Brown Sugar Oat Wholemeal Muffins

These were amazing muffins! They cook quickly and were superbly easy to make... best of all, they are extremely healthy and at the same time taste so good! Mama mia!!!! Sedap!!! I was at a loss of what to prepare for breakfast and found this online at Taste of Home. This Brown Sugar Oat Wholemeal Muffins Rock! I reduced the sugar amounts of the recipe and they taste just nice! Oh yah, and I added Chia seeds! Recipe after the jump!

Brown Sugar Oat Wholemeal Muffins

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

MAKES: 12 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup old-fashioned/rolled oats
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Chopped nuts or dried fruits (if you prefer) 
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup wholemilk (or use 1/2 cup milk and 1/4 cup yoghurt)
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a large bowl, sift flour with salt and baking powder. Combine the first seven ingredients. In another small bowl, beat the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened.
2. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 400° for 15-17 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm. Yield: 1 dozen. 

Nutritional Facts

1 serving equals 192 calories, 7 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 37 mg cholesterol, 189 mg sodium, 30 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Brown Sugar Oat Muffins in Country February/March 2002, p49