Vegan Mini Oat and Apple breakfast Muffins

Oats are classed as a super food as they have numerous health benefits and they are gluten free and high in antioxidants. They can be incorporated in your daily diet in lots of different ways.

Some benefits of Oats:

• Prevents cardiovascular disease:  The antioxidants present in oats are very helpful for heart disease and their dietary fibers help lower the bad cholesterol (LDL) without affecting the good cholesterol (HDL).

• Prevents constipation: Oats have a very rich source of soluble and insoluble fiber, which helps in regulating bowel movements and helps to prevent constipation.

• Reduces hypertension: Oats help to maintain steady blood pressure, reducing the risk of high blood pressure.

• Rich source of magnesium:  Oats have a high source of magnesium, which helps prevent heart attacks and strokes.

• Supports weight loss: Oats are low in calories and they slows digestion this helps you to get less hunger pangs and aids weight loss.

• Controls blood sugar levels: The high fiber in oats help to stabilise blood  

• Reduces cancer risk: The lignans in oats helps reduce chances of hormone-related cancers like breast, prostate and ovarian cancer.

• Enhances immune response to disease: Beta Gluten a unique fiber found in oats which helps neutrophils travel to the site of an infection more quickly and to fight the bacteria for a speedy recovery
• Protects skin: Oats help to neutralise the skin’s PH and are therefore beneficial to use as soothing agents against skin irritations.

I try and integrate oats in my families diet daily. You can use them in many recipes such as porridge, overnight oats, granola, pancakes, flapjacks, muffins and even use them as pie toppings, coating for burgers and for crumble toppings.

I like using  Moma porridge Oats, they come in plain and flavoured single portion sachets and also on the go flavoured porridge pots that are great for travel too. You just need to add water and you have breakfast ready in less than five minutes. I just top mine with fruit and it's a delicious and filling way to start the day.

However if you get tired of eating porridge everyday, you can use these sachets to make muffins too. One of my favorite recipes are these mini vegan Oat and apple muffins made with one of the Apple and Cinnamon flavoured Moma porridge Oats. The muffins are just the right size for a mid morning snack, for breakfast and for lunch boxes too.

Vegan, no refined sugar, gluten free,

Breakfast, Snack

Vegan,Vegetarian

Yield: 8 mini muffinsAuthor: Nayna KanabarPin it

Mini Oat and Apple breakfast Muffins

Mini Oat and Apple muffins with cinnamon makes these the most delicious alternative to pancakes.

prep time: 10 minscook time: 20 minstotal time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Dry Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Plain flour

1 serving Moma Porridge cup -Apple and Cinnamon Flavour

1/2 cup coconut palm sugar

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 small pinch salt

1/2 apple finely diced

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

6 walnuts

Wet Ingredients:

2 tablespoons sunflower oil

1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

1/2 cup water

1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C, 300 degrees F

2. Line a mini muffin pan with paper liners.

3. In a jug add all the wet ingredients and mix together.

4. In a bowl sieve together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda.

5. Stir in the Oats and coconut sugar and diced apple, mix all the dry ingredients.

6. Add the wet ingredients from the jug and fold gently with light hands. Do not over mix or you will have chewy muffins.

7. Spoon the batter into the muffin liners and add a walnut on top of each. Tap the pan on the table to release any bubbles.

8. Bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes . Check if muffins are cooked by inserting a tooth pick in the centre if it comes out
clean they are ready to come out of the oven.

9. Remove the tray from the oven and allow to cool.

NOTES:

NB- These muffins are slightly dense as they have no butter or eggs, they are still very tasty.You can make any variation of these mini muffins by using the different Moma porridge cups.ie 

Cranberry and Raisin, replace the apple with handful of dried cranberries. 
Almond butter and salted caramel, replace the apple with a handful of flaked almonds.
Coconut and Chia, replace the apple with a tablespoon of coconut flakes.

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Do you enjoy eating Oats? Do share your ides of how you eat your oats in the comments below.

**In collaboration with Moma Foods

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