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Healthy Blueberry Muffins

These healthy blueberry muffins are a wonderful feel-good breakfast, as they’re loaded with whole grains and steel cut oatmeal.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 229 kcal
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 TB dry flax meal
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp table salt
  • 1 TB ground cinnamon
  • 2 large eggs room temp
  • ⅓ - ½ cup white sugar depending on sweetness of berries
  • 1 ⅓ cups buttermilk
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • ¼ cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 TB vanilla extract
  • 1 cup leftover cooked steel cut oatmeal
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries if frozen, do not defrost
  • Turbinado or coarse sugar for topping

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350F, positioning rack to middle or lower middle.  Oil or line 12 muffin cups.
  2. Sift together the wheat flour, all purpose flour, flax meal, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.  In separate bowl, beat together eggs and sugar until well incorporated.  Add buttermilk, olive oil, maple syrup, and vanilla, and mix well.  Mix in cooked oatmeal until incorporated.  Quickly fold in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.  Just gently fold from bottom up, until flour is no longer visible.  Do not overmix.  Some small lumps are okay.  Lastly, very gently fold in the blueberries.
  3. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling all the way to the top, as full as possible.  Sprinkle with coarse sugar.  Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until toothpick comes out almost clean, with a few tender crumbs still attached.  Remove from oven and cool at least 10 minutes before removing from muffin tin.  Finish cooling on a rack.

Notes

  • Note:  These can keep a couple of days in airtight container at room temp.  They can also be frozen in airtight container for up to a month or two.

Nutrition Information

Calories 229kcal (11%) Carbohydrates 35g (12%) Protein 6g (12%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 2g (10%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g Monounsaturated Fat 4g Trans Fat 0.003g Cholesterol 34mg (11%) Sodium 301mg (13%) Potassium 166mg (5%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 12g (24%) Vitamin A 99IU (2%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 101mg (10%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12muffins

Amount Per Serving

Calories 229

% Daily Value*

Calories 229kcal 11%
Carbohydrates 35g 12%
Protein 6g 12%
Fat 8g 12%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 4g 20%
Trans Fat 0.003g 0%
Cholesterol 34mg 11%
Sodium 301mg 13%
Potassium 166mg 4%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 12g 24%
Vitamin A 99IU 2%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 101mg 10%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.