Oat Muffins with Honey Butter

Muffins

• 1

  Preheat oven to 400°F. Prepare muffin pan (with twelve 2½-inch diameter cups) by generously buttering the cups or lining cups with paper liners.

• 2

  Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and brown sugar in a bowl, create a well in the center of the mixture, and then set this mixture aside.

• 3

  Melt butter and allow it to cool slightly. Whisk together buttermilk, egg, and melted butter.

• 4

  Add wet ingredients all at once to well in dry ingredients. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened; do not over mix. Fold in nuts and raisins.

• 5

  Spoon batter into 12 prepared muffin cups. Bake 20 minutes or until tops are browned and a wooden toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean. Serve muffins warm with honey butter.

Honey Butter

• 6

  Beat ½ cup (1 stick) room temperature (or slightly softened) Challenge Butter with ¼ cup honey until smooth.

Notes

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  Grind oatmeal in a blender or food processor for a few seconds to obtain coarse flour. Learn more about how to make compound butter.