Oatmeal Muffins with Dates, Cranberries and Pecans
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You may not believe what I’m about to tell you. I only half believe it myself. But I really think that I am sweet-ed out from the holidays. I don’t even think I ate all that much, but all of the baking, oiy. I kinda don’t even want to look at a cookie right now. I have no yearning for cookies, chocolate, or anything of the sort. So I’m tackling some less-rich baking projects this week. Enter these muffins. I love having quick and easy breakfast options during the week, and oatmeal is one of my go-to favorites, so these were definitely calling my name.
The original recipe calls for dates, raisins and walnuts as the add-ins, but I somehow blew through 6 lbs of walnuts over the holidays and was completely out, and I had dried cranberries in the pantry, so I did some shifting based on what I had available and wanted to use up. These turned out absolutely fabulous. They have a great, soft yet hearty texture thanks to the oatmeal and the dates, cranberries and pecans all contribute to little bursts of contrasting flavors with each bite. Mine turned out a little dark because I forgot to turn down the oven a bit to account for the non-stick pan. I was also out of paper liners. Oops, my head is still in the snowy holiday clouds I guess!
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Oatmeal Muffins with Dates, Cranberries and Pecans
Ingredients
- 1 cup (81 g) traditional rolled oats
- 1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (110 g) light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) baking soda
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) salt
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) cinnamon
- ¼ cup (24.75 g) finely chopped pecans, or walnuts
- ⅓ cup (49 g) chopped dates
- ⅓ cup (40.4 g) dried cranberries, or raisins
- 4 ounces (113.4 g) unsalted butter, melted and cooled, (½ cup )
- 1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a standard 12-cup muffin pan or line with paper baking cups.
- 2. In a large bowl whisk together the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the pecans, dates and dried cranberries. In a separate medium bowl whisk together the butter, buttermilk, egg and vanilla.
- 3. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Use a rubber spatula to gently stir together just until the ingredients are mixed and moistened.
- 4. Divide the batter evenly between the 12 muffin cups. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the muffin pan for a few minutes and then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
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I have made these for many friends and these muffins get the best reviews from all of my friends. Best muffins I have ever made.
I rarely have any luck with random web muffin recipes and 9 of 10’recipes I try are extremely disappointing and the muffins are generally thrown out.
When the family tried their first muffin, the compliments on the first bite were amazing and all quickly agreed this was a keeper! These muffins are absolutely delicious and the texture is everything a muffin needs to be! They’re like the muffins you pay $5 for at an Artisan Bakery. Perfect chew, crunchy nuts and the sweetness of dates. I doubled the cinnamon as I find 1 tsp is not enough. I also used both extra dates and walnuts.
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Thank you so very, very much for this recipe!