MUFFINS
HEALTHY BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
HEALTHY BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
This recipe for Healthy Blueberry Muffins are delicious and nutritious! The addition of oat bran flakes gives the muffins a bit more fiber without lacking taste.
Now that my son has started to eat “real solids” and not just baby food, I have been doing my best to feed him as healthy as possible. I refuse to buy pre packaged junk for him (if I do buy pre packaged I read ingredients so I know what I’m buying) so lately I have been experimenting with a lot of baking. I recently made him Healthy Toddler Muffins, it’s a recipe has been quite popular on The Bewitchin’ Kitchen and they’re delicious. It was a relief to find out that Carter liked them so I wanted to broaden my muffin skills and came up with a recipe for healthy blueberry muffins.
Blueberries seem to be on sale every week here on the North Coast here in British Columbia, not that I’m complaining. Anytime I can get fruit for as cheap as possible, I’m laughing. I picked up a few pounds of blueberries the other day and a couple of bananas and went to work. Most blueberry muffin recipes seem to be cake like: they contain a lot of oil, sugar and unnecessary junk. All the recipes I Googled made me cringe, even the “healthy” ones. I took some of the best, mashed them together and added a few of my own touches. I’m not saying this recipe is perfectly healthy, but it’s a start. Personally, I don’t want to feel guilty for having a muffin for breakfast. Muffins shouldn’t be a dessert, especially if they’re for breakfast or a snack for a toddler.
This recipe for blueberry muffins is picky eater approved and it packs added fiber to your diet too with oat bran! Healthy muffin recipes do exist!
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup oat bran flakes
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 bananas (mashed)
- 1/3 cup skim milk (or almond/coconut)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup blueberries
DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Whisk together the first five ingredients.
- In a larger mixing bowl (the one that you’re going be using for your stand mixer) combine the applesauce and sugar. You will then add your eggs in, one at a time.
- In a small bowl mashed your bananas and add the milk and vanilla.
- At this point, while your mixer is on, you will begin to add the dry ingredients and the banana mixture a little bit at a time (alternating). Combine and fold in berries.
- Spray muffin tin with nonstick butter flavored spray.
- Bake 18-20 minutes or until fork comes out clean.
Recipe Source:thebewitchinkitchen.com