Gingerbread Oat Chocolate Chip Muffins
Gingerbread Oat Chocolate Chip Muffins are a healthy holiday treat full of warm spices, whole grains, and dark chocolate chips!
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 287kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup molasses
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- ¾ cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk could substitute cows milk
- ½ cup coconut oil you could use canola or vegetable oil, too
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¾ cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Spray muffin tin with oil.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, oats, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together molasses, maple syrup, milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract.
- Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Evenly divide batter between 12 muffin tins, filling about ¾ the way up.
- Bake in preheated oven for 16-18 minutes. The edges will be set and top will be just set...a toothpick should come out with a few crumbs.
- Watch carefully the last couple of minutes - you don't want them dry!
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Store in an airtight container for 3-4 days.
- These can easily be frozen. Freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Calories: 287kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 236mg | Potassium: 302mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 41IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 110mg | Iron: 1mg