Plum Oat Bran Muffins – Fraiche Residing

My plum tree is bursting with plums: time to get baking! These Plum Oat Bran Muffins are moist and never too candy, excellent for a morning run-out-the-door breakfast or a day snack (lunchbox pleasant too!).

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Wholesome Muffin Recipes

Our freezer is all the time stocked with muffins for busy days. I’m a fan of utilizing native produce and what’s in season the place doable, and that’s how these Plum Oat Bran Muffins have been born! Muffins are a type of issues which might be straightforward to make a giant batch of: if you happen to’re going to mess up your kitchen, make it value it! For those who’re within the muffin making temper, strive my Sneaky Mommy Muffins, Double Apple Muffins, Veggie Muffins, or Blueberry Lemon Ricotta Muffins!

Freeze any extras for a fast snack or breakfast for hectic mornings, or bake them in mini muffin tins for a cute wholesome snack for the little ones (simply regulate the baking time to roughly 12-Quarter-hour).

Well being Advantages of Oat Bran

Oats are extensively considered one of many healthiest grains you’ll be able to eat! They’re filled with many vital nutritional vitamins, minerals, and fibre, together with heart-healthy soluble fibre. Oat bran is the outer layer of the oat groat (the entire oat kernel) which sits simply beneath the hull. Whereas oat groats and steel-cut oats naturally include bran, oat bran can be bought individually as a stand-alone product on the shelf. Oat bran packs extra fibre than entire oats (not that we’re trash speaking entire oats over right here – they’re fairly superior too).

Plum Oat Bran Muffins

Plum Oat Bran Muffins

These Plum Oat Bran Muffins make a fantastic afternoon snack or grab-n-go breakfast! You possibly can substitute half of the all function flour with entire wheat flour if you want, and be happy to garnish the muffins with further skinny sliced plums earlier than baking.

Substances

• 2
  cups
  diced plums
  (I used Italian prune plums)
• 1
  tablespoon
  honey
• 2
  cups
  all-purpose flour*
• 1 1/3
  cups
  oat bran
• ½
  cup
  packed brown sugar
• 1 ½
  teaspoon
  baking powder
• ½
  teaspoon
  baking soda
• ½
  teaspoon
  salt
• 2
  teaspoons
  grated lemon zest
  (from one lemon)
• 2
  giant eggs
  (overwhelmed)
• 1
  cup
  milk
• ½
  cup
  vanilla yogurt
• ½
  cup
  melted butter
  (or vegetable oil)
• 1
  teaspoon
  vanilla extract
• 2
  tablespoon
  honey

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a muffin tin or line it with baking papers.

2. In a small bowl, mix the plums with 1 tablespoon of the honey, toss, and let it sit till prepared so as to add to the muffin batter.

3. In a big bowl, mix the flour, oat bran, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and lemon zest. Whisk collectively.

4. In a separate medium bowl, mix the eggs, milk, yogurt, melted butter, honey and vanilla. Whisk collectively.

5. Fold the moist components into the dry components utilizing a rubber spatula till simply blended. Fold within the plums.

6. Evenly fill the muffin tins with the batter and bake for about 20-25 minutes, till a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clear.

7. Take away the muffins from the tin onto a baking rack to chill.

Recipe Notes

*substitute half of the all-purpose flour with entire wheat flour if you want.