These Rhubarb Muffins are hearty and really flavorful - every bite is filled with tart rhubarb. They’re dense and lightly sweet with a little chew from the oats. Great for breakfast or a snack. Wonderful with a cup of coffee or tea, or as a simple dessert.
Cuisine
Cupcakes &, Muffins
Prep Time20minutes
Cook Time20minutes
Total Time40minutes
Servings18- 20
AuthorMichele Phillips, BaconFatte.com
Ingredients
For the Cinnamon Butter Crumble
¼cupbutter – at room temp
¼cupold fashioned oats
¼unbleached AP flour
2Tablespoonsbrown sugar
1teaspooncinnamon
1teaspoonraw sugaroptional
For the Rhubarb Muffins
Dry ingredients:
2½cupsunbleached AP flour
1¼cupsbrown sugar
1cupold fashioned oats
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonsalt
Wet ingredients:
1cupwhole milk
1teaspoonwhite vinegar
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1/2cupvegetable oil
1large egg - at room temp
2cupschopped rhubarbreserve ¼ cup for topping
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line two standard muffin trays with liners (I used 6 “tulip” and 12 “standard” liners with this batch), and set aside.
For the Cinnamon Butter Crumble
In a small bowl, combine butter, oats, flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon with a fork until most of the ingredients form crumbs of various sizes. There will be some “sandy” ingredients at the bottom of the bowl, too.
Measure out the raw sugar (if using) and set aside.
For the Rhubarb Muffins
In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, brown sugar, oats, baking soda, and salt, and whisk to combine.
In a smaller, non-reactive mixing bowl, add the milk, vinegar, vanilla extract, oil, and egg, and whisk to combine.
Pour in the wet ingredients into the dry, and stir with a spatula just until combined.
Add 1¾ cup chopped rhubarb, and fold into the batter.
Fill muffin cups ½ - ¾ full with batter. Top with a few pieces of rhubarb – making sure to tuck them into the batter a bit. Sprinkle cinnamon butter crumble over the tops, and finish with a sprinkling of raw sugar (if using).
Bake in a 350 oven for 20 - 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a cupcake comes out fairly clean. Allow muffins to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the tray and allow them to cool completely on a rack.
Store in an air tight container overnight, or refrigerate for up to 3 days. Or freeze up to 30 days.