Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: Grain and Seed Muffins

January 11, 2022 at 11:42 pm | Posted in breakfast things, BWD, groups, muffins/quick breads, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 9 Comments
Tags: baking, muffins

Grain and Seed Muffins are about as healthy as my baking gets around here. These aren’t cake-for-breakfast muffins– they are full of good-for-you stuff, like whole wheat flour, wheat bran, oats and sunflower, sesame and flax seeds. I needed a trip to the bulk bins to get these ones done. Dorie suggests that the sunflower seeds should be raw, but does a raw sunflower seed really even taste like anything? I chose to toast all the seeds, and I even toasted the oats and wheat bran while I was at it. The muffins came together easily and were lightly sweet from maple syrup and brown sugar. I liked them best warm, with a swipe of sweet and salty maple butter. I felt like my grandma, warming my bran muffin and spreading it with butter, but grandmas know best, right?

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Next time I’ll have to take a trip to someplace with the bulk bins! Toasting the seeds sounds like a great idea!

Comment by Adventuring with Karen— January 11, 2022 #

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Great idea to toast the seeds and muffins, it must have given an extra nutty flavour

Comment by Ulrike— January 12, 2022 #

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Grandmas DO know best! Loved these!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— January 12, 2022 #

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Oh, toasting those all seems like a fine idea. Your muffins look beautiful and what’s not to love about their best friend Butter showing up on time?!

Comment by Kayte Gerth— January 12, 2022 #

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I am partial to the cake for breakfast muffin type 😂, but these were ok with a swipe of butter. Just felt like it might negate the healthy part then haha.

Comment by isthisakeeper— January 12, 2022 #

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- yes, they’re healthy-ish at best! haha
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— January 12, 2022 #
  
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Grandma’s do know best. We liked the warm also but with jam not butter:)

Comment by Diane Zwang— January 13, 2022 #

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- i have two left in freezer, so i will jam a try!
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— January 15, 2022 #
  
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I love the idea of toasting some of the ingredients. Looks delicious!

Comment by lovielou— January 20, 2022 #

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