Oatmeal Raisin Muffins

Our oatmeal raisin muffins recipe are moist, delicious, bites of goodness for breakfast or a quick snack. Made with quick oats, cinnamon and honey in every bite, you can add some streusel crumble on the top too if you like.

Have you tried these for breakfast yet? They are kinda’ like raisin bran cereal but made into baked goods. Moist on the inside with dried grapes you love to snack on. Enjoy as is with butter or drizzle honey over the top to soak on in. Just one of the best muffin recipes on our site.

Oats are great to bake with. They provide fiber as well as giving it more texture inside. So that they soften more, quick oats were used this time. When I make a muffin crumb topping I would use old fashioned oats instead, I like a bit of chew and crunch on the top.

Another thing I do differently with this one is to use buttermilk. That will create a really moist inside and you can make it yourself too with just milk and lemon juice. NO need to go back to the store.

Notes

We added raisins to these because once again I think it adds moisture. Another idea is to make an oat blueberry muffin with fresh or frozen fruit. As usual you will want two large bowls to mix the dry ingredients in one and wet in another. Then combine the two and gently fold together until smooth. Add your add ins at the end.

All purpose flour is the base of your dry ingredients. We have a flour substitutes chart here for your reference.

You will want quick oats vs. old fashioned for these so they aren’t as chewy. Quick get softer easier and quicker for the best fluffy texture when done.

You want to use buttermilk to make them as moist as possible. You can make this yourself though with some milk and lemon juice if need be.

Honey adds sweetness but ther are alternatives to this such as agave nectar or even maple syrup works.

Brown sugar and butter will create a crumbly Fall crumb topping that is optional but suggested.

You could make these as is in a regular muffin tin or create muffin tops which would take less time to bake. Served with Ninja foodi oatmeal with apples, it’s a great start to any day.

How to Tell When They are Done.

Bake until a toothpick comes out (mostly) clean when poked into the center. Depending on your oven, start checking for doneness at 18 minutes. I don’t always wait for toothpick to come out clean, it can have crumbs attached. When it pulls out mostly clean with some crumbs attached your muffins are done. You do NOT want to over-bake these so they are dry.

Remove them immediately from the pan when done and transfer to a cooling wire rack so your oatmeal muffins cool completely this way. The below printable recipe will make 12 muffins. If you want to make more just double everything. Since you want to remove right away you could use the same pan for 2 batches back to back.

If you haven’t used Quaker products beyond making Instant Pot oatmeal or our oatmeal peanut butter chocolate chip cookies there are so many more possibilities. We have huge containers of this stuff in our pantry because we use it a lot. I mean for breakfast is a given for a heart healthy breakfast.

I have high cholesterol so I do try to enjoy a bowl as often as possible at the beginning of the day. It does get boring though so making muffins or something like our Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal changes it up a bit which is nice.

Do Oatmeal Muffins need to be Refrigerated?

I would keep all leftover baked goods on the countertop, wrapped. If you put into the fridge it will dry them out more than you’d like. Everything is already cooked so room temperature is best friends.

How to freeze muffins

I often times will make a few batches at the same time and save some for later. The best way is to use freezer bags. Allow them to cool completely first. Then slide them in flat, in one layer, and suck all the air out. Then lay flat in your freezer. Take one out at a time and microwave for 1 minute to enjoy in the future.

OR take out the whole bag and let it defrost on the countertop to share. Looking for a dessert with oats to serve this week too? Try our apple rhubarb crunch, that is always a hit year round.