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Vegan Chocolate, Oatmeal and Peanut Butter Muffins

October 13th, 2009 Madhuram Posted in Muffins/Cupcakes, Vegan Baking, Whole Grain Baking |  Print This Recipe | 20 Comments »

I have a big jar of peanut butter at home and wanted to finish it before it expires in a couple of months. We are not a “peanut-butter-family” but for my son who likes it on breads and rotis. I have never baked with peanut butter so far, so I thought I will give it a try. I came across a lot of baking recipes using peanut butter in Esther Brody’s “1500 Best Bars, Cakes, Cookies, Muffins and More”. The following recipe for oatmeal peanut butter muffins is inspired from 3 recipes in that book.

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All Purpose Flour 1 cup

Quick Cooking Oats) 2/3 cup

Cocoa Powder 1/3 cup

Sugar 3/4 cup

Baking Powder 1 tablespoon

Peanut Butter (I used creamy) 1/2 cup

Rice Milk 1 cup

Yield: 9 regular size muffins

• Procedure
• Taste
• My Notes

Procedure1 Preheat the oven at 400F/200C for 15 minutes. Grease with little
cooking spray or line the muffin tins with paper liners and set aside.

2 In a large bowl combine together the flour, oatmeal, cocoa powder, sugar and baking powder.

3 In a small sauce pan, over low heat, melt peanut butter in milk, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and set aside to cool slightly.

4 Once the peanut butter mixture is cool, incorporate it into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.

5 Spoon the batter into the prepared pan filling it to the top of each cup.

6 The above batter was enough for 9 muffins. So I filled the remaining 3 cups with water to ensure even baking of the muffins. I took out mine from the oven after 16 minutes, but I think 13-15 minutes should be perfect. I felt that in this recipe the smell of the muffins is an indicator of the doneness in addition to the toothpick test. I started smelling a burnt cocoa smell and that’s when I removed the muffins. So the tops were a bit crusty and it had turned slightly back. Either have a close watch or reduce the oven temperature to 350F and bake it accordingly.

Taste >>

TasteI’m not a fan of peanut butter. So far I have tasted only peanut butter cookies and nothing else baked using it. So I was not sure if I would like these peanut butter muffins. Surprisingly enough the flavor of peanut butter was not dominating. It had the perfect blend of chocolate and peanut butter. The sweetness was right for us not as sweet as the store bought muffins. So If you prefer it sweeter add some chocolate chips or increase the quantity of sugar to 1 cup. Since I was making a vegan version I did not add chocolate chips but I don’t regret it at all.

<< ProcedureMy Notes >>

My Notes1 Use dairy/non dairy milk of your choice.

2 As mentioned in the Procedure, either adjust the oven temperature or the baking time to get perfect muffins.

<< Taste

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20 Responses to “Vegan Chocolate, Oatmeal and Peanut Butter Muffins”

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1. 20
   puvanes Says:
   November 5th, 2009 at 7:13 pm

   Hi, i’m 1st time to your website. So many lovely, healthy recipes. I’m new to baking & cooking and have a question on the baking powder measurement for the peanut butter muffin. Is it really 1 tablespoon or 1 teaspoon? I’ve followed a few muffin recipes and have only used 1- 2 teaspoons of baking powder. Hope you can advise me. Thanks.

   Thanks Puvanes. I too had the exact doubt when I first saw the recipe. It is 1 tablespoon and the muffins turned out good.

2. 19
   hb Says:
   October 21st, 2009 at 6:55 pm

   Muffins and that too chocolate ones, I love!

3. 18
   shoba Says:
   October 20th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

   I think tyring these with almond butter instead of Peanut butter might enhance the taste. Hmmm.. Will try it over the weekend.

4. 17
   Mansi Says:
   October 16th, 2009 at 2:14 pm

   Happy Diwali to you madhuram! these muffins look lovely, but I’m gonna go check out your blueberry coffee cake now:)

   btw, I’d like to invite you to send in some goodies for sweet celebration contest on my blog if u can!

5. 16
   Sadhana Says:
   October 16th, 2009 at 9:23 am

   Wishes for a happy & prosperous Diwali to you and your family.

6. 15
   Parita Says:
   October 15th, 2009 at 10:06 pm

   Muffins look fab dear
   Wishing you and your family warm diwali wishes

7. 14
   Aparna Says:
   October 15th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

   These look and sound very, very good. You have peanut butter you need to finish? In my place, there’s never peanut butter when I look forit, its all finished usually!

   Happy Diwali to you and family.

8. 13
   Cilantro Says:
   October 14th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

   Wish you and your family a Happy Deepavali! Muffin looks sof and moist, love the nice color.

9. 12
   nags Says:
   October 14th, 2009 at 8:58 pm

   that muffin is practically touching my nose!! * bite *

10. 11
    Sadhana Says:
    October 14th, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    Madhu that muffin looks lovely.

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