{"slug":"7-grain-muffins","collection":"recipes","is_recipe":true,"visibility":"public","title":"7-Grain Muffins","description":"Hearty whole-grain muffins sweetened with molasses and packed with seven-grain cereal, fruit, and warm spices.","body_md":"\nThis versatile recipe can be used with a variety of whole grain flours (wheat, spelt, rye), multi-grain cereals, and dried and fresh fruits (cherries, raisins, cranberries, blueberries).\n\n## Notes\n- Adjust the brown sugar to compensate for the sweetness of added fruits (or not).\n- If using fresh fruit, delay adding until after the 30 minute absorption step.\n\n## Yield\n- Makes about 12 muffins.\n\n## Special Equipment\n\n-  Muffin 12-cup tin\n-  Muffin cups (if needed/desired)\n\n## Preheat Oven\n\n-  Preheat oven to 400°F\n\n## Fruits\n\nPossible fruit additions.\n\n### Dried\n\nAbout 130g / 240ml (1 cup)\n\n-  Cherries\n-  Cranberries\n-  Currants\n-  Raisins\n\n### Fresh\n\n-  Blueberries (130 to 160g (5 to 6oz))\n-  2 ripe bananas\n\n## Ingredients\n\n-  140g (5oz / 1 cup) seven-grain cereal\n-  130g (1 cup) fruit\n-  50g (¼ cup) packed brown sugar\n-  22g (1 tablespoon) molasses\n-  64g (¼ cup) applesauce\n-  300ml (1¼ cups) buttermilk\n-  115g (4oz / 1 cup) spelt flour\n-  1 teaspoon baking powder\n-  1 teaspoon ground ginger\n-  ½ teaspoon baking soda\n-  ½ teaspoon salt\n-  ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg\n-  1 egg, slightly beaten\n\n## Preparation\n\n### Prep Muffin Tin\n\n1.  Place muffin cups in tin.\n2.  Spray each cup with non-stick cooking spray.\n\n### Hydrate 7-Grain Cereal\n\nIn a medium bowl, combine and let stand for 30 minutes:\n\n1.  Seven-grain cereal\n2.  Apple Sauce\n3.  Brown sugar\n4.  Molasses\n5.  Buttermilk\n6.  Dried fruit (delay adding fresh fruits until later step)\n\n### Combine Dry Ingredients\n\nWhile the cereal hydrates, in a large bowl combine:\n\n1.  Spelt flour\n2.  Baking powder\n3.  Ginger\n4.  Baking soda\n5.  Salt\n6.  Nutmeg\n\nMake a well in the center of dry mixture; set aside.\n\n### Combine Dry and Wet\n\n-  If using **fresh fruit**, fold into the grain/buttermilk mixture.\n\n1.  Stir **beaten egg** into **buttermilk mixture**.\n2.  Add **buttermilk mixture** all at once to **dry mixture**.\n3.  Stir just until moistened.\n4.  Fill the muffin cups three-fourths full of batter.\n\n## Bake\n\n1.  Bake in a **400°F** oven about **17 minutes**.\n2.  Cool on a wire rack **5 minutes**.\n3.  Remove from cups; serve immediately.\n- **Unit repair (2026-07-30):** the ounce figures in this recipe were placeholders, not conversions — everything between 14g and 40g had been written \"(1oz)\" and everything between 43g and 65g \"(2oz)\". The gram weights are correct and unchanged; only the bogus ounce fragments are removed. Where a spoon or cup measure sat in the same parentheses it is kept, since that one is real.\n\n","draft":false,"servings":"12","prep_time":"40 minutes","cook_time":"17 minutes","total_time":"57 minutes","created_at":"2021-08-02T21:14:22Z","updated_at":"2026-07-30T22:12:06.625133Z","categories":["Breakfast"],"tags":["Cherries","Spelt"],"methods":["Baked"],"themes":["Vegetarian"],"ingredients":[{"section":"","items":["-  140g (5oz / 1 cup) seven-grain cereal","-  130g (1 cup) fruit","-  50g (¼ cup) packed brown sugar","-  22g (1 tablespoon) molasses","-  64g (¼ cup) applesauce","-  300ml (1¼ cups) buttermilk","-  115g (4oz / 1 cup) spelt flour","-  1 teaspoon baking powder","-  1 teaspoon ground ginger","-  ½ teaspoon baking soda","-  ½ teaspoon salt","-  ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg","-  1 egg, slightly beaten"],"parsed":[{"raw":"-  140g (5oz / 1 cup) seven-grain cereal","qty":140,"unit":"g","item":"seven-grain cereal"},{"raw":"-  130g (1 cup) fruit","qty":130,"unit":"g","item":"fruit"},{"raw":"-  50g (¼ cup) packed brown sugar","qty":50,"unit":"g","item":"packed brown sugar"},{"raw":"-  22g (1 tablespoon) molasses","qty":22,"unit":"g","item":"molasses"},{"raw":"-  64g (¼ cup) applesauce","qty":64,"unit":"g","item":"applesauce"},{"raw":"-  300ml (1¼ cups) buttermilk","qty":300,"unit":"ml","item":"buttermilk"},{"raw":"-  115g (4oz / 1 cup) spelt flour","qty":115,"unit":"g","item":"spelt flour"},{"raw":"-  1 teaspoon baking powder","qty":1,"unit":"tsp","item":"baking powder"},{"raw":"-  1 teaspoon ground ginger","qty":1,"unit":"tsp","item":"ground ginger"},{"raw":"-  ½ teaspoon baking soda","qty":0.5,"unit":"tsp","item":"baking soda"},{"raw":"-  ½ teaspoon salt","qty":0.5,"unit":"tsp","item":"salt"},{"raw":"-  ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg","qty":0.5,"unit":"tsp","item":"ground nutmeg"},{"raw":"-  1 egg, slightly beaten","qty":1,"item":"egg, slightly beaten"}]}],"related_from":[{"slug":"banana-muffins","title":"Banana Muffins","relation":"variant"}],"servings_int":12,"qc":{"status":"passed","last_checked_at":"2026-07-30T22:17:43.857331Z","checked_by":"claude-code","standard_version":"2026-07-29","findings_count":0,"stale":false}}