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.
Recipe
Vegan Peanut Butter Muffins Recipe
Easy to bake vegan peanut butter muffins with the goodness of quick cooking oats.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- ⅔ cup Quick Cooking Oats)
- ⅓ cup Cocoa Powder
- ¾ cup Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
- ½ cup Peanut Butter (I used creamy)
- 1 cup Rice Milk
Instructions
- 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.
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.
Taste & Texture
- 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.
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veena says
Can you please tell me where do I get whole wheat pastry flour in Dubai
Madhuram says
I don't know Veena.
Pavithra says
Can I substitute all purpose flour with wheat flour?
Madhuram says
Whole wheat pastry flour or half of whole wheat flour and half all-purpose flour should be fine.
Elle says
I just found your website and I am really excited. I want to make this recipe with my kids and I am wondering if it's OK to omit the Coco powder, we don't mind the taste of peanut butter? Baking is something new I am trying and I want these to be both healthy and tasty.
Madhuram says
Hi Elle, if you don't like cocoa why don't you try some other muffin recipe from the list: http://www.egglesscooking.com/eggless-baking-recipes/eggless-muffins/
Nettie Aufenkamp says
These are AMAZING !! I have lots of food allergies so I substituted almond milk for the rice milk & almond butter for the peanut butter & then spelt flour for the regular flor. DELICIOUS. Thanks for al the time you put into testing these recipes !!
Nettie
Madhuram says
You're welcome Nettie.
Heather says
This is great! Totally rich and decadent. I only have dark cocoa powder at the moment, so they're super dark, but the taste is wonderful. Thanks for the recipe!
Madhuram says
You're welcome Heather.
Little Red Frog says
So this was my first attempt at vegan baking. I was going to a vegan potluck dinner and wanted to bring something sweet. These were absolutely great! Everyone loved them, including me. I was afraid they be dry or something but they really weren't. Thanks for this recipe!! I'll definitely try others from this website!
Madhuram says
You're welcome LRF.
pri says
Thanks for this recipe. I gave it a shot, and it was great! Really loved it.
Madhuram says
I'm glad that you liked it.
deb says
Great recipe, great taste and a great delicious anytime snack!
Love it!!
Thanks again Madhuram
Bleesings
Rev Deb
Madhuram says
Thanks Deb.
deb says
Hi all,
I have made these over and over again.. Great hit in our family:) I would like to make a suggestion to those of you who don't like peanut butter... try substituting peanut butter with sunflower seed butter. The flavor is amazing!! Hope this helps:)
Rev Deb
Madhuram says
Thanks for the tip about sunflower seed butter, Deb. Hope you can rate the recipe.
Pamela says
Delish! Thinking the only thing lacking was perhaps a pinch of salt to bring the flavors together. Will definitely make these again. Thank you for sharing.
Madhuram says
You're welcome Pamela. Sure, adding salt brings out the flavor.
Mary says
These are easy and so yummy! Thank you for this wonderful recipe.
Madhuram says
You're welcome Mary.
Veena says
Tried it it is awesome
Veena says
Hi, thanks for this recipe. First time I started baking with this recipe, it came out very well. Now the problem is kids want home made muffins. Thanks a lot for posting this recipe.
Madhuram says
You're welcome Veena. Do rate the recipe when you find time.
Veena says
sure Madhuram, I forgot it.. here u go
vrajavala says
Grandiose loved them. I did not have oats at the time, so I used grits and a little rice flour. Worked great. Also used lowfat dairy milk. Thanks
Vishi says
wht is Rice milk that is used in Vegan Peanut Butter Muffins Recipe ???
Madhuram says
It's milk extracted from rice. You could use any other milk too.
pumpkinpie says
Wow, these are really delicious! Thanks for the recipe. The oats are really tasty, went well with the chocolate chips I added.
Jennifer says
Could you use old fashioned oats instead of quick cooking oats?
Madhuram says
Yes Jennifer.
Rev Deb says
Awesome site!!! Just tried the Vegan Chocolate, Oatmeal and Peanut Butter Muffins. WOW!! everyone loved them. Thank you for sharing. I book marked your site so that come back to try more recipes.
Great stuff!!!
Blessings
Rev Deb
Thank you very much for the compliments Rev Deb.
Klarissa says
Hi!
I was wondering, have you ever tried to steam them instead of baking it?
Sorry Klarissa, I haven't.
Marie says
Delicious!!! Thanks so much for this recipe. I substituted oat flour and almond milk, and also added a teaspoon of vanilla, and they were so good! I think that I just may add chocolate chips sometime when I feel like an extra sweet treat! Thanks again.
You're welcome Marie. I too thought of adding chocolate chips but did not have the vegan kind in hand so left it.
mimo qtr says
I became obssesed with muffins since I try betty crocker muffin mix I think I will try this soon
sweety says
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.
Jennifer says
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.
Marlo says
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.
Radhika says
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.
kc says
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.
puvanes says
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.
hb says
Muffins and that too chocolate ones, I love!
shoba says
I think tyring these with almond butter instead of Peanut butter might enhance the taste. Hmmm.. Will try it over the weekend.
Mansi says
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!
Sadhana says
Wishes for a happy & prosperous Diwali to you and your family.
Parita says
Muffins look fab dear 🙂
Wishing you and your family warm diwali wishes 🙂
Aparna says
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.
Cilantro says
Wish you and your family a Happy Deepavali! Muffin looks sof and moist, love the nice color.
nags says
that muffin is practically touching my nose!! * bite *
Sadhana says
Madhu that muffin looks lovely.
Sanghi says
Delicious muffins.. loved it! 😛
Indhu says
looks delicious... am not a huge fan of peanut butter... maybe I can substitute applesauce for peanut butter... 🙂
DK says
I was wondering just this morning where you were. I am guessing bc with mil..lets catch up soon 🙂
Avisha says
Muffins look so tempting.Nice combo of ingredients.
Anita says
Seems to be a quick, easy n healthy ( :razz:) muffins.
Sunshinemom says
Sounds very easy too! My daughter and I have a weakness for peanut butter. The jar doesn't seem to last!!
Priya says
SUch a delicious combo Madhu..very innovative muffins..
Dee says
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 ?
Sweatha says
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.
VeggieGirl says
Mmm, classic flavor combination!