Oatmeal Pecan Muffins Recipes

OATMEAL BRAN MUFFINS WITH RAISINS & PECANS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the 100% Bran cereal with the boiling water and let stand until cool.
• In the bowl of your mixer on high speed, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the buttermilk, eggs, extract, and soaked bran, mixing well and scraping down the bowl after each addition.
• Add the flour, All-Bran, oatmeal, baking soda and salt.
• Mix well.
• Fold in the raisins and pecans.
• Cover the mixture tightly and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, but you can refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• Grease or line with paper liners 18 muffin cups.
• Spoon the batter into each, filling them full.
• Bake until browned on top and the edges are starting to pull away from the sides, about 25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and turn out onto a rack to cool for 10 minutes before serving.
• Note: This recipe is great for when company comes--I make up a batch, and keep in the fridge.
• Make as few or as many muffins as I like each morning.
• My husband likes to have this in the fridge sometimes so he can bake himself a few muffins for breakfast or the commute into work.
• Good "do ahead" mix.

EASY OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a small bowl, combine milk and oats; let soak for 15 minutes.
• In a separate bowl, beat together egg and oil; stir in oatmeal mixture. In a third bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into wet ingredients, just until combined. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups until cups are 2/3 full.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.

LEMON PECAN OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Grease muffin tins, or line with paper baking cups.
• In a large bowl combine the flours, oats, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt.
• Add milk, oil lemon juice, lemon rind and eggs, stirring until dry ingredients are just moistened. Do not over beat.
• Stir in pecans.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins, filling 3/4 full.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.

MAPLE PEAR OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare muffin cups with a light coating of cooking spray.
• Combine dry ingredients (flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon) together in a bowl.
• Core and dice the pears into small chunks. Combine the pears, buttermilk, maple syrup, oil, sugar, egg and all but 2 tablespoons of the oatmeal together in a second bowl. Let sit for 5 minutes.
• Combine the pecans and reserved oatmeal together to use as a topping for the muffins. Set aside.
• Combine the wet and dry ingredients together until just mixed. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling 2/3s full. Sprinkle with the pecan/oatmeal mix. Bake 18 to 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes and remove from pan.
• Serve warm or let the muffins finish cooling on a rack.