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<\/h2>\nThese Zucchini Oat Muffins are filled with oat flour, zucchini, banana and applesauce, for one healthy breakfast recipe! It’s a great way to use up any extra zucchini you may have from your garden.<\/p>\n
<\/h2>\nAs someone with a gluten intolerance, I could easily turn to many gluten-free flours in my recipes (which, I do sometimes). But I’m always on a mission to find the easiest, healthiest options<\/strong><\/em> out there.<\/p>\n Oat flour fits that bill 100%.<\/strong><\/em> You can either buy oat flour already made, or you can make your own oat flour (by blending up oats<\/a> in a high powered blender or food processor).<\/p>\n I think you all already know my undying love for muffins<\/a> too. So, yet again, I’m whipping up some oat flour muffins, Zucchini Oat Muffins to be exact.<\/p>\n I love making oat flour based muffins for breakfast because they’re filled with extra fiber, and they’re fluffy and moist.<\/p>\n Case in point:<\/p>\n As you can see, I love oat muffins.<\/p>\n These Zucchini Oat Muffins are a great way to use up your extra zucchini in a healthy, sugar-free muffin recipe. They’re fluffy, moist, and filled with chocolate chips so kids love them! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Chances are, if you have a garden, that’s the case! I know I love gardening and without fail every year we have plenty of zucchini. They grow like crazy.<\/p>\n For these Zucchini Oat Muffins you can use either fresh shredded zucchini or frozen zucchini, from last summers garden.<\/strong><\/p>\n I love shredding and freezing zucchini in my deep fridge in ziploc bags. Then I can use it in muffins or sauces all year long! Just thaw it beforehand, and be sure to squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Pat it dry, and add it to your muffin batter.<\/p>\n As you can see in the pictures, above, I used frozen zucchini. The result is zucchini that’s a lot smaller than using fresh zucchini. After you bake these muffins though, you’d never know!<\/p>\n First, to keep these Zucchini Oat Muffins gluten-free be sure to use certified gluten-free oat flour<\/a> (or oats).<\/p>\n For the sake of ease, and to ensure your baked goods turn out and aren’t a crumbly mess, I recommend buying oat flour.<\/strong> Unless you have a high powered blender and can get your oats blended up as fine as the oat flour you can buy in a store. For example, my blender does a great job blending up oats, but my food processor does not blend my oats up fine enough.<\/p>\n If you’ve never worked with oat flour, I recommend buying some the first time so you can see what the texture is supposed to be like.<\/p>\n If you tried blending up your oats and they aren’t fine enough (ugh, crumbly muffins?!), don’t worry. You can remedy the problem by using part oat flour and part all purpose flour (or gluten-free all purpose)<\/a>. I’d recommend 1 cup of oat flour and 3\/4 cup all purpose flour.<\/p>\n To make these Zucchini Oat Muffins dairy-free,<\/strong> you can use coconut oil or a dairy-free butter alternative<\/a>, and dairy-free chocolate chips<\/a>.<\/p>\n These muffins are sugar-free.<\/strong> For the best flavor and texture I recommend both applesauce and banana, or all banana (for a stronger banana flavor).<\/p>\n We love these muffins with chocolate chips,<\/strong> but I’d also recommend nuts and cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top (prior to baking). You just can’t go wrong with any of those options though! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n What do you think of these muffins? Let me know in the comments, below, with a star rating. And find me on Instagram<\/a> and tag me too! I love to hear from ya’ll and see what you make.<\/p>\n Oh, and before you leave, check out my<\/strong> Zucchini Bread Breakfast Cookies<\/a>, Zucchini Bread<\/a>, and Zucchini Oat Pancakes<\/a> too!<\/p>\n\n
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<\/p>\nSo, do you have way too much zucchini?<\/h3>\n
Let’s talk about a few more things before you get to baking.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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