Brown Sugar Oatmeal Muffins Dairy-Free Egg-Free
These brown sugar oatmeal muffins take just basic ingredients and no egg.
They can also be made dairy-free and fit the bill for hearty breakfast on a budget.
We also have a helpful gluten-free note from a member below.
Keep reading for the easy recipe!
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Ever get to the end of the month and start making weird things with what's left in your pantry?
That's what happened when I created these basic oatmeal muffins.
I didn't want to bust the budget so I decided to make simple muffins with what I had on hand.
Good old brown sugar and oats. Budget-friendly!
For food allergies, we also needed these to be dairy-free and egg-free.
And we made it extra easy, using simple applesauce for egg.
No fancy egg replacers needed.
Then for dairy-free, I've used everything from coconut milk to oat milk to flax milk.
Any dairy-free milk should do. Use what you have.
GLUTEN-FREE READER NOTE
Here's how one reader made these brown sugar oatmeal muffins gluten-free.
"Hey Jamie! I wanted to thank you for this recipe for the basic brown sugar oat muffins and let you know we were able to make them gluten-free, as well! We used Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1:1 baking flour, and they tasted delicious!"
Thank you so much for doing this experiment and sharing the results with us, Rowena!
We sure appreciate that, and I'm sure our gluten-free readers will, as well.
See the easy muffin recipe below.
BROWN SUGAR OAT MUFFINS RECIPE
Makes 11-12 muffins.
Oven 350
If you have an apple on hand, you can bring these muffins up a notch by adding a cup of diced apples to the batter before baking.
Tossing some raisins into the batter before baking is also a a great option.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup flour
1 cup quick oats
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons applesauce or 1 egg
¾ cup dairy-free milk
¼ cup vegetable or melted coconut oil
chunky raw turbinado sugar (optional for topping)
DIRECTIONS
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl: combine 1 c. flour, 1 c. quick oats, ½ c. packed brown sugar, 1 tsp. baking powder, ½ tsp. cinnamon, and ¼ tsp. salt.
In a large measuring cup: combine egg or 4 tbs. applesauce, ¾ c. dairy-free milk, ¼ cup oil.
If your coconut oil is hardening, heat the milk, applesauce or egg, and coconut oil in the microwave until the coconut oil melts and the liquid mixture is smooth.
Make a well in the middle of the dry mixture.
Add wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir just until combined. Don't over mix.
Grease a muffin pan with dairy-free butter or use our favorite non-stick muffin pan.
Fill muffin wells ½ full. I like to use a muffin scoop (affiliate) to keep the muffins uniform in size.
Sprinkle the muffins liberally with chunky turbinado sugar before baking, optional.
Bake 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out of the center clean.
Enjoy warm out of the oven or remove muffins from pan and let them cool on a rack before storing in an airtight container.
Hope your family loves these brown sugar muffins as much as we do!
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These are the best tasting muffins I have ever had!! I made them with gluten-free flour. Thank you so much for the recipe.
We love hearing that, Leslie! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for this recipe- awesome for egg allergies! I added diced apples and nutmeg- delicious!
Sounds delicious, K! So glad we could help!
Oops forgot to add that I doubled the recipe with success and added a few handfuls of dried fruit!(cherries, blueberries, raisins etc)
Excellent! Thanks for sharing!
Hi!
A new fave in our many allergy and intolerance home!
I did use gluten free flour, oat milk and exchange the veg oil to sunflower oil and they were perfect for us as well. Great favor!
Oh and I forgot to add the cinnamon hahahaha, so now I just keep making them this way.
I think the sunflower oil gives them a cool flavour😃
We are so glad you love these, Kristi! Love that the alterations worked for you. I seriously need to make these soon, lol. Enjoy!
Are these able to be frozen?
With a flash freeze and then sealed in airtight container, I think they could be. We just eat them too fast to try, ha ha.
@Jamie Kaufmann,
I have frozen the dozen and taken them out one at a time and defrosted for my son. Works fine!
We love hearing that. Thank you!
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that in the ingredients you list 3 tbsp applesauce, but in the directions you say 3 tsp applesauce. Anyway, I'm making these tomorrow morning for breakfast. Thanks for the recipe!
Oh Tiyana, you are the best! Thank you for the note. We got that fixed. You probably know it's 3 tablespoons for an egg replacer. Hope you love it!
In one comment you stated it makes 12 muffins and in another you said 24. Which is it?
I'm sorry, Donna. It's 12, one dozen.
Can I use regular milk?
Hi Donna. If regular dairy milk is safe for you, it would work in this recipe. 🙂
Does this recipe yield 12 or 24 muffins?
It makes 12, Amy.
Thank you! I have searched Pinterest for what seems like forever for a gluten-free, egg-free muffin recipe. My baby has eczema and I’ve had to switch from my egg bites recipe for breakfast meal prep. Can’t wait to try it.
Hope this works with your favorite gluten-free flour! 🙂
How many muffins make a serving?
This should make a dozen muffins. 🙂
As far as eggs. Do you think a flax egg would work, or aquafaba? I'm vegan & don't have applesauce (not waiting on a line for an hour to get some).
Hi Natasha! Definitely a flax egg. And honestly, I've forgotten any egg sub in muffins before and they turned out fine, lol. That may work, too!
What kind of flour did you use? Almond, Coconut, combo, 1 for 1
thanks!
Hi there, Toni! We use all purpose flour.
Will the recipe work with adding blueberries or cranberries?
Hi Allyson! Thanks for the question! Blueberries I would think so! Not sure on cranberry but if you try please let us know. 🙂 We do have a blueberry muffin recipe here, too. And a cranberry one for that matter, ha ha. We got you covered. xoxo
We are newly diagnosed milk allergy family as well as soy eggs and peanuts. I'm still nursing my allergy baby and have cut the above from my diet. I need help with ideas as what to eat for breakfast! Most days I just have safe bread with a cup of tea/coffee 🙁
I had the same with my DS, I replaced milk with non dairy/soy beverages. I actually turned to smoothies. They are filling, healthy and good for nursing mommas. My favorite was sweet potato mango smoothie (baked sweet potato, frozen mangos, frozen pineapples, dates, chia seeds, cucumber, coconut water). Some other ideas are rice noodles and beef/chicken broth, bok choy, rice and nori, gluten free/soy free wraps with veggies and sprouts! hope this helps!
Thank you for this info!