Yesterday morning I decided I wanted some kind of baked breakfast-y goodness to go with my coffee. I went looking for recipes that would accommodate my limited stores. Something with apple would have been great, but I didn't have any apples. What I did have was oatmeal and walnuts, so here's the recipe I created by melding two different oatmeal muffin recipes.
Cinnamon Oatmeal Muffins
1 cup milk
1 cup old fashioned oatmeal
1 egg
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line muffin tin with paper muffin cups. Combine milk and oatmeal in a small bowl; microwave on high for one minute. Beat together egg and oil in a large bowl; stir in oatmeal mixture. In another bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Stir flour mixture into wet ingredients, just until combined. Stir in walnuts. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups until cups are 2/3 full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Makes 12 small muffins.
I over-baked my muffins a tad because I was watching TV in the next room instead of keeping an eye on them. They were still good, but I had to cut the bottoms off a few of them. I'll definitely make them again, but the next time I plan to add some chopped apple.