Apricot Oatmeal Muffins
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Muffins with dried apricots, oats, almond milk and fresh apricot slices on top
Ingredients
  • 2½ Cups All Purpose Flour, Unbleached
  • ¾ Cup Brown Sugar
  • 3 Tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ Tsp Salt
  • 1 Cup Quick Cooking Oats
  • 1 Cup Dried Apricots, Chopped (approximately 24 dried apricots)
  • 1 Stick Butter, Unsalted
  • ¾ Cup Boiling Water
  • 2 Eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 Cup Almond Milk
  • 1 Apricot, thinly sliced for garnish
  • 2 Tbsp Turbinado Sugar (Raw Sugar)
  • 1 Tbsp Melted Butter
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 400F
  2. In a large bowl, combine oats, apricots, butter and boiling water. Stir and cover until butter is melted, about 5 minutes.
  3. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt
  4. When the oats mixture is combine and cooled, stir in eggs and almond milk
  5. Fill muffin liners about ⅔ with batter
  6. Sprinkle the batter with some Turbinado sugar
  7. Place a slice of Apricot in the centre of the batter
  8. Brush ever slightly, each apricot slice with a little melted butter. Not too much.
  9. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Notes
This recipe yields 18 muffins Adapted from http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Apricot-Oatmeal-Muffins
Recipe by Lovely Pantry at https://lovelypantry.com/2012/06/apricot-oatmeal-muffins/