It is a new year, it is time for a new muffin recipe. You all know that I am obsessed with muffins, so this should come as no surprise. And because we are nearing the second weekend of the new year, I am going to keep your resolutions going. I made a healthy muffin with oatmeal, no butter or oil, flax meal, and even whole wheat flour. I added some chocolate, because life is just better with chocolate.
There are lots of oatmeal muffins out there, so I had to come up with my own. I decided to add some flax meal, for added nutrition. I am kind of obsessed with the stuff lately. I put it in smoothies all the time too. It doesn’t change the taste, but adds fiber, protein, and omega-3′s. It is great to add to quick breads, and all sorts of other baked goods.
My 7 year old was a big fan of these. He liked them warmed up, so the chocolate was all gooey and melty. And I found that if you put a tiny bit of butter on them, they were over the top good! There is lots of good stuff in them, so a little sliver of butter isn’t too out of the question, right?
- 1 cup Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
- 1 cup Milk, Divided Use
- 1 whole Egg
- ⅓ cups Brown Sugar
- ¼ cups Applesauce
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla
- ½ cups Whole Wheat Flour
- ½ cups All-purpose Flour
- ¼ cups Flax Meal
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ teaspoons Salt
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 cup Chocolate Chips
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with liners or spray with non stick spray. Set aside.
- In a small bowl combine 1 cup oats, and ½ cup of milk. Let the oats soak for 5 to 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl whisk together the egg and brown sugar until smooth. Add applesauce and vanilla, mixing well. Mix in flours, soaked oats, flax meal, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add the remaining ½ cup milk. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Fill muffin cups with batter. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until a tester comes out clean. Best served warm.
- Store in an airtight container. Can easily be frozen.
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These looks fabulous! I love enjoying muffins warm with butter too. A little butter never hurts.
These do look good Erin, wish I had one with my coffee right now:-)
Love these muffins, Erin! Oatmeal with chocolate chips is such a great combo!
These look so gooey and so decadent, yet healthy at the same time!
I love adding flax to my smoothies and baked goods as well. I like your son’s style of eating these. The melty chocolate is a MUST. and a little butter…why not? Thanks for an easy and delicious sounding recipe!
Gooey and melty is definitely the way to go!
This is absolutely my kind of breakfast – love the mix of the healthy stuff with the chocolate! I’d totally reheat them to get the chocolate all gooey too
Puts my boring oatmeal breakfast to shame. Can’t wait to make these this weekend! If I don’t have flax, should I just add more flour?
Just leave it out completely, and you will be fine! I hope you enjoy!
Thanks!
You are the muffin queen, Erin! These look wonderful!
The oatmeal and flax makes them healthy enough to ignore the chocolate? I love these muffins!
These look great! My 3 year old twins LOVE making and earring muffins with me. Seems that we bake a fresh batch of muffins every other day-these will have to be our next endeavor!
the whole wheat flour, the applsauce, and the chocolate — these muffins just “work”! I love adding flax to my baked goods. you don’t even notice it’s there half the time! i like to get sneaky and not tell my boyfriend what’s inside his muffin.
Healthy muffins are one of my favorite breakfasts. I love something quick to grab that doesn’t ruin my attempt to stay on track
Holy Cats that is the heartiest muffin I have ever seen! It looks really delicious and messy, which totally has my attention:-) Hugs, Terra
I know it’s healthy… but seriously with all that gorgeous chocolate… I would be happily indulging in these all the time. These muffins are fantastic. Well done.
What a fantastic muffin!! I have not had breakfast yet and just wish I had one of these in front of me right now.
you can never have too much chocolate and after all, eating a little is heathy. Thanks for sharing this great muffin recipe, I know Tiffany would love to nibble on one in the morning
What a great recipe…and so chocolaty good! Who would ever guess they were healthy
These look delicious! I add flax to my oatmeal every morning… these are basically my oatmeal in muffin form! Pretty ideal.
Thinking about adding a banana to this!
Good idea!
These are delicious! If anyone is wondering, they are approximately 180 calories per muffin
So glad you enjoyed them!
Just wanted to say that these are awesome! I just made them and they turned out moist and wonderful!! Thank you so much for the recipe. I will be making these muffins again.
Thank you so much for the feedback – glad they turned out well for you!
I followed the recipe exactly, and they were delish. The only change for next time is to just spray my pan, and NOT use liners. I used liners and the muffins definitely stuck to the paper (and they are so good, you will find yourself scraping the muffin off with your teeth!)…or, you should spray the liners as well.
Glad you enjoyed the muffins! Good idea to spray the liners!