Corn and Oat Muffins
Adapted from King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 3/4 cup boiling water
- 1 cup raisins
- 4 tbs unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup whole yellow cornmeal¹
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup oat flour²
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbs nonfat milk
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbs nonfat plain yogurt
- 2 lg eggs, beaten
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Pour boiling water over old-fashioned oats. Mix in raisins, butter and sugar and let the mixture cool.
Mix together the remaining dry ingredients. Add the milk, yogurt and eggs to the oat & raisin mixture. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir until just combined.
Using a generous 1/4 cup, ladle the batter into 12 muffin tins. Bake at 375 degrees for around 25 minutes. Take out of oven and allow muffins to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Variations
- The original recipe calls for 3/4 cup buttermilk. However, I like the milk/yogurt mixture better and it's lower in fat.
- If desired, instead of 2 lg eggs, you could substitute 4 lg egg whites but from a purely calorie standpoint, the substitution would be fairly insignificant.
- You could probably use 4 tbs Canola or some other vegetable oil instead of the melted butter. However, the flavor won't be as rich.
- If you decide to use melted margarine instead of butter, reduce the added salt a little bit. The same is true if you decide to use regular butter instead of unsalted.
¹ I really like the cornmeal from Hodgson Mill. It has a really good flavor and texture.
² You can make oat flour by taking 1 5/8 oz of quick oats and blending them in the food processor for about 30 seconds
Nutritional Information
Servings Per Recipe: 12 muffins (unlike many muffin recipes, this makes 12 muffins very easily)
10% of calories from protein
67% of calories from carbs
23% of calories from fat
| Calories | 213.09 |
| Total Fat | 5.71 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3.09 g |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.30 g |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.42 g |
| Omega-3 | 0.02 g |
| Omega-6 | 0.20 g |
| Cholesterol | 45.56 |
| Sodium | 293.83 mg |
| Potassium | 183.52 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 37.15 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2.53 g |
| Sugars | 13.43 g |
| Protein | 5.46 g |
| Vitamin A | 4 % |
| Vitamin C | 1 % |
| Calcium | 11 % |
| Iron | 9 % |
| Vitamin D | 2 % |
| Vitamin E | 0 % |
| Vitamin K | 1 % |
| Thiamin | 8 % |
| Riboflavin | 8 % |
| Niacin | 5 % |
| Vitamin B6 | 3 % |
| Folate | 6 % |
| Vitamin B12 | 2 % |
| Biotin | 0 % |
| Pantothenic Acid | 2 % |
| Phosphorus | 8 % |
| Iodine | 0 % |
| Magnesium | 3 % |
| Zinc | 2 % |
| Selenium | 11 % |
| Copper | 5 % |
| Manganese | 8 % |
| Chromium | 0 % |
| Molybdenum | 0 % |
| Chloride | 0 % |
