Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins
Published March 5, 2025
- Total Time
- 35 minutes, plus cooling
- Prep Time
- 5 minutes
- Cook Time
- 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1¼cups/120 grams quick-cooking or plain instant oats (see Tip)
- 1cup/133 grams all-purpose flour
- ⅔cup/160 grams packed dark brown sugar
- 1tablespoon baking powder
- ½teaspoon fine salt
- ¼teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1¼cups/300 grams whole milk
- 4tablespoons/57 grams unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2large eggs, room temperature
- ⅔cup/128 grams chocolate chips
Nutritional analysis per serving (12 servings)
243 calories; 9 grams fat; 5 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 2 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 37 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 21 grams sugars; 5 grams protein; 196 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
- Step 2
Whisk the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and cardamom in a large bowl. Whisk the milk, butter and eggs in a medium bowl. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir gently until no traces of flour remain. Gently stir in the chocolate chips until evenly distributed.
- Step 3
Use the ⅓-cup measuring cup to scoop the batter into the muffin cups. They’ll be nearly full.
- Step 4
Bake until browned around the edges and a toothpick inserted in the center of one comes out clean, 20 to 23 minutes.
- Step 5
Cool in the muffin tin until room temperature. You can eat the muffins warm, but they’ll be a bit gummy before they cool. Muffins will keep at room temperature for up to 3 days and can be frozen for up to 3 months. Thaw completely before reheating in a toaster oven.
- Quick-cooking oats are slightly flatter and cut smaller than old-fashioned oats, and instant oats are even smaller and thinner. If you have only old-fashioned (rolled) oats, pulse them into tiny bits to replicate the lighter texture that quick-cooking oats deliver.
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A little scary to make these with no comments at the time, but they came out well. I didn't have whole milk so used 1 cup oat and 1/4 cup heavy cream. I added cinnamon and used more cardamom than called for. Batter is very liquidy, but they cook well and stay moist even when cooking in tin. I have eaten five.
The way to avoid a thin batter and chips that sink to the bottom is to let the oats sit in the milk for 15 minutes. The oats expand and soften, yielding a thick, oatmeal-like mixture. You then combine this with the wet and dry ingredients, resulting in a tender, fluffy, slightly nubby muffin with wonderful cardamom aroma. My muffins needed only 15 minutes in the oven; don't overbake or they'll be dry.
Made this recipe today and they were pretty good. I did not have any cardamom, so subbed a bit of cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. The oats give a wholesome texture but I think some chopped nuts would have given a nice contrast. I liked the tip of using the 1/3 cup measure to scoop the batter - came out exact! They don’t rise a lot, so it’s okay that the tins are quite full. The batter is quite liquid, so don’t be alarmed about that!
These came out beautifully for me and were delicious! (In my oven they only needed 17-18 min so check early) I used mini chocolate chips (smaller amount than called for) and didn’t have any issue with them sinking. If you like a less sweet muffin, I cut the brown sugar by half and still found them plenty sweet (was also able to sub half whole wheat flour and use 1% milk with no ill effects). The cardamom flavor was just right to me - definitely noticeable without being overwhelming.
These were so good! I agree with the commenters who suggest doing something to prevent the chips from sinking to the bottoms—either letting the oats sit in the milk or covering the chips with a dusting of flour. I subbed butterscotch chips for chocolate because they were what I had on hand, and they all sunk to the bottom of the very thin batter. However, this was amazing with butterscotch, as they made for caramelized-butterscotch bottoms for the muffins. Seriously, so good. But I can see that with chocolate chips, it would be best if they didn’t all sink.
Batter is definitely runny, but they cook well and make great little snacks. I added some vanilla in as well.