Barley Oat Spice Muffins Recipes

OAT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Line or grease 12 muffin cups.
• Blend together brown sugar, oat bran, flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Add eggs, chilled applesauce, and vegetable oil. Mix until well-blended. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• VARIATIONS: Add 1 cup plumped raisins, with a little bit of raisin water (approximately 2 tablespoons). Or, before baking, sprinkle mixture of sugar and cinnamon over the tops of the muffins. Or, add 1 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg to flour mixture.

BARLEY-OAT SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin tin, or line with paper baking cups.
• In a large mixing bowl, stir together barley flour, oat flour, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, and dark seedless raisins.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together buttermilk, clear honey, light olive oil, eggs, and vanilla extract.
• Add wet ingredients to dry, and stir until just combined.
• Using a small measuring cup or ice cream scoop, fill each muffin cup with 1/12 of batter.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• Let muffins cool a bit before serving.

OATMEAL SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the oats, and the buttermilk and let stand for one hour (30 minutes will do if you are in a rush).
• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F, and line a muffin tin with 10 paper muffin cups.
• Stir the egg and sugar into the oat mixture, followed by the butter.
• Pile all the remaining dry ingredients together atop the mixture, then stir them into the batter until just combined.
• Carefully fold in any add-ins without overmixing, which causes the muffins to be tough.
• Divide the batter evenly among the the prepared muffin cups, then bake in the middle of your preheated oven for about 25 minutres, or until the muffins are firm and golden brown.
• Let cool in the pan a few minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool further.

BARLEY-OAT CHOCOLATE CHIP BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Mix whole wheat flour, rolled oats, brown sugar, barley flour, oat bran, wheat bran, nonfat dry milk powder, flaxseed, cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add honey, water, olive oil, and vanilla extract to flour mixture and mix well; fold in chocolate chips, walnuts, and coconut.
• Place dough in the center of the prepared baking sheet and cover with waxed paper. Roll a rolling pin over dough to spread onto the entire baking sheet. Remove waxed paper.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set, about 20 minutes. Remove baking sheet from oven and allow to cool slightly for 5 minutes. Slide parchment paper onto a work surface and cut into bars. Transfer bars to a wire rack to cool completely.