Healthy Blueberry Muffins are fluffy, moist, and pack as many blueberries as possible! Make ahead or eat fresh out of the oven for a nutritious breakfast or snack.
We also love these healthy lemon blueberry muffins and healthy blueberry banana muffins.
These healthy blueberry muffins come out fantastic every time! With no refined sugar and nutrient dense ingredients, I can feel good about feeding these to my family for healthy breakfast or snack.
Moist, light and so fluffy, both kids and adults love these healthy muffins and you will love them too!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Whole grain flour: By using 100% whole wheat or spelt flour these muffins are full of nutrients plus fiber.
- Naturally sweetened: Skip the refined white sugar, this recipe uses maple syrup or honey which means less sugar than your giant coffee shop muffins.
- Low oil: Unsweetened applesauce not only keeps them moist, it lowers the use of heavy oils for lighter, better for you blueberry muffin!
- Delicious: Usually, I prefer to eat my berries fresh, however these muffins deserve even the priciest supermarket January blueberries!
Ingredients for Healthy Blueberry Muffins
- Flour: You can use whole wheat flour or spelt flour.
- Blueberries: I made these muffins with fresh blueberries but frozen blueberries can be used with great success.
- Applesauce: I use unsweetened applesauce but if sweetened is all you can find, that works. Your muffins will be sweeter. Here is a great Instant Pot applesauce recipe.
- Eggs: Provide lift and binding.
- Any oil: Healthy widely available options are avocado oil, melted coconut oil, grapeseed oil or extra virgin olive oil.
- Liquid sweetener: Maple syrup or honey. Please do not use any dry sweetener. It will throw off batter consistency and recipe will not work.
- Vanilla extract: Use pure vanilla extract and not artificial for the best flavor.
- Cinnamon: Adds a warm taste and light spice to the muffins.
- Baking staples: Baking powder and baking soda for texture, and salt to bring out flavors of all other ingredients.
How to Make Healthy Blueberry Muffins
Easy to make in one bowl, here is a quick overview how to make this healthy blueberry muffin recipe.
- Combine wet ingredients and leavening agents: In a large bowl, add eggs, applesauce, maple syrup, oil, vanilla, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and whisk well. Ensure the baking powder and soda have completely dissolved.
- Add dry ingredients: Add flour and stir gently just until mixed, don’t overdo it. You can also let batter sit for 3 minutes to absorb the moisture, then give 1-2 final stirs.
- Add berries: Add blueberries and stir a few times just enough to incorporate them into the muffin batter.
- Bake: Using large ice cream scoop, fill muffin tin with muffin batter. Bake for 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool in the muffin pan for 30 minutes before transferring onto a cooling rack to cool more.
Tips for Best Results
- Mix batter only until combined: Do not over mix your batter as additional gluten will develop and result in dense muffins. A few patches of flour are OK and better than perfectly smooth batter.
- Keep an eye on muffins while they bake: All ovens vary and I recommend to check your muffins 3 minutes to the end. If toothpick comes out clean, time to remove the muffins. They keep cooking with residual heat in a muffin tin.
- Let them cool completely: These muffins are delicate, light, and fluffy. If you don’t let them cool patiently for 30 minutes, they will deform and fall apart a bit.
- Mini muffins: You can make mini blueberry muffins and bake for 11-13 minutes. Do a toothpick test.
How to Store and Freeze
To store: Muffins won’t last more than 2 days because they are so good! Store them in an airtight container placed in a cool dry place for 3-4 days.
To freeze: Bake and cool muffins completely. Then arrange them in a single layer in resealable plastic bag or any container with a lid. Freeze for up to 3 months.
To reheat: Thaw on a counter for a few hours. Warm up in the oven at 350 F or microwave for 30 seconds for that freshly baked experience.
Storage Tip
Don’t miss my detailed posts how to store muffins and how to freeze muffins to make sure your leftover muffins stay fresh longer.
FAQs
In this recipe, you cannot use any other flour except for whole wheat flour or spelt flour. Whole wheat pastry flour or white whole wheat flour may work. If you try, please let me know. Using all-purpose flour or gluten free flour will need adjustment of the recipe. Baking is a science and it’s best to follow the recipe.
Yes, to make these muffins egg-free and also vegan, you can use an equivalent amount of flax eggs or chia seed eggs and be sure to use maple syrup.
Yes, while you can use an equal amount of plain regular yogurt or Greek yogurt instead of applesauce, be prepared for less sweet muffins. You can try to add a few more tablespoons of sweetener with hopes this won’t offset the batter consistency. I recommend to use applesauce though.
