Maple Brown Sugar Muffins

Enjoy this delicious Maple Brown Sugar Muffins recipe, perfect for a cozy breakfast or snack. With the perfect balance of sweetness and warmth, these hearty muffins are sure to become a favorite.

Easy Brown Sugar Oatmeal Muffins

Don’t you just love a good muffin? They make the perfect breakfast, snack, sweet treat, or on the go option any time! These Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal Muffins are hearty, flavor packed, and have just the right sweetness throughout. Make them into mini muffins, regular size, or even jumbo muffins! Also check out my Death by Chocolate Muffins, Blueberry Crumble Muffins, and Mini Banana Muffins for more great options!

Easy Maple Brown Sugar Muffins Ingredients

Below is a brief overview of each ingredient needed. To see printable recipe card with exact amounts, scroll to the bottom of this post.

• Old Fashioned Oats– although I haven’t tried it, I have heard from others that quick oats work in this recipe too.
• Milk– any milk you have on hand works. We use 2%, but whole milk, skim, or a non-dairy milk such as oat milk or almond milk works too.
• Maple Syrup– try to find pure maple syrup as it adds the most maple flavor versus pancake syrup.
• Oil– any neutral oil works. Vegetable oil, canola oil, or even avocado oil.
• Brown Sugar– I use light brown sugar in this maple muffins recipe, dark brown sugar works too if that is what you have on hand.
• Eggs– two large eggs at room temperature so they mix into the batter easily.
• Flour– you will want to use all purpose flour.
• Baking Powder/ Baking Soda/ Salt– ensure freshness by changing your baking soda and powder out every 6 months, this gives the muffins their rise and helps the texture stay light and fluffy.
• Cinnamon– ground cinnamon adds the perfect amount of warm spice throughout.

How to make Old Fashioned Maple Brown Sugar Muffins

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and line muffin pans with paper liners or a greased muffin tin. Non-stick spray has potential to work just as well too!
2. In a large bowl, combine milk and oats.
3. Add in the maple syrup, oil, brown sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
4. Stir until just combined.
5. Divide batter evenly into prepared muffin cups, filling about ¾ full.
6. Place the pan into a preheated oven in the middle of the wire rack and bake for 17-20 minutes.
7. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before serving!

Tips and Variations

• Feel free to add in ½ cup chopped nuts for an added crunch throughout.
• If you are unsure whether the muffins are done, you can use a toothpick in the center to check. If it comes out clean, they are ready to remove from the oven. If there is still some batter on the toothpick, simply add a few minutes and test again.
• To make these a bit more sweet, you can sprinkle additional brown sugar on top of the muffin batter prior to placing in the oven.
• Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or almond extract for additional flavor.

Storing Leftover Muffins

• Store leftover muffins in an airtight container or Ziploc bags-you can leave them at room temperature for up to 4 days or put them in the fridge up to 6 days. Store a piece of bread or a paper towel in your muffin storage to absorb extra moisture. This should keep your muffins as moist as they have been.
• To freeze, bake muffins as directed and allow to cool completely. Place the cooled muffins in an airtight storage bag or container in the freezer up to 3 months. Thaw for a few hours at room temperature before enjoying or reheat using the microwave.

More Delicious Muffin Recipes

Love fresh baked muffins? You're in luck! I have a lot of muffin recipes you can choose from! They are such easy recipes; how can you not give these a try?!

• Strawberry Mini Muffins
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins
• Incredible Banana Crumb Muffins
• Incredible Blueberry Streusel Muffins
• Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

I hope you love this Maple Brown Sugar Muffins recipe! Don't forget to tag me over on Instagram if you've made this recipe (or any of the others) so I can see what you've cooked up! You can also use #thecookinchicks too!