Last updated on October 27th, 2018 at 11:24 am
If you’re looking for a healthy breakfast on the go, try these flourless healthy blueberry muffins! If I can make them, anyone can.
Do you know why you almost never see a recipe of a baked dessert/breakfast here?
Because I am THE worst baker ever.
I’m not ashamed of that. Yes, this is a blog for recipes and nutrition and I just said I can’t bake. It’s a refreshing confession, not a totally sad statement.
Do I always fail? Well, I’d say my success rate at baking is around 30%.
And I’m lying a little.
Luckily, baking is not really something I need to be good at, if I want to stay healthy.
And that’s what I want.
In fact being the worst baker ever, has successfully protected me for years from that monster called refined sugar. Because once you taste that cake, it will be enough.
My number one tip for quitting sugar:
- be the worst baker ever.
Class dismissed.
All of my efforts to bake a cake or even cookies using sugar, butter and milk, have failed miserably.
Les miserables was written based on my baking efforts. Les miserables = my “pastries”.
You don’t need to pay me for the French lesson.
I remember one day I had, again, tried to bake something. My sister tasted it and asked me confused (more like horrified):
“What is this?”
“That’s a dry ball”, I answered, super proud that my “creation” kept its shape.
And that was the best description: It really was a dry ball and it tasted like one.
The worst part: there were still 20 more of them.
Why am I telling you this “encouraging” story, while showing you a picture of a blueberry breakfast muffin that doesn’t look that bad and has obviously been baked in an oven successfully?
I don’t know.
- Maybe because I wanna brag that this one is among the 30% that worked out? High five!
- Maybe, because I realized I can only bake healthier flourless things without refined sugar? (I feel like being a health snob makes me special)
- Or maybe, because if that worked for me, it will definitely work for you! If I can do it, you can do it! Now let’s braid each other’s hair and be best friends.
All of the three maybes above are true.
And these flourless oatmeal blueberry breakfast muffins are truly delightful.
When I made them the first time I was prepared for another disaster. Nothing new, I know the drill: I’ll go see that the inside of the muffin isn’t baked, I’ll eat 3 of those raw muffins, hoping to not get Salmonella poisoning and I’ll feed the rest of them to the ducks in the park.
That’s the routine.
But when I took these breakfast muffins out the oven and broke them apart, it was the happiest moment of my year!
Fluffy!!! I made a fluffy muffin, that rose to the sky! And that really smells and tastes like a blueberry muffin with vanilla.
Seriously, top 10 proudest moments of my life.
Even if I one day win a Grammy, Oscar or Nobel Prize, this will still be top 10. I still don’t know what they’d give me any of those awards for, but hey, if I can learn to bake like (insert the name of a famous baker you know here), then I will learn to act like the female Robert De Niro as well.
Things take time.
And these blueberry muffins take around 30 min to bake.
But! I have to warn you – they are not really sweet. They are more like breakfast muffins, really – somewhat sweet, but not too sweet.
Depends what you’re used to. I love them, because I am not used to muffins from cake shops, I am more used to natural foods. But if my mom tries them she’d say they’re not sweet enough.
These muffins are best when eaten fresh, after that they do get more solid – oats do that. This wasn’t really a problem for me – I had a breakfast and a muffin all in one, but it might not be everyone’s case.
Options
- I used butter here, because I don’t consider butter unhealthy, but feel free to substitute it with coconut oil, if you’re convinced that’s better.
- If you’re not feeling blueberries, these breakfast muffins work with chocolate chunks as well (tried it, and it worked again! I am in baking heaven).
- These muffins are not vegan, so if you’re vegan, try these oatcakes (they’re among the 30% of my successful baking efforts).
Best thing is, you can make 6 of these flourless oatmeal blueberry muffins and have them waiting for you at breakfast.
If you have more muffin cups, then double the recipe and make more to share with others. I hate sharing, because I’m selfish, so one batch is good for me.
It’s enough for around 3 days – I eat 2 muffins a day, because I’m a free spirit and don’t count calories.
Health benefits
Listen, I’m not gonna pretend that these blueberry oatmeal muffins are the healthiest thing on the planet. Nothing that’s baked is really healthy. But what are you going to do, when you crave a little muffin for breakfast? Deprive yourself until you go completely crazy and buy a totally crappy one, just this one time?
