83mg | Iron: 1mg
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