I hoped Erin would keep sharing her yummy recipes with us, and she has. Erin gave us the fabulous sourdough English muffins, which you must try if you haven’t already. They are getting rave reviews. She also shared her no-soaking required, easy sourdough waffles. Please welcome her back today as she shares her gorgeous and flexible soaked, spiced, oatmeal-yogurt muffins. –Wardee
This tasty and nutritious muffin recipe was adapted from the Oatmeal-Yogurt Cake recipe found in The Enchanted Broccoli Forest by Mollie Katzen. Enjoy!
Erin’s Spiced Oatmeal-Yogurt Muffins
Ingredients
Soaking Stage
- 2 cups flour of choice you can mix and match
- 3/4 cup rolled oats
- a few tablespoons ground flax seed optional
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon heaping*
- 1/2 tsp. allspice heaping*
- 1/4 tsp. ginger heaping*
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg heaping*
- 2/3 cup plain yogurt plus 1/2 cup milk or you could use all yogurt, kefir, buttermilk, or coconut milk, along with 2 tablespoons of an acid such as raw apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, or whey
Baking Stage
- 3/4 cup sweetener I finished some things up and used 1/4 c. maple sugar, 1/4 cup sucanat, and 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup melted grass-fed butter or coconut oil
- 2 organic or pastured eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- add ins like grated carrot, dried fruit, crispy nuts, unsweetened coconut, grated/patted dry zucchini, dark chocolate chunks for a treat...
Instructions
Soaking Stage
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In a medium sized bowl stir together your flour, oats, ground flax (if using), and spices.
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Add to this mixture your yogurt and milk or whatever combination of liquid you desire.
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Stir.
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This will be a stiff dough. You may want to use your hands to make sure all dry ingredients have become wet.
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Cover the dough ball (still in the bowl) with a piece of plastic wrap and leave to rest on your counter for as little as 8 and up to 24 hours.
Baking Stage
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When you are ready to finish up your muffins, grab a smaller size bowl and whisk together your sweetener of choice, the melted butter or coconut oil (not too hot), 2 eggs, salt, and vanilla.
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Once nicely incorporated add your baking powder and baking soda.
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Whisk again.
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and make sure your middle oven rack is ready to go.
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Pour your liquid onto the dough ball.
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Wash your hands, and dive in.
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You need to squoosh and squoosh and break up that dough ball to incorporate the liquid. It seems crazy, but it works. I can't even imagine doing this with a spoon. As you squoosh, try to break up every little clump your fingers come across. Takes a little bit of time, but I must say, it is worth the effort.
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Once your dough looks like normal muffin batter, stir in your add ins.
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Fill your muffins cups 2/3 full.
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Bake in a preheated 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 10 to 25 minutes (keep an eye on thedepending on the size of your muffin tins.
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Enjoy warm with butter or honey or homemade jam or a slice of cheese or yogurt cheese or egg salad... Mercy!
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The possibilities are endless!
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These muffins freeze beautifully and keep on the counter for a week or so.
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A slight warm up for the older muffins does bring back that fresh out of the oven experience. Delish!
Recipe Notes
*Life is too short not to heap your spices!
**I made 12 regular size muffins, 12 mini muffins, and then a random muffin pancake. I heated up my cast iron, took that random bit of dough that was left over in my bowl, and gave a pancake a try. It worked! Spread it out a little bit, give it some time, and you will have a delicious muffin pancake to enjoy.
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“Life is too short not to heap your spices!” – I love that!
.-= Michelle @ Find Your Balance´s last blog post… 2 things that really work: Japanese breakfast, Indian dessert =-.
Michelle – I know, me, too! I also love that Erin gets right in the dough with her hands. Sometimes, that is the best way! 🙂
After those yummy waffles, I am going to have to try all of your recipes!!! How much grated carrot would you use? The other add-ins I think I could handle, but since carrot is wet, I wasn’t sure if I should just throw some in. You could just email me with ALL of your recipes! I think I have all of Wardee’s!
Kelli- You are so sweet! 🙂 I used 1 carrot for the last batch I made. I bet I could’ve even used more. If you make them, I’d love to know how they turn out! Thanks for the compliment!
These do look awesome! And then I realized why – Very close to Wardee’s soaked muffins that I make often and love!
They are similar, Tara. C. has been begging to cook something with me. He really wants to make Erin’s waffles. He started a blog a few months ago, but is short on posts. 🙂 Every day since Erin’s waffle recipe, he’s been saying, “When are we going to make the waffles, Mom? I want to do a post on my blog!” So we’ll either do the waffles or these muffins. Or both!
I made these last week and they were delicious! For an add in, I did grated carrots. The kids loved them! The oatmeal gave these a really nice touch!
