I think muffins are the thing I crave most. Like, I crave muffins over ice cream or cake or pizza. I routinely have strong urges for a 500 calorie Starbucks blueberry muffin and, you know what? Those cravings are really, really hard to quiet. Especially when I know they’re just a drive-thru stop away.
I’ve been making a lot of muffins recently because my children have decided they don’t like cereal for breakfast. And real breakfast is absolutely not happening during the week. They’re lucky if I remember to set out vitamins and pour milk for them.
So I’ve been making muffins at night (yeah, every night – they eat entire batches of muffins for breakfast) which works out well for them because the muffins usually have chocolate chips or a sugary topping. And it works out well for me because I can start my daily 6 hours of CNN viewing as soon as I’m out of bed.
You know, when I was small, I used to think it was so lame that my mom would come home from work, turn on a news channel, and just leave it on as background noise all night while she cooked, cleaned, whatever she needed to do.
But that’s totally what I do now.
And it’s amazing.
Anyway, muffins!
These are Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins and I think the healthfulness (is that a word?) of the oats negates the unhealthfulness of the chocolate. They’re super light and fluffy and chocolatey and delicious.
Make ’em today and you won’t be stressing about breakfast tomorrow!
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Chocolate Chip Oat Muffins
from Taste of Home
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup applesauce
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg. Combine dry ingredients; add alternately with applesauce to the creamed mixture. Stir in oats and chips. Fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 261Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 183mgCarbohydrates: 36gFiber: 2gSugar: 21gProtein: 3g
Amanda M. says
I have been wanting to make these since last week! I had one jar of homemade applesauce leftover from our orchard trip at the beginning of the month, and I this was the perfect opportunity to use it :) These are in my oven as I type :) Based on the gorgeous batter alone I am very excited :D Thanks Amanda you are awesome!
P.S. Will you be posting any new cookie recipes soon? I am baking fr our annual Airmen cookie drive and wan to throw something new into the mix.
amanda says
I *plan* on posting some cookies soon but I’m a super procrastinator so I don’t want to promise anything. If there’s something in particular you’re looking for, I can definitely try to make one! I hope the muffins turned out well! :)
Marissa | Pinch and Swirl says
Lucky kids getting homemade muffins for breakfast! (They’ll appreciate it someday. ;) ) These look like just the thing I’d like to wake up to.
Chelsea @chelseasmessyapron says
So my husband surprised me the other day with a blueberry muffin from starbucks and I knew it couldn’t be low calorie for how good it tasted. And now all I’ve thought about since that muffin is going and getting another one! Definitely dangerous muffins. Also muffins are all I can get my guy to eat too – we are always making them! I love that these have applesauce – yum!
Cookbook Queen says
My frozen waffles are looking super lame right now :( I need sugary muffins!!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
I always have the TV running as a background noise. Also, muffins are my best friends lately! Can’t stop making them! Love these with chocolate and oats!
Amanda Paa says
Yes! I love make ahead breakfast ideas like this. And i bet with some whipped cream it would make a good dessert too :)
Stephanie @ Back For Seconds says
Yuuuummm! My kids can eat a whole batch of muffins too. They are much too young to have this skill – I guess they are over achievers ;)
heather @french press says
I crave muffins all the time too, and my kids refuse to eat cereal – this is why muffins are the best breakfast ever, especially with chocolate chips
Erin | The Law Student's Wife says
I’m all about the background noise too! (But it’s usually the Food Network. Totally stereotypical.) I’m also a muffin maniac. Chocolate for breakfast? SIGN ME UP.
Kate @ Diethood says
CNN and I are like *this*!! Lame, yes, but also informed. :-D
Adopt me… I want homemade muffins for breakfast every day, too!!
genevieve @ gratitude and greens says
Your kids are lucky to have a never ending supply of muffins at home! Haha, when I was a kid I LOVED muffins but would only eat the crispy/crunchier muffin top, scoop out the inside, and then leave the rest. Oops. Glad to say I eat the whole muffin now :P