No. Better make these, they’re definitely healthier and are naturally:
- high-protein
- high-fiber
- low GI.
They’ll satisfy your cravings for something sweet and fluffy without the negative side effects.
Flourless breakfast blueberry muffins, that are good for you! Even if you suck at baking, you'll be able to make this fluffy delicious breakfast!
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups oats, ground to flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp butter /coconut oil
- 3 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp water
- 10 almonds
- ½ cup fresh blueberries
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl whisk eggs with butter, honey and water (or if you’re a little lazy, take a break and use your food processor), until smooth and no lumps. You can heat the butter a little to make it fluid, I didn’t do it though and it works like this as well.
- Add oats, baking soda and vanilla and whisk until smooth. Mixture should be thick (of course less thick than pizza dough).
- In the end add blueberries and almonds (whole or chopped, depending on whether or not you prefer bigger chunks or not, I used whole) and combine everything well (don’t use your food processor for this step! – you need the blueberries whole).
- Preheat oven.
- Fill 6 muffin cups (I used silicone cups) with the mixture to 2/3.
- Bake at 200°C/ 400 °F for around 30 min (but check at 15, 20, 25 min, if everything is going well, hello inner control freak!).
- Let cool off and eat then. Although I think I did eat one hot, don’t remember whether or not I burned my tongue, but it was really good.
Make these blueberry breakfast muffins and tell me how they make you feel – like a real baker, don’t they?
O M G so funny! Seriously- put whole almonds in the ‘ batter’ ? They soften up while baking? Can’t wait to try this, thank u! I’ll definitely read your site after laughing out loud with this recipe ….CDN fan
haha, glad you enjoyed the recipe 🙂 yes I did put whole almonds in the batter, they were quite crunchy after baking, even though they soften a little bit, but I liked that. Chopped would probably be better if you’re not feeling lazy 😉
So, if I just want to buy oat flour instead of grinding my oats into flour, how much oat flour does 1.5 cups of oats end up being? About a cup?
I think that should be right. To be sure, add water 1 tbsp at a time – after adding all the other liquid ingredients to the oats (honey, butter, eggs). The mix shouldn’t be too sticky or too liquid (oats absorb more water than flour). Hope this helps 🙂
Could I use almond flour instead of oat flour?
I haven’t tried almond flour, but it could work
Omg I made these. I used Splenda instead of honey and added some cranberries. So so delicious. I’m so happy to have a healthy alternative for breakfast or snack. Gonna experiment with other fruits.
So happy you enjoyed them!
Just made these- subbed a mushy banana for one of the eggs and used walnuts instead of almonds. Just ate one and all i kept saying was “WOW!” THESE ARE SO GOOD! Thank you for the recipe!!
These taste great, but I wish I would have baked them for way less time! I had them in for about 21 minutes but should have done 15.
Ignore my last comment- as a beginner baker, I just realized that I should have reduced the baking time since I live in Colorado! Just a reminder for all of you at high elevations- it really does affect baking! 😉
Thank you for sharing this Hannah, great tip! And I think I might have overdone with the baking time for this recipe – it’s strange. I’ve gotten a few comments already that these were ready in 15 minutes, maybe it’s my oven…
Hi! I just made these. I grinded the oats but didn’t come out too much like flour, so they taste good but next time i’m using real oat flour, and i’m adding more blueberries (just used two handfuls), and a bit less baking time. They were ready in 15 minutes but maybe a bit less would make them less dry. Thanks for the recipe!
I wasn’t having the best day, and your post made me laugh out loud! Looking forward to trying these. Thanks for one of the most entertaining recipe blog posts in a long time (and I read quite a lot of them)!
Glad my blog could help Chris, I have some good moments haha. Hope you’re having a better day today 🙂
These were great!! I used maple syrup instead of honey, and put them in a mini muffin tin. It made 16 mini muffins and they are super yummy. Will try using this as a base and adding some with spinach or some fresh cranberries instead of the blueberries to switch it up a bit too.
Thanks!
Happy you liked them, Maia!
Can you substitute with something else besides oats?
I don’t have flour either, if you’re asking
Also, not able to go to the shop at the moment so use something that there is at my house
Are the almonds optional becuz the person who i’m giving the muffins to don’t like almond