Healthy Oatmeal Muffins (Gluten Free)
Better for you than a bowl of oatmeal, these Healthy Oatmeal Muffins are a nutrition-dense breakfast that’s perfect to make ahead for busy mornings!
Healthy Oatmeal Muffins
Steel cut oats are perfect for breakfast, but they’re not always practical to make in a pinch. That’s why we love to prep a pan of oatmeal and make a batch of these healthy oatmeal muffins — you can freeze them for later and heat them up in seconds on busy mornings!
What’s so healthy about these steel-cut oats muffins?
On top of being full of fiber from the oats, these muffins are also a great source of healthy fats thanks to the almond meal and flaxseed. Flaxseeds especially are full of omega three fatty acids which help promote brain development.
Due to the oats, these muffins are not overly fluffy but dense. This means that they make the perfect side to eggs, and taste delicious topped with your favorite jam. Plus, there’s no processed sugar! With no sugar high these muffins simply keep you full and give you lots of energy!
Related: Try our Banana Applesauce Muffins…they’re gluten free too!
Steel Cut Oat Muffins Ingredients
- 1 medium banana
- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
- 1 tablespoon raw honey
- 2 cups gluten free steel cut oats, cooked
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup almond meal
- 1/2 cup ground flaxseed
- 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts
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How to Make Healthy Oatmeal Muffins
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients (except walnuts)
In a smaller bowl, mash the banana and combine with the wet ingredients. Mix well.
Pour the wet mixture into the dry and mix until everything is coated.
Spray a muffin tray with non stick and portion the batter into twelve tins.
Top with walnuts.
Bake for 15 minutes, flip the tray and bake for another 13-15 minutes watching closely at the end.
Remove from the oven and let the muffins sit in the tins to cool for twenty minutes.
Makes 12 muffins.
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Better for you than a bowl of oatmeal, these Healthy Oatmeal Muffins are a nutrition-dense breakfast that's perfect to make ahead for busy mornings!
Ingredients
- 1 medium banana
- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
- 1 tablespoon raw honey
- 2 cups steel cut oats, cooked
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup almond meal
- 1/2 cup ground flaxseed
- 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients (except walnuts)
- In a smaller bowl, mash the banana and combine with the wet ingredients. Mix well.
- Pour the wet mixture into the dry and mix until everything is coated.
- Spray a muffin tray with non stick and portion the batter into twelve tins.
- Top with walnuts.
- Bake for 15 minutes, flip the tray and bake for another 13-15 minutes watching closely at the end.
- Remove from the oven and let the muffins sit in the tins to cool for twenty minutes.
These muffins make the perfect addition to any breakfast for both moms and kids! They’re dense, filling and taste amazing topped with jam. Enjoy them as a side dish or use them as snacks when you need some fuel.
More of our favorite muffin recipes:
For more delicious muffin recipes, check out our Sugar-free Lemon Muffin recipe or our Pepperoni & Cheese Muffin recipe.
What does it mean to flip the muffin pan?
Hi BL,
Sorry for the confusion, we mean rotate the muffin pan in case your oven has hot spots.
– Jennifer
What can I use as a substitute for banana? Perhaps more applesauce?
I apologize, it looks like we missed this comment from you and that’s why you mentioned not approving comments. I’m going to double check now to see what other comments we’ve missed.
Yes, you can use more applesauce or up to 1 cup of oil.
– Jennifer
I want to soak the oats instead of cooking. Do have any suggestions about that?
Also why are the comments not posted? It’s helpful for everyone!
Hi Alaya,
We post comments but we have them go to approval first to avoid spam comments, malicious links, swear words, etc. Our goal for this site is to make it safe for children to view so we just take that extra pre-cautionary step.
Regarding soaking the steel-cut oats, as long as you soak them for 10 hours they will be fine to use in this recipe. If you’re using a different type of oats, they can be soaked for shorter periods of time.
– Jennifer