Baked Oatmeal Cups
You can make these with or without blueberries.
Servings 6
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups quick-cooking or old fashioned oats (150 grams)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar (25 grams)
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (12 grams)
- Pinch of salt
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 large egg lightly beaten
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons milk (84 grams)
- 3 tablespoons chunky applesauce (36 grams)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tablespoons melted butter (22 grams)
- 1-3 tablespoon chopped walnuts or any other nut
- ⅓ cup fresh blueberries (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°. Grease six muffin cups or line with paper liners. a six cup silicone pan also works well.
- Mix the oats, sugar(s), baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a bowl.
- Make a well in the center and add the egg, milk, applesauce, vanilla, and melted butter.
- Stir everything together. Stir in the nuts. If using berries, you can stir them in as well.
- Divide oat mixture between the muffin cups. Sprinkle tops with more nuts if desired.
- Bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until muffins appear set..
- While the muffins are still warm, gently loosen sides from muffin tin. Let cool to warm and carefully remove from muffin tin. Let cool completely, then put in a large freezer bag.
- Put the muffins in a freezer bag and store in freezer. The night before serving, take however many you need out of the freezer. Warm in the toaster the next morning.
Notes
In my opinion, these actually taste better after being frozen, thawed and re-heated.
