I had a plethora of blueberries in my freezer that I desperately needed to use up. So I did some searching for a healthy blueberry muffin. I love blueberry muffins so much but considering bakery style muffins are usually loaded with butter and sugar I decided there has to be a better option.
Much to my delight I found this recipe on allrecipes.com and with a few mondfications to make them a bit healthier these turned out to be just what I was looking for.
These by no means are the enormous sugar/butter laden bakery style muffins I so dearly love, but they are a sweet healthy change to my usual oats for breakfast. When paired with a warm cup of tea these lovely muffins make a great afternoon snack as well.
INGREDIENTS
1 1/4 cups quick cooking oats
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (reserve 2 T)
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup apple sauce
- 1 cup blueberries, rinsed and drained
DIRECTIONS
- Combine oats, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix in milk, egg, and apple sauce; mix just until dry ingredients are moistened. Toss blueberries with 2 T flour, to ensure that they do not fall to the bottom of the muffins. Fold in blueberries. Fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full with batter.
- Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes.
These muffins were gone in a matter of days…..Jonathan and little Ava loved them. I love how these muffins are just the right amount of sweet. If you are looking for a super sweet muffin this is recipe is NOT for you. They are lightly sweetened.
My poor computer is still broken. Posts maybe sporadic. 
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These look so good – I don’t think I’ve ever put oatmeal in my blueberry muffins before, but it’s a great idea!
Sara,
These are super good and healthy!
Oh, these sound good. I just made some oatmeal banana muffins not that long and they were good, too.
I’m wondering if your blueberries taste funny in the muffins after a few days? Even when the blueberries are fresh, my tend to have an “off” flavor after about 3 days. Something else I made with blueberries was like this, too. The pie is the only thing that tastes good day after day!
Kelly, I do get the same thing sometimes. I’m wondering if it’s b/c they are frozen?! Do you get the funny taste with fresh? I made blueberry bars this summer with fresh and did not have this problem, so I’m betting it has something to do with frozen fruits!!!?
HOLY MOLY! I wish I had an oven at the moment…………
Those look so good, I can’t wait for fresh blueberries. I’m saving this recipe for then!
Thanks Betsy! I’m sure they will be awesome with fresh blueberries!! Yum, I can’t wait for berry season!!
Scrumptious muffins!!
Hope your computer can be fixed soon!!
Thanks Veggiegirl. Me too!!