apple cinnamon oat muffins

 I've been wanting to share and document this recipe for some time.

It has to be one of the easiest muffin recipes ever.

And, I think it's gluten free.*

*I have read the only way you can be for sure is if the oats 

are labeled "gluten free" and packaged in a factory that does not

process wheat products. So, I may be missing the boat with my GV oats.

(Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm still learning.)

Apple Cinnamon Oat Muffins.

We have these AT LEAST once a week.

They only take about 5 minutes to prepare.

Here are the ingredients:

oat flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, stevia (honey or sugar if you prefer),

unsweetened applesauce, extra light olive oil, eggs, vanilla extract

& chocolate chips.

Preheat your oven to 350°F.

Grind your oats into flour.

You can use a food processor

or a coffee grinder.

I love my coffee grinder, which I have in fact never used to grind coffee.
 It was my $2 thrift store find. I use it to make oat flour, almond flour, rice flour, etc.

Mix oat flour with the remaining dry ingredients.

Then add your wet ingredients one at a time.

Here's what the muffin batter looks like.

Now for my favorite part.

Add a handful of chocolate chips.

Just enough to get a few in each muffin.

Spoon batter into muffin tin.

I can usually get nine muffins out of one recipe.

Pop them in the oven

and

20 minutes later...

Dawson loves these.

I have made them as mini muffins, too.

They are great for snacks and taking on the road.

A yummy breakfast.

Goodness right there on a plate.

(Special shout out to my husband for the deer sausage he made himself.)

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

2 cups oat flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cinnamon

pinch of salt

1 tsp/package stevia (or a couple Tbsp of honey or sugar)

2 eggs beaten

1/2 cup extra light olive oil (i've used EVOO, too)

3/4 - 1 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease muffin tin for 8-9 muffins. 

Mix dry ingredients well. Add wet ingredients to dry mixture. Mix all ingredients until well blended. Fold in handful of chocolate chips (or whatever you like). Spoon into muffin tin. Bake at 350°F for approx. 20 minutes. Mini muffins take about 8 minutes.

Enjoy!

I'd love to hear how these turn our for you if you make them. What changes would you make?