Diana's Awesome Oatmeal Muffins

Roosie's Note:

Full of the good stuff- and you get to choose what the good stuff is! This is good for people with juicers, too, because you can use your juice pulp for the pulp called for in the recipe. Credit goes to the wonderful "Diana in Wisconsin" of the Simple Living Discussion Forums. Cook time includes soak time for the oatmeal. I'm sure you could also add about 1/2 cup fruit, raisins or nuts too. These are also vegan, as long as you don't use dairy for the liquid. You can add a Tbs or two of sugar if you want a little sweetness.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 18

Yield: 18.0 muffins

• 2 cups rolled oats
• 2 cups cold coffee or 2 cups cold milk or 2 cups juice or 2 cups cold tea (anything! "Cold" doesn't mean refrigerated, it just means not hot)
• 1 cup applesauce or 1 cup pumpkin puree or 2 smooshed bananas (any fruit pulp)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups flour

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Soak oatmeal in liquid until softened, about 10-15 minutes.
3. Add fruit pulp and mix.
4. Stir in salt, soda and baking powder.
5. Add flour and stir to blend- Don't over stir!
6. Bake until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of one of the muffins comes out clean, about 15 minutes.
7. These freeze well.

Reviews

[lalamzo]

just terrible. i used chai tea and bananas and even added some spices and a bit of sugar based on the recommendations from the comments but it didnt help at all. they have a weird texture (i guess i'd call it gummy. and dense) and no taste. after i tasted the first ones out of the oven and realized how bad they were, i added lots more sugar to the batter yet to go into the oven but all the sugar in the world couldn't save these.

[ms. aprons]

YUCK... I used apple sauce for the fruit and soy milk for my fluids, .I baked them 17 minutes and they were sort of gummy. Need to bake a LOT longer than what is indicated. Should have read the comments...probably would have skipped onto another recipe. I think the people who gave this a good rating added LOTS of other things which these DESPERATELY need but that still would not change the texture. Also, the recipe doesn't tell you to grease the muffin pans. I sprayed with pan and they still stuck - not a good recipe.

[lindacole]

I think this is a good base recipe so you can make what you want with what you have on hand. I did add sugar, I used orange juice and apple pie filling and hazel nuts and since I used so much liquid with the apple pie filling I also added bran flakes for extra fiber. I also used nutmeg and cinnamon and a touch more baking powder and baking soda so they would rise high. Great taste!