These blueberry oat muffins are a family favorite. The juicy pops of sweet-tart blueberries and the chew of the oats is a great combination, and a tried and true breakfast combination, also delicious in breakfast cake. These muffins are so moist and flavorful that you don't need to worry about buttering them up, which is good, because they have a tendency to crumble easily.
So here we go. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Melt 1/4 cup (one half stick) of butter.
While the butter's melting, grab a 2 cup measure and make 1 cup of sour milk by putting a tablespoon of white vinegar in the measure and then adding milk until you get to 1 cup. This is a quick substitute for buttermilk, if you need it in a recipe and don't have it on hand. Otherwise, sub in the same amount of yogurt or sour cream...they all are pretty interchangeable in baking recipes. Creamy with a tiny bite of sour.
Add 1 cup rolled oats to the sour milk and mix it. Let it sit while you move on.
Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and combine until everything is just moistened. Don't overmix muffins! They'll turn into hockey pucks, which are NOT delicious.
Take 1 cup of frozen blueberries and fold it in.
Scoop into greased muffin cups (or paper lined tins). I like to use a cookie dough scooper, like a small ice cream scoop, for quick muffin cup filling.
Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Sometimes, if you're lucky, your muffins will turn out resembling Grumpy Cat.
Looks yummy! Going to give them a try for a quick breakfast. Do you happen to have the stats for them? Calories, etc?
ReplyDeleteSorry, but I don't. :( I'm not much of a calorie tracker, and this was a thrown-together recipe, so I don't have one to estimate off of. If you wanted to reduce calories or make it a bit "healthier", you could use skim milk to make the sour milk, replace some of the flour with whole wheat flour, and maybe even reduce the sugar a bit. But as is, it's only 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of butter per muffin, which isn't bad for muffins. They're pretty filling too! There has to be some program out there where you can just enter a recipe and get the cal counts, right? I'm going to have to look into that.
ReplyDeleteYes, I can do that on my fitness pal and will do so. Thanks!
DeleteApprox 150cal each using skim milk that is if the recipe makes 12 muffins. Going to make them for tomorrow morning. Yum!
ReplyDelete12 muffins is what it should make! Let me know how you like them! :)
DeleteThey were delicious and easy! Great recipe. It did make exactly 12 perfect sized muffins. Thanks for posting.
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