Oatmeal Date Muffins for Breakfast

Life is good when there are homemade muffins for breakfast. Especially when the muffins contain dates. Dates have become one of my favorite add-ins. Dates have a wonderful texture, they just kind of melt into a pocket of sweet, chewy goodness. I purchase dates from King Arthur Flour, they are pitted, chopped and ready to use. Enjoy.

Oatmeal Date Muffins for Breakfast
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon fresh nutmeg

1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
2/3 cup chopped dates
1 stick butter, melted and cooled
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg, beaten

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with Pam or use cupcake liners.

Mix together the rolled oats, flour, brown sugar, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, walnuts and dates,. In a separate bowl mix together the buttermilk, egg, vanilla extract, and butter.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry mixture and stir together. Be sure not to over-stir, about 10 seconds of stirring should do; just enough to bring the ingredients together.

Scoop batter into prepared muffin tins.  I use my large Pampered Chef Scoop. Bake for 18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Rotate muffin tin at 9 minutes. Cool in the pan for a minute or two before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Recipe inspired by Simply Recipes