These Oatmeal Breakfast Muffins are convenient and nutritious. Prepare in advance and have a quick vegan breakfast to go. These muffins will give you lots of energy throughout your morning. Enjoy a bowl of oatmeal that is turned into wholesome fluffy muffins!
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💡 The recipe in a nutshell
- Vegan (eggless and dairy free)
- Simple and easy to make
- Low sugar recipe
- Made with old fashioned oats
- Bursting with fresh berries
- Perfect for meal prep
🍱 Meal-prep
Are you in too much of a hurry to cook up a healthy breakfast in the morning? Meal prep can help reduce that stress. Solving your food decisions in advance really frees up your time, willpower, and mental stress.
Prepare these muffins on Sunday for the perfect grab-and-go breakfast for the upcoming week.
📋 Add-in variations
For extra nutrition, blackberries are folded into the muffin batter. However, you can easily customize the add-in to your preferences. Other add-in ideas are:
- Fresh or frozen blueberries, raspberries or wild berry mix
- Diced strawberries
- Diced apple
- Dried berries, cranberries or apricots (diced)
- Raisins
- Nuts chopped, eg: walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts
- Chocolate chips
- Seasonings like cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract etc.
You could even divide the batter into half and prepare two different flavors! For example, one half chocolate chips and nuts, and fold into the other half-wild berries.
💭 Substitutions
Instead of regular all-purpose flour, you can also use white whole wheat or spelt flour. To make gluten-free use GF 1:1 flour.
🍽 Serving ideas
Serve warm or enjoy cold, at temperature. To warm a muffin put it shortly in the microwave on low heat (30 to 45 seconds).
Serve with drizzles of syrup or vegan butter.
🥣 Storage
Store cooled muffins in an air-tight container for up to 5 days in the fridge. To serve warm in the microwave or enjoy at room temperature.
❄️ How to freeze
Freeze in a freezer-friendly container, bag, or wrapped in parchment for up to 2 months. Remove as much air as possible to prevent freezer burn. To thaw place in the fridge overnight, or short in the microwave on low heat.
🥞 More breakfast ideas
Looking for more vegan breakfast recipes? Try our cinnamon streusel muffins or cinnamon oatmeal with baked pear. For more ideas browse our breakfast page.
📖 Recipe
Oatmeal Breakfast Muffins (vegan)
Equipment
- food processor, muffin pan (6 jumbo, or 12 regular)
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas
- 180 grams old fashioned oats (2 cups)
- 140 grams unbleached all-purpose flour (1 cup)
- 60 grams cane sugar* (¼ cup)
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- a pinch of salt optional
- 180 mililiters unsweetened plant milk (¾ cup)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 180 grams raspberries
Optional
- sparkling sugar for sprinkling
- some maple syrup or vegan butter drizzles for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C / 355°F.
- In a food processor add two bananas and blend until smooth. Add oats, flour, sugar, peanut butter, vinegar, and optional a pinch of salt. Process and bend together. While your food processor is running pour in plant milk. Once you have a smooth thick dough add baking powder and blend for another 15-20 seconds. Then add raspberries and blend for another 30 seconds for smaller berry pieces. Or remove the blade and fold in with a spatula for whole berries.
- Transfer evenly into your prepared muffin pan. If using, sprinkle with sparkling now. Bake at 180°C / 355°F for 25-30 minutes. They should be slightly browned and spring back when lightly touched.
Notes
The provided nutritional information is an estimate. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
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As soon I saw this on The Simple Sprinkle Instagram, I knew I had to make these! They have everything I love about breakfast. I made them in a jumbo muffin tin and they came out perfect...I love how customizable this recipe can be. I’ll definitely be making again 🙂
Just made these with strawberry jam swirls instead of fresh berries and they're soo good! I'm excited to have these for breakfast this week.
Ahh that sounds so good with strawberry jam swirls! I’m so glad you’re enjoying them and honestly, having these for breakfast all week sounds like a dream. Thanks so much for sharing your twist! 💛