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Maple-Oat Muffins

Breakfast just seems more like breakfast when maple syrup is involved! And in the fall and winter seasons, I like to use maple syrup in my recipes. These Maple-Oat Muffins have pure maple syrup in them and oatmeal is also an ingredient, so I like to think they’re a little healthy, too! 🙂

Chopped pecans also give these muffins a hearty texture and flavor. They’re topped with a very thick maple glaze, but you can leave the glaze off if you want…if you make them without the glaze, I recommend serving them warm with butter! These muffins are just the thing for breakfast or brunch!

Maple-Oat Muffins

  • Servings: 20
  • Difficulty: easy
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MAPLE-OAT MUFFINS by NancyC
Makes 20 muffins

2 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup milk
2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
1 Tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cups pure maple syrup
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
2 large eggs
3/4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
Maple Syrup Glaze (recipe below)

Pre heat oven to 400˚F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper baking cups; set aside.

In medium-size bowl, combine oats and milk; let stand for 5 minutes.

In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg; set aside.

Going back to the medium-size bowl, stir the maple syrup, melted butter, and egg into the oat-and-milk mixture. Then add all of this mixture to the flour mixture in the large bowl. Stir just until moistened, then fold the chopped pecans into the batter.

Spoon batter into the lined muffin cups, about 3/4 full. Bake for 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean or almost clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then remove muffins from pan onto a wire rack. Either serve muffins warm without adding the glaze, or let them cool completely and then top with the Maple Syrup Glaze.

MAPLE SYRUP GLAZE
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon maple syrup
1 Tablespoon milk
20 pecan halves for garnish (optional)

Mix all ingredients together, blending well. This is a thick glaze—almost a frosting. If you want a thinner glaze, you can add a little more milk and maple syrup. Use a small spoon to add the glaze over each muffin top, then add a pecan half on top, if desired. Let the glaze set and serve.

Recipe from NancyC | nancy-c.com

You can serve these muffins with the glaze and a pecan on top, or with just the glaze, or no glaze at all…whatever way you like best!

The pure maple syrup gives these muffins a wonderful flavor and sweetness! Do you use maple syrup as a sweetener in any recipes?

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