Apple Oatmeal Breakfast Muffins

by Sheridan Kelley Adams

Apples. Oatmeal. Cinnamon. Breakfast. What better way is there to start the day?

  • 1 3/4 cups oats (I used old fashioned)
  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 apples, 1 chopped finely and 3 grated
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg (beaten)
  • 1 tsp vanilla

 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix together the dry ingredients and set them aside. Combine the remaining ingredients and fold the wet mixture into the dry mixture. Do not overmix.

Spoon muffin mixture into prepared muffin cups (cups should be about 2/3rds full) and add topping, if desired. (But why wouldn’t you?)

For the topping, combine the following:

  • 1/4 cup oats
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp melted butter
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Spoon a small amount on top of each muffin before putting the pan in the oven.

Bake in a preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. In my oven it took about 18 minutes.