I just made these yesterday and they are so good and moist. I added some chopped dates to the batter. They are not too sweet but definitely a nice sweet treat for breakfast etc.
Thanks again for sharing. Oh, I noticed that there was no salt but they were very good without it and did not miss it.
Thanks for letting me know you made the muffins Karen! So glad you enjoyed them. 🙂 And thanks for the heads up on the salt. I need to edit the recipe and put in 1/2 tsp.
I am curious if you used your hands or if you were able to get it to work with a spoon or a mixer?
Hi Missy! So glad you enjoyed the muffins. I love adding grated carrots to my muffins. A little color, a little texture, and a little more nutrition. Thanks for letting me know! I see I accidentally left out 1/2 tsp. of salt. Hopefully you didn’t miss it. I’m going to edit that right now. 🙂
This is my favorite soaked muffin recipe so far. I’ve tried many others, and this just has the best flavor and texture. The hands-on is part of the key, I think. Fabulous recipe, thank you Erin!
.-= Amanda´s last blog post… Our little family: soon-to-be FIVE! =-.
Amanda-What a wonderful comment to wake up to this morning! Thanks for letting me know. I am so glad you enjoyed them. And, I must take a moment to say, “Congratulations to you!” 🙂
I made these for breakfast after having them recommended by a friend. She was so impressed I had to try them. They turned out beautifully. Thanks for the recipe! I added in a ripe banana and it worked great.
Mandy- Thanks for letting me know! So glad you enjoyed the recipe. 🙂
Do you think these would work slightly juicy fresh/frozen fruits? I’m thinking blueberry or even strawberry rhubarb….. Just not sure if the juiciness would throw off the texture.
Diana- I think it would be delicious with a strawberry rhubarb combo or blueberries. Just make sure you have the batter all mixed before you stir in your fresh or frozen fruit. Delish!
Yay! Thanks, Erin! I have some strawberries and a bit of rhubarb left from making jam and couldn’t think what to do with it. Then I remembered this recipe I wanted to try and thought a Strawberry Rhubarb Muffin would be good – especially using this recipe for the muffin base! 🙂 I’ll let you know how it turns out!
I stumbled across this website in my search for a soaked muffin recipe to try. This looks like a great site! Anyway, I baked the muffins, but mine came out a little dry. It could have been our oven, which seems to have a tendency to run a little on the hot side. (We’re in a new place and I haven’t completely gotten used to it yet.) Or it could have been that I used whole sugar and not maple syrup or honey. At any rate, they were pretty crumbly… but the taste was good, and after we finished all the muffins, I looked at the huge heap of dried-out crumbs on the plate and thought, wow, that looks a lot like cereal. Only it’s not processed and it would actually be good for me! So I dumped the crumbs in a bowl and poured some raw milk on them. It was AMAZING! Thank you so much for your part in this great discovery. I’m going to be making this a lot in the future! I made another batch today and turned the whole thing into cereal. All except for a few taste-test bites, anyway. 🙂 Thanks for posting!
Hi Stephanie- You did stumble upon a wonderful site; Wardee is great! 🙂 I’m happy to hear you got the muffins to work out for you… even if in cereal form! As far as the dryness/crumbliness goes… maybe the bake time was a bit too long? or the batter was a bit too dry? or maybe you used whole wheat pastry flour instead of hard red? Let me know if you need any other suggestions, but in the meantime, enjoy your cereal!
It could have been the bake time. I just checked them periodically – our oven doesn’t have a timer, which didn’t help, haha. I don’t even know how long I ended up baking them. Or it could have been the flour. The first time, I used a combination of whole wheat and white flour. The second time I used a combination of whole wheat pastry and regular whole wheat. ??? I’ll probably keep experimenting, especially now that I know that I can’t really mess up. 😀 If the muffins don’t work right, just crumble, dry, and add milk!
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That really sounds good. I’m going to try these.
That really sounds good. I’m going to try these.
That really sounds good. I’m going to try these.
Erin’s SPICED OATMEAL-YOGURT MUFFINS recipe.
Any idea if coconut flour would work??
Ashley~ I would only consider using coconut flour if I used other gluten free flours with it. You could cut the recipe in half and experiment a bit. Bob’s Red Mill has a gluten free flour blend I’ve used with my sourdough cobbler recipe. Maybe you have a favorite you are already using? Flour and coconut flour are not interchangeable. It could possibly be a part of the blend though.
Any idea of coconut flour would work?
I am looking forward to making these! I love oatmeal! Will give you my feed back.
Inez
Thanks Inez! Oatmeal does add a lovely texture to muffins. Enjoy!