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". This recipe for oatmeal peanut butter muffins is inspired from 3 recipes in that book.
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Vegan Peanut Butter Muffins Recipe |
| Prep Time | Cook Time | Makes |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Mins | 15 Mins | 9 Regular Size Muffins |
| Author | Category | Method |
| Madhuram | Muffins | Baking |
Ingredients:
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- 2/3 cup Quick Cooking Oats)
- 1/3 cup Cocoa Powder
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 cup Peanut Butter (I used creamy)
- 1 cup Rice Milk
Procedure:
- 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.
- In a large bowl combine together the flour, oatmeal, cocoa powder, sugar and baking powder.
- In a small sauce pan, over low heat, melt peanut butter in milk, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and set aside to cool slightly.
- Once the peanut butter mixture is cool, incorporate it into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pan filling it to the top of each cup.
- 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:
- I'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.
My Notes:
- Use dairy/non dairy milk of your choice.
- As mentioned in the Procedure, either adjust the oven temperature or the baking time to get perfect muffins.
how many days can i store this cake.
Muffins taste better if consumed within 2-3 days. If you want to store it for a longer time, bake the muffins, let it cool completely and tightly wrap the individual muffins in plastic wrap it and store it an air tight bag and freeze it. I think this should keep good for 2-3 months.
Thank you so much for this wonderful, kid-friendly recipe! My toddlers helped me to make these, and we had to substitute for three of the ingredients we didn’t have in the pantry. We used brown sugar instead of white, baking soda and yogurt instead of baking powder, and soy milk instead of rice milk. They still tasted great!
You’re welcome Jennifer.
These were really good. I used soy milk instead of the rice milk, and they came out great. I was out of all purpose flour, so I used self-rising flour. I just left out the baking powder. These were really moist like a good brownie. I also added a few chocolate chips, but these are so good that they do not need chocolate chips. Great muffins. I passed the recipe to some family and friends who can’t have dairy.
That’s great Marlo. Thanks for trying the recipe.
I love your site! Was wandering if instead of rice milk, can I use just plain milk? Since I don’t need to use Vegan recipes, can I generally substitute milk for the said liquid in the recipe?
Thanks Radhika. Sure you could use any milk.
I would like to try this one, i just want to know what is rice milk?
Rice milk is derived from rice. It’s available in organic aisle of grocery stores. You can use any milk, not necessarily rice milk.
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.
Muffins and that too chocolate ones, I love!
I think tyring these with almond butter instead of Peanut butter might enhance the taste. Hmmm.. Will try it over the weekend.
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!
Wishes for a happy & prosperous Diwali to you and your family.
Muffins look fab dear 🙂
Wishing you and your family warm diwali wishes 🙂
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.
Wish you and your family a Happy Deepavali! Muffin looks sof and moist, love the nice color.
that muffin is practically touching my nose!! * bite *
Madhu that muffin looks lovely.
Delicious muffins.. loved it! 😛
looks delicious… am not a huge fan of peanut butter… maybe I can substitute applesauce for peanut butter… 🙂
I was wondering just this morning where you were. I am guessing bc with mil..lets catch up soon 🙂
Muffins look so tempting.Nice combo of ingredients.
Seems to be a quick, easy n healthy ( :razz:) muffins.
Sounds very easy too! My daughter and I have a weakness for peanut butter. The jar doesn’t seem to last!!
SUch a delicious combo Madhu..very innovative muffins..
Madhu, I am a peanut butter fan , Love to it eat with apple butter anytime of the day !!! This is a classic combo. How are you girl ?
Lovely combo Madhu.I too am not a peanut butter family thgh my dghter enjoys it.Love the way you used rice milk in the recipe.They sure taste yum with /without the addition oc choc chips.
Mmm, classic flavor combination!