Oatmeal Raisin Muffins: the best recipe for homemade breakfast muffins

Meltingly soft, moist, and fluffy on the inside with a beautifully crispy top, oatmeal raisin muffins are a phenomenal way to start your day. Oatmeal raisin muffins make a healthier alternative to other baked treats, thanks to nutritious ingredients like oats, raisins, dates, and walnuts, and are delicious at breakfast time, as a snack, or as a tasty dessert that you can give to your kids. Serve them warm with a little butter or jam or pop them in packed lunches. They're super easy to make – you can whip up a batch of homemade oatmeal raisin muffins in under 45 minutes. It's a great recipe for teaching your children the basics of baking and they'll love the muffins they helped make!

Tips for Making the Best Homemade Oatmeal Raisin Muffins

– Don't overmix the muffin batter. You'll wind up with dense muffins instead of fluffy, airy ones. Mix until the ingredients are just combined.

– Make sure to let your ingredients come to room temperature before you start baking.

– Want to know how to get your muffins to rise higher? Fill the wells of your muffin tin all the way to the brim.

– For crispier tops, you can take the muffin tin out of the oven when they're almost ready and brush them with melted butter or milk. This will help them crisp up and turn a gorgeous golden brown. For extra texture, add a sprinkling of coarse sugar.

How to Store Oatmeal Raisin Muffins

Place leftover muffins in an airtight container. They'll last 1 to 2 days at room temperature, or keep for up to a week in the fridge. You can also freeze your oatmeal raisin muffins for up to 3 months.

How to Make Oatmeal Raisin Muffins

1. Preheat your oven to 400°F. Lightly grease a muffin tin with cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, combine oats, flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nuts, dates, and raisins.
3. Whisk the buttermilk, egg, and vanilla in a separate bowl. Add the buttermilk mixture into the dry ingredients, stirring to combine.
4. Transfer the batter into the muffin tins then bake the muffins for 20 minutes. Remove the tin from the oven and let the muffins cool.

Notes

– Mix things up with this recipe by adding your favorite dried fruits, nuts, or seeds. Think almonds, pecans, dried cranberries or figs, chia seeds, ground flaxseed, or sunflower seeds. There's loads of room to get creative!

– If you have muffin liners, you can use those instead of greasing the muffin tin with cooking spray.

– To test if your muffins are ready, stick a toothpick in the center of a muffin. It should come away cleanly.