Two more oatmeal muffin recipes.

The fact that this will by my third oatmeal muffin post may be giving the impression that this food group forms a major part of my diet. This is accurate. They've got lots of fiber and protein, they take like forty minutes to make, and you can eat them with one hand! I ask you, what is not to like about the oatmeal muffin?

- Highly Wheatish Oatmeal Muffins

1 1/4 cups dry oatmeal
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/3 cup applesauce
1 cup milk/buttermilk/soymilk/whatevermilk (or water if you don't mind a craggy texture)
1 egg (or another dollop of applesauce if you don't mind a craggy texture)
1/2 cup cooked wheat berries

Pre-heat oven to 400 F. Mix dry ingredients together, then add applesauce and liquid, then add wheat berries. Spoon into greased muffin tin, bake for twenty minutes or until tops are brown.

These have been my generic food item for the last month or so; they have a lot of protein and you can eat them with pretty much anything. Jam, peanut butter, butter, hummus, curry sauce, whatever.

If you are unfamiliar with the wheat berries concept, they're basically just whole wheat grains. You soak them for two hours, then cook them like bown rice. They can be eaten like rice, too, which I've been doing a lot recently; you can make a large batch in advance and keep them in the fridge for days without having them dry out or stick together. They go surprisingly well with Japanese-style curry or with gomashio.

I assume that oat groats function similarly to wheat berries in recipes like this, but I haven't been able to find any to try it with yet.


- Relatively Healthy Banana Walnut Oatmeal Muffins

1 1/2 cups dry oatmeal
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 tbsp brown or "raw" (turbinado/demerara) sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup applesauce
3/4 cup milk/buttermilk/soymilk/whatevermilk
1 medium-sized-to-large banana
1 cup chopped walnuts

Pre-heat oven to 400 F. Mix dry ingredients together (including the sugar). Place applesauce, milk, and banana in blender, and pulse until smooth. Stir into dry ingredients, then add walnuts. Spoon into greased muffin tin, bake for twenty-two minutes or until tops are very brown. (Banana muffins keep much better if they're allowed to form a good dark crust.)

This is basically a breakfast-food version of the booodseees muffins, which I think of as a dessert. They're also more acceptable than the booodseees to people who aren't me, because some weirdos don't like olive oil in their muffins.