Coconut Oat Muffins make the best and the tastiest breakfast muffin. These muffins are so soft and full of flavor, made with old fashion oats, lots of coconut, and agave nectar. It’s great to have one of these muffins for breakfast because they are filling and nutritious.
Oat Muffins
I was cleaning and sorting my baking goodies cabinet the other day and realized that I had four bags of coconut. I knew I was a bit of a coconut addict but I didn’t realize that it was that bad! I had a full bag and three open bags. Immediately, I knew that I had to bake something as soon as possible and add lots of coconut.
A couple of days earlier, the little man was asking for some muffins, so I decided on coconut muffins. My whole family seems to like anything with oats. Oatmeal cookies are our favorite and aside from pancakes, oatmeal is the little man’s favorite breakfast.
Oat muffins was a perfect way to use up some of my coconut. These muffins didn’t last more than three days! The little man completely finished every muffin he started, which is a big deal because he usually nibbles.
Tips for making Coconut Oat Muffins
I finally decided to see what the agave nectar craze was all about and got a bottle of some organic agave nectar. I really, really like it! I especially like the fact that it’s better for us than sugar.
Now, I did find that it adds it’s own flavor, so you can’t use it in everything instead of sugar (unless you have to for health reasons.) Agave nectar flavor has to be complimentary to the dish and not completely take over or be incompatible. Be wise where you use it, try it first!
I want to take a second and let everyone know what wonderful readers I have! I got a great tip from one of my readers about soaking the coconut in milk before using it. By soaking it, it rehydrates and makes it softer and juicier. Thank you for this wonderful tip!!
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Coconut Oat Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup agave nectar
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes soaked in milk then squeezed
- 1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line the muffin pan with cupcake liners. Add coconut in a cup and fill it up with milk. Soak while preparing the batter. (Squeeze out the milk before adding the coconut to the batter. You can use this coconut-infused milk in cereal!)
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, agave syrup, buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Whisk until combined.
- Sift in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk until incorporated.
- Mix in oats and coconut flakes.
- Divide the batter between the muffin cups, filling it 3/4 of the way.
- Top off with coconut flakes.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Notes
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Katelyn says
What type of oats did you use?? I have both old fashioned rolled oats and quick oats. I am planning on making these tomorrow morning!
lyuba says
Sorry to reply so late, Katelyn! I fixed it now 🙂 It’s old fashioned oats.
Katelyn says
I just made these and they have a good texture, but they are lacking flavor… I think that maybe I should have added a little bit of coconut extract. I will wait until tomorrow to try them again, since sometimes it takes a day or two for the flavors to shine. P.S. I used half old fashioned and half instant oats since I didn’t know what to use and it worked great.
lyuba says
Hi Katelyn,
I’m sorry they didn’t have enough flavor for you 🙁 I haven’t tried coconut extract but I’m sure you can try adding some to enhance the flavors. I use old fashioned oats and I’ll make sure to note that in the recipe. I’m glad that you liked them overall tho 🙂
Thank you!
Emily says
Super excited I ran across this recipe!! I don’t have any vegetable oil though.. Could I use coconut oil…? I mean.. Who could complain about a little more coconut flavor, right? But will it work?
Lyuba says
Coconut oil tends to be a bit thinner than vegetable oil when it’s melted. You can definitely try using coconut oil, but watch your end consistency of the batter. I don’t think you will have an actual problem though.
CKK says
These were great! I soaked the coconut in the buttermilk and just added the coconut along with the buttermilk to the wet ingredients and it worked fine. I also added a pinch more salt and used the recommended 2/3c brown sugar in place of agave since I don’t have agave. Thanks for a great recipe!
LyubaB says
I am so happy you liked it! 🙂
LyubaB says
I am so glad you liked it!
Anna says
Can I substitute buttermilk with regular milk?
LyubaB says
Hi Anna,
Yes, you can it will just have a slightly different flavor.
Joni says
I also used the 2/3 brown sugar and just put the coconut in the buttermilk to soak and then added it right to batter. Really good.
LyubaB says
Yum! Glad you liked it! 🙂
Alexia says
I made these last night and they were delicious with my coffee for breakfast this morning! I tinkered with the recipe a lot bc I didn’t have everything. I substituted honey for agave, milk and plain yogurt for buttermilk, and I only had about half a cup of coconut so I threw in some raisins and dried cranberries to make up for it. It tastes like a granola bar in muffin form! Super yummy!
LyubaB says
Yum! Glad it turned out well!