Christmas is in less than 2 weeks, how did this happen?! Where did the year go? I feel like I’ve been saying that a lot lately. With the baby only 3 weeks behind that, I start to feel a little overwhelmed at times. When that happens, I get in my kitchen and I bake. Sure, it’s probably not always a good idea to shove off responsibilities in the name of delicious treats, but sometimes it just works.
If you find yourself in a similar situation, add these muffins to your list the next time you’re partaking in a little kitchen therapy. They are so easy to assemble and absolutely delicious. They are perfect for a quick, homemade breakfast, but they also make a nice snack to keep on hand during the day. If you have guests coming into town for the holidays, add this one to your arsenal for breakfast one morning- I promise you will not be disappointed. One reason I love these so much is because I usually have all of the ingredients in my pantry. Another is that because they come together so easily, they make me think twice about using pre-packaged muffin mixes that contain all kinds of who-knows-what kind of ingredients (side note, if you use those, no judgement here at all.) 🙂
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup old fashions oats, plus more for sprinkling
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted & slightly cooled
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
2 large eggs
1 cup milk
1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans or other nut of your choice (optional)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375*F, line or grease a standard muffin tin and set aside
- Mix flour, oats, baking powder and salt in a small bowl until combined and set aside
- In a large bowl, whisk butter and brown sugar together until smooth
- Add peanut butter, eggs, milk, oil and vanilla extract to the butter and sugar, whisk to combine
- Slowly stir the dry ingredients into the wet until just combined, making sure there is no more dry flour, do not over mix
- Fold in chocolate chips and pecans
- Spoon into muffin tin, filling the cups 3/4 full
- Sprinkle with additional oats
- Bake for 17-20 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
- Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely (if you can wait that long!)
I hope you enjoy and Merry Christmas!
-Ashley
These look great! Will have to pin. Thanks
Ooooh they look soooo yummy! Anything chocolate peanut butter is the best!
Chocolate and peanut butter- can’t go wrong with that!
These look so good 🙂 And being in the kitchen always helps my stress level too.
*Pinning*
Yum! Pinning now, these would be great for Xmas brunch.
my husband loves oatmeal cookies so I bet he’d love these muffins!
That pictures looks so tasty. I love oatmeal. Many of the baby pictures you will find of me I am eating oatmeal. Mixing it in a muffin with peanut butter is genius.
These muffins look super yummy and easy to make, thanks!