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    No Flour Oatmeal Muffins

    January 18, 2021 by Tara Buss 5 Comments

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    No flour oatmeal muffins are a simple pantry recipe that the whole family will love. They are great for a make ahead breakfast or snack and they whip up in minutes in the blender.

    Muffins in a muffin tin with a striped towel

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    Who can resist a muffin? Not me! My kids can't either, and they go crazy over these oatmeal muffins. It's always a happy day when they smell them baking in the oven. YAY! MUFFINS!

    I have been making them for years since my family began drifting away from gluten a few years ago due to food allergies. Gluten-free oats became a go to replacement in things like my simple oat pancakes and these muffins. We now eat wheat again in moderation but these flourless muffins continue to stick around.

    Inside of a broken open oatmeal muffin

    Ingredients Required

    The best part about them is that I always have the ingredients on hand to make them as part of my pantry staples. No milk needed, no fancy ingredients.

    • rolled oats: Any rolled oats will do. If you need them gluten-free, you must get a certified gluten-free brand. I buy most of my bulk pantry goods from Azure Standard.
    • ripe bananas: Ripe works best and imparts a delicious sweetness requiring less sugar. I almost always have a few questionable bananas on my kitchen island begging to be used in some productive manner, but if you need to ripen them quickly try this tutorial for Culinary Hill.
    • eggs: a binder and leavening agent. I would use large eggs if you have them.
    • sugar: Any sugar works, but I always choose an organic cane sugar. You can also use honey, but I think they rise better with sugar and the cost is less expensive.
    • baking powder: leavening agent. Make sure that your baking powder is not expired otherwise it will not rise well. If you need a corn-free baking powder, try this brand.
    • baking soda: another leavening agent
    • salt: Any salt will work. I use Redmond Real Salt in my kitchen.
    • cinnamon: optional, but smells and tastes lovely
    • vanilla: Any vanilla will do. Again I buy an organic brand from Azure Standard.

    Oatmeal muffins in a muffin tray

    Tools needed

    To make these no flour oatmeal muffins, you will need a blender to pulverize the oats into a powdery consistency and make oat "flour". After blending the oats into a fine powder, the rest of the ingredients get blended together in the same blender and then poured into a lined muffin tin. Then you are just twenty minutes away from muffin time!

    • high power blender: Any high power blender will work. I have a Ninja. I have never tried it but a food processor may work as well.
    • 12 count muffin tin: A muffin tin is a must if you are making muffins but you could also bake this is a loaf pan and increase the bake time.
    • baking cup liners: This is not a deal breaker, but it sure makes clean up ten thousand times easier. I have also cut up squares of parchment paper in a pinch and used that for muffin cups. The other alternative if you have neither is to generously grease your muffin tin and then have the kids or husband clean it later. hehe
    Muffins in a muffin tin with a striped towel
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    5 from 2 votes

    No flour oatmeal muffins

    Delicious muffins made from oatmeal and other simple ingredients.
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine American
    Keyword no flour oatmeal muffins
    Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time 30 minutes minutes
    Servings 12 muffins
    Author Tara Buss

    Equipment

    • blender
    • baking cups
    • muffin tin

    Ingredients

    • 2 ½ cups rolled oats
    • 3 bananas ripe
    • 2 eggs
    • ⅓ cup sugar
    • 1 tsp baking powder
    • 1 tsp baking soda
    • ½ tsp salt
    • 1 tsp cinnamon
    • 1 tsp vanilla
    • ¾ cup water

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    • Place oats in blender and blend for 30 seconds or until oats are broken down into a fine powder.
    • Add remainder of ingredients and blend for another 30 seconds until well combined. You will need to scrape down sides halfway through.
    • Place 12 muffin cup liners into a 12 count muffin tin.
    • Fill batter evenly in all muffin cups. The batter should reach almost to the top of each cup.
      oatmeal muffin batter in a muffin tin
    • Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 20 minutes until muffins are puffed and lightly golden.
    • Let cool before eating to prevent muffin from sticking to the muffin cup liners.

    Now go make these muffins and report back. They never last long in my house.

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    Comments

    1. Kathy

      January 29, 2022 at 6:14 pm

      5 stars
      My go to muffin recipe!

      Reply
      • Tara Buss

        February 01, 2022 at 7:22 pm

        Yay! I'm so glad. Thanks for the review.

        Reply
    2. Courtney S.

      April 14, 2022 at 3:55 pm

      Could you use oat flour instead of blending the oats? Would the measurement be the same?

      Reply
      • Tara Buss

        April 18, 2022 at 12:39 pm

        I've never used packaged oat flour but it's essentially the same thing, so I would think it would work. There might be a slight difference in the hydration so it may require a little more or a little less oat flour. You'd have to experiment to see. I've never tried it so I can't say for certain. Good luck.

        Reply
    3. Lynn Houde

      June 11, 2024 at 7:55 pm

      5 stars
      These are so yummy. I like to add some cinnamon and vanilla to the recipe.

      Reply

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