Nutritious, Gluten-free And Lactose-free Oatmeal Muffins

If you are looking for a recipe to prepare a gluten-free or lactose-free snack, you should know the one that we are going to present to you below: some delicious oatmeal muffins.

Above all, oatmeal is an excellent cereal to satisfy the appetite, take care of the digestive system and show off a deflated abdomen. Therefore, by including it in our snacks, we can prevent bites between meals and weight gain.

These muffins with oats are a very appetizing snack to eat in the morning or in the afternoon, easy to digest and capable of giving us the necessary energy to continue with our activities of the day. Let’s prepare them!

Benefits of oats

Oatmeal is one of the best cereals that we can include in our diet, since it provides the following benefits for our health:

• It is a good source of vitamins, minerals and amino acids, so it provides great energy and vitality.
• It is rich in fiber and is a very satisfying food. In addition, it favors intestinal transit.
• Regulates cholesterol and glucose levels in the blood and helps prevent cravings for sweets.
• It has diuretic properties that help us fight fluid retention and bloating.
• Its content in vitamins B and E and minerals such as zinc favors the health of the skin, hair and nails.

Some people may experience heartburn or other stomach discomfort when consuming raw oatmeal. In those cases it is better to take it cooked or baked, in the form of flour.

Best gluten and lactose free

Many celiacs cannot consume oats because, although it naturally does not contain gluten, when processed in the same places as wheat, it is contaminated and may contain small amounts of this cereal.

Therefore, if we want this recipe to be one hundred percent gluten-free,  we must choose oatmeal whose label specifies it.

More and more people have different degrees of intolerance to gluten and lactose, as a result of adulteration and poor quality of food and also the poor health of our intestines.

For this reason, we propose more digestive and lighter recipes that are suitable for the whole family.

Oatmeal muffins

Ingredients

• The juice of ½ lemon.
• Baking yeast.
• Vanilla or cinnamon essence.
• 2 medium eggs (120 g).
• 2 glasses of vegetable drink (500 ml).
• 3 cups of ground oats (300 g).
• 1 cup of rice flour (100 g).
• 2 cups of whole cane sugar (200 g).
• 1 cup of coconut or sunflower oil (100 g).

* If we like the recipe, we can try other flavors such as candied orange, chocolate chips, grated coconut, cocoa, etc.

Preparation

• First, we preheat to 200 ºC.
• We will beat the two eggs, in a mixer or manually. It is very important to beat vigorously so that the muffins are fluffy.
• We will add the oil, the lemon juice, the vegetable drink and the sugar, and we will continue beating. We will also add the chosen spices or seasonings (vanilla, cinnamon).
• Next, in a separate bowl, we will mix the oatmeal with the rice flour.
• We will incorporate, little by little, the flours to the liquid mixture and we will continue beating.
• Finally we will add the yeast, we will beat one more minute, and we will have the dough ready.
• At this point, we must put the dough in the fridge for half an hour, which will also help us make the muffins rise higher and remain tender.
• We will fill two thirds of each mold. We can sprinkle a little sugar on top to make them more crunchy.

• We take to the oven and bake for 15 or 20 minutes at 180 ºC.
• We will check that the dough inside is already well cooked before turning off the oven and letting them cool.

Sugar-free muffins?

Although in this recipe for oatmeal muffins we have used whole cane sugar, which is much healthier than white, we can also try sweetening them with honey, cane syrup, agave syrup, maple syrup or cereal molasses.

We also have a natural sweetener which is stevia, but it must be the one that is purified, transparent in color, and with the least possible flavor.

To start using it we can combine it with the sugar, and increase the amount in the next recipes if we like the flavor. In this way our muffins will be even healthier and lighter.