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Oatmeal Pear Muffins (Mini Blender Muffins)

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert, Snack
Keyword: blender mini muffins, blender muffins, mini muffins, oatmeal pear muffins, oats, pear, snacks
Servings: 24 mini muffins
Author: Ashlen Leonard

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup whole wheat or all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup rolled oats
  • 1/4 cup ground flax seed
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 medium pear quartered (skin on)
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350℉ and grease or line a mini muffin pan.
  • To a blender, add the pear, oil, egg and vanilla extract together. Blend on high until smooth.
  • Next, add the flour, oats, flaxseed, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and a pinch of salt. Blend again until just combined.
  • Toss in the walnuts and pulse until they are incorporated.
  • Using a spoon or cookie scoop, spoon out roughly 1-2 tbsp worth of dough and distribute in the muffin pan.
  • Bake for 13-15 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5-10 minutes before enjoying!

Notes

Modifications:

  • Gluten-free muffins:
    • make sure you use gluten-free flour (my favourite is Bob Red Mills 1-to-1 gluten-free flour) and gluten-free oats.
  • Nut-free muffins:
    • feel free to omit the walnut altogether. If you also need to make it seed-free, you can remove the flaxseeds and add in an extra 2-3 tbsp of flour instead.
  • Vegan muffins:
    • use a flax egg instead of a chicken egg
 

Ingredient swaps:

  1. Because we are blending everything together, if you have large flake oats instead of rolled oats, you can use these instead.
  2. In case you only have whole flax seeds, just throw these in the blender on their own and blitz until they are a powdered form.
  3. This recipe will also work with apples instead of pears.
  4. Instead of canola oil, you can also use vegetable oil, avocado oil or a mild olive oil.