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
Oat Flour Muffins
Swap out regular flour in these healthy and customizable oat flour muffins. Made with whole-grain ground oats, unrefined sugar + dairy-free!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 10 muffins 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Bake
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 2 cups oat flour (ground up rolled oats)
- 1/2 cup coconut palm sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup applesauce (or mashed pumpkin or 1 large banana, mashed)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk (or other non-dairy milk)
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup add-ins: chocolate chips, blueberries, raisins etc…
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line a muffin tray with liners or spray with non-stick spray. You will only need 10 liners.
- Combine oat flour, coconut palm sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
- 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.
- 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.
- Will keep for up to 5 days in an airtight container or in freezer for months.
Keywords: Oat flour, oat flour muffins
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
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21 Comments
Rebecca
August 17, 2022 at 8:47 pmThese are wonderful! Made them almost as is. I did substitute half the sugar with maple syrup and added a tiny bit more than said. I used aluminum free, cornstarch free baking powder and they rose up beautifully! It’s rare that my daughter and I can enjoy a dessert together. She is corn free and I am gluten free, and GF things usually have some corn in it. Thanks for the great recipe!
★★★★★
Sara
May 4, 2022 at 9:30 am2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp
1 cup unsweetened almond milk (or other non-dairy milk)
^^^ Above is what the ingredient list looks like to me too. It says 1/2 tsp and nothing is listed. Also, applesauce is not listed on the Ingredients list at all.
Sara
May 4, 2022 at 9:34 amActually, I just realized it is a glitch that happens when you click on “2x” to double the recipe. The applesauce part disappears and it is replaced with “1/2tsp”
Odd!
Davida Lederle
May 4, 2022 at 11:18 amVery strange! I’ll have my developer look into that for you!
Priya
February 11, 2022 at 1:11 pmI followed your recipe to the “T” and ended up with gorgeous, moist muffins. The only catch? The whole batch turned out really bitter! Nothing I layered on top cut the bitterness out. Any ideas why that may have been? Are 1 tsp baking soda and 1 tsp baking powder the right measures for this recipe?
Rebecca
August 17, 2022 at 8:03 pmTry using aluminum free baking powder. That got rid of that bitterness for me.
Teri
February 3, 2022 at 10:20 pmThanks for sharing this delicious recipe. Even my teenagers loved these! My muffins didn’t rise up nice and high like your pictures. They flattened out in the pan. Any suggestions?
★★★★★
Julia Van Voorhies
January 31, 2022 at 12:17 pmThe ingredients list says ” 1/4 tsp” but doesn’t have an ingredient listed. Also, where is the applesauce/puree, its not listed in the ingredient list? I made these and they were so tastey but were pretty dry, probably because I missed the applesauce and 1/4 tsp of something. Thanks for the recipe!
★★★★
Davida Lederle
January 31, 2022 at 12:56 pmUnfortunately I’m not seeing what you’re seeing! There doesn’t seem to be a missing ingredient and the applesauce is listed under step 4?
Marie
August 28, 2021 at 9:17 amWhat’s the nutritional content breakdown please?
Debra H.
August 21, 2021 at 1:57 pmLoved this recipe. Something yummy for me trying to be heart healthy. I used mashed up pears for my 1/2 C. of puree. So good!! I also used canola oil instead of coconut.
Vanessa
May 25, 2021 at 6:45 pmHi! I loved these! The only thing is they were falling apart a bit. I followed the recipe exactly. Is there a tip you could you could give to keeping them together a bit more? Another egg maybe? Thank you.
Davida Lederle
May 25, 2021 at 11:11 pmSorry to hear that! You certainly could try another egg. Mine don’t fall apart for me but oven temps can vary, which could affect the final muffin result.
Cindy
June 13, 2022 at 6:45 pmMine turned out very crumbly as well, but were delicious anyway. The only substitutions I made were to use sunflower oil and add 1/2 cup of walnuts.
Kaylyn
April 29, 2021 at 11:39 amWould they still turn out if I don’t use the egg?
Davida Lederle
April 29, 2021 at 3:01 pmThey will probably fall apart!
Bonnie
October 7, 2021 at 5:08 pmI’ve made these without the egg and they turned out fine
Rosanne
April 27, 2021 at 11:33 amDavida, I am really enjoying these muffins for breakfast. Thanks for the recipe!
Davida Lederle
April 27, 2021 at 12:00 pmWonderful! So happy to hear it!
Lorraine Scott
April 23, 2021 at 7:20 pmI like reading what you write.
Davida Lederle
April 25, 2021 at 1:13 pmThank you!!