OATMEAL APPLE PEPITAS MUFFINS

Yields: 12 muffins

INGREDIENTS

1 cup rolled oats

1 cup buttermilk (or regular milk + 1 teaspoon vinegar)

1 ½ tablespoons butter, melted

1 egg

⅓ cup brown sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla

½ cup + 1 tablespoon flour

2 tablespoon golden flax seeds

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

1 apple, peeled and chopped

2 tbsp raw pepitas, divided

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a muffin pan with butter and set aside.  

2. Combine the oats and buttermilk in a mixing bowl and let the oats soak for 20 minutes. Add the melted butter, egg, brown sugar, and vanilla. Stir to combine.

3. Add the flour, flax seeds, baking powder, baking soda, salt and 1 tbsp of pepitas. Stir until evenly moistened.

4. Before adding the apples to the mixture, scoop a spoonful of batter into each muffin tin. This prevents the apples from sinking to the bottom of the muffins and you will have a nice solid base. Fold the apples into the remaining batter.  Fill muffin tin about 3/4 of the way full.  Top with remaining 1 tbsp pepitas.

5. Bake muffins for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.