Yes, no need to thaw the frozen blueberries. If you are worried about them turning your batter blue, rinse them a few times under cold water, then gently pat dry. Fold them gently into your muffin batter and give a few stirs. Once you notice some blueberry streaks, stop stirring to prevent further bleeding.
More Blueberry Recipes You’ll Love
- Almond flour blueberry muffins
- Lemon blueberry muffins
- Healthy blueberry bread
- Healthy lemon blueberry bread
- Blueberry oatmeal crumble bars
- Healthy blueberry breakfast cake
- Healthy blueberry pancakes
- Gluten free blueberry pie
- Blueberry Greek yogurt scones
More Healthy Muffin Recipes
- Raspberry muffins
- Healthy strawberry muffins
- Almond muffins with berries
- Healthy morning glory muffins
- Blackberry muffins
Healthy Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup applesauce unsweetened
- 1/2 cup maple syrup or honey
- 1/3 cup avocado oil or coconut oil melted
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/3 cups spelt flour or whole wheat flour plus 1 tablespoon for dusting
- 1 1/2 cups blueberries fresh or frozen
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and line muffin tin with parchment paper muffin liners or use silicone muffin pan (I used both and didn't spray anything).
- In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, applesauce, maple syrup, oil, vanilla, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk well to combine, making sure baking powder and soda have dissolved. Add flour and stir gently to mix. Do not over mix.
- In a small bowl, toss blueberries with 1 tablespoon flour, add to the batter and give a few stirs.
- Using large ice cream scoop, fill 12 openings of a muffin pan with batter. Bake for 10 minutes, reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F, and bake for another 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and let muffins cool for at least 30 minutes before transferring onto a cooling rack to cool more or enjoy.
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Notes
- Store: Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place for up to 3 – 4 days.
- Freeze: Bake and cool muffins completely. Arrange in a single layer in a resealable plastic bag or any container with a lid. Freeze for up to 3 months.
- Do not overmix batter: Stir a few times, let batter sit and stir again. A few dry flour patches are fine.
Could I use banana instead of the applesauce?
I have never substituted the applesauce with banana, so I can’t say how that would work. I have tried yogurt before with success.
I made these. They are surprisingly very good. I used what I had here at home. So I may have changed some of the healthy Goodness of it.
I used Mrs butter worth lite syrup, my applesauce was classic with some sugar in it and the flour was regular white all purpose flour. Fresh blueberries.
After I had it in the oven I find the honey .
But considering no white sugar added these are pretty good.
Thank you ! I will have to try more of your recipes. I’m trying for my diabetic mother and a friend. For myself I need to get healthy as well.
Happy you enjoyed the muffins Rhonda.
I made the recipe as written, but mine were not fluffy. The consistency of the dough was like Play-Doh. Not sure if it was my wheat flour.
What wheat flour did you use? Any other changes? Possible you overmixed it and gluten developed and made dough rubbery and gooey.
I made these and they turned out great!! Definitely a must if you’re thinking about making these
Thanks so much for sharing your feedback Madison! So appreciated.
I just made these tasty muffins for my family, and I’m super happy that I made a double batch! Thank you so much for this recipe!
Yay! Great to hear this Kristie!
This recipe is delicious! I highly recommend baking them! They are light and fluffy. 2nd time I baked them, I made a double batch….yes, they are that good! And they are healthy! Can’t wait to try with other berries! So many possibilities!
I am delighted to hear this Maria! And yes, so many variations with other berries!
Thank for sharing your healthy recipes
Can I replace the eggs with another ingredient? These look delicious but I have egg allergy 😳
I think you can use flax eggs. Muffins’ colour will be slightly darker but oh well.
I made these gluten free (with King Arthur gluten free flour plus 1/2 tsp. of xanthum gum) and used maple syrup and coconut oil – and they are so delicious!
I was searching for a muffin recipe that didn’t use white sugar and these are perfectly sweet, the cinnamon is a nice touch, and they have a wonderful muffin flavor.
They are slightly dense, but it might have been my over mixing or simply the gluten free flour, but it doesn’t detract from the taste.
Thanks so much for this recipe!
Thanks for sharing Erica!
Hi Can I use white whole wheat flour?
I have not tried. It is not something widely available in Canada. I suspect you will need to make adjustments.
No you use it the same as regular whole wheat flour. Gives you a lighter more refined texture
Love all your baking ideas, my daughter has been making them and enjoying them for the past few months
Love hearing that your daughter is baking and loves my recipes!
Brilliant healthy muffin recipe! Texture and flavor is perfect.
I used Lactose free vanilla yogurt in place of applesauce, honey for my sweetener, coconut oil and unbleached AP flour…they turned out perfect!
I’m going to use maple syrup next time just to see if the flavor changes any….blueberries love maple!