Oat Flour Muffins

Swap out regular flour in these healthy and customizable oat flour muffins. Made with whole-grain ground oats, unrefined sugar and dairy-free ingredients for a muffin recipe the whole family will love.

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Ingredients You Need:

• Oat flour – you can use store-bought or grind up your own
• Coconut palm sugar – or brown sugar or other granulated sugar
• Baking soda + baking powder – helps the muffins rise.
• Cinnamon – the perfect spice pairing for these muffins.
• Applesauce – you can replace with canned pumpkin or mashed banana.
• Almond milk – feel free to sub in any other kind of milk.
• Coconut oil – this adds moistness.
• Large egg – helps bind the muffin together.
• Vanilla extract – a flavor enhancer.
• Optional add-ins– chocolate chips, blueberries, raisins etc…

What is Oat Flour?

Oat flour is essentially just ground up rolled oats. You can buy pre-ground oats from the grocery store or you can even make oat flour at home. Making oat flour is super easy. Just add your rolled oats to your blender and blend until a fine flour consistency is formed. I use my Vitamix which does the trick really well but any old blender should do.

You can use both regular rolled oats or quick-cook oats. Do NOT use steel-cut oats as they cannot always be finely milled to a a flour that is necessary for these oat flour muffins.

How to Make Oat Flour Muffins

STEP 1: Combine oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.

STEP 2: In a separate bowl combine mashed applesauce, almond milk, coconut oil, egg and vanilla. Add dry mixture to wet and stir until just combined. Fold in add-ins of choice.

STEP 3: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease or place liners into a muffin tin. Scoop batter evenly into 10 cups. Bake for 20-25 mins. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 mins. Remove from tray and let cool completely on a wire rack.

STEP 4: Will keep for up to 5 days in an airtight container or in freezer for months.

Flavor Variations

The sky is the limit when it comes to flavor variations for these oat flour muffins. You can really add in 1/2-1 cup of your favorite mix-ins. Truly anything will work but here are some suggestions:

• Chocolate – 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• Peanut Butter – 1/4 cup peanut butter – just mix it right into the batter! You can also add chocolate chips too
• Berries – 1/2-1 cup of blueberries or any other fresh or frozen berry
• Grated Carrot – 1 large carrot for carrot cake muffins
• Grated zucchini – 1 large zucchini for an added veggie boost (just be sure to squeeze out all moisture!)
• Dried fruit – use 1/2 cup of whatever you have on hand.

More Oat Flour Recipes You’ll Love:

• Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal
• Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal Bars
• Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal Cups
• Banana Oatmeal Pancakes
• Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread Oatmeal Bars

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Like these oat flour muffins? Here are a few other muffin recipes you might enjoy:

• Morning Glory Muffins
• Healthy Blueberry Muffins
• Oatmeal Banana Peanut Butter Muffins
• Chocolate Zucchini Muffins