Healthy Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins – Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free and Low-Fat!
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These skinny blueberry oatmeal muffins are like a miracle! Gluten-free, sugar-free and oil-free! Low in calories, high in flavor – this is going to be your new favorite healthy breakfast!
It’s like oatmeal in a muffin form, but better! Bursting with juicy blueberries, naturally sweetened with honey, these wholesome oatmeal muffins are so delicious and good for you!
If you are trying to lose weight, coming up with a healthy breakfast is the hardest! Anyone will get tired of eggs and yogurt day in and day out :) In the morning, when you crave something warm and baked, these healthy muffins will come to the rescue! Just make them ahead and warm one in a microwave for that freshly baked taste!
These amazing muffins are made with oatmeal, which is naturally gluten-free. In these muffins, half of the oats are ground in a food processor to turn them into oat flour, and the other half of the oats is added in their whole form. If you are on a super-strict gluten-free diet, get a certified gluten-free oats to be 100% safe.
All the ingredients in these healthy oat muffins are very common – oats, blueberries, eggs, milk, honey, applesauce, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Nothing weird :) A gluten-free muffin without unusual ingredients and strange chemicals is such a rare find! And these muffins really rise to be tall and beautiful!
These blueberry oat muffins are lightly sweetened with a 1/2 cup of honey. They don’t taste as sugary sweet as typical bakery muffins, but sweet enough for the wholesome natural flavor that is amazing paired with fresh juicy blueberries. You can taste the blueberries in each bite!
To cut the calories and fat, we use the apple sauce instead of oil or butter. These muffins are so moist, you won’t miss the fat! Each one of these blueberry oatmeal muffins only has 145 calories!
Because oatmeal is so filling, these muffins actually fill you up! For breakfast, I eat two of these muffins (that would be 290 calories total) and they keep me full until lunch! An of course, these muffins are awesome for a healthy snack!
You can freeze these oatmeal muffins in the individual ziploc bags, and thaw them on a counter overnight for breakfast. That’s a breakfast to look forward too! If you are looking for more baked oat goodies, check out my recipe for Amish Baked Oatmeal – mouthwatering!
Healthy Gluten-Free Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups quick oats divided
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup applesauce
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cup blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line the muffin tin with paper baking cups and spray them with cooking spray (the paper baking cups are a must, otherwise these muffins will stick).
- Put 1 1/2 cup of oats in a food processor and process for 2 minutes, or until they turn into a flour.
- Put eggs in a large bowl and whisk with a fork.
- Add the apple sauce, honey, milk and vanilla to the eggs and mix with a fork until well blended.
- Add the ground oats, the remaining 1 cup of whole oats, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix until well combined.
- Add the blueberries and mix until evenly distributed.
- Put the mixture in muffin cups (it's enough for 12 regular muffin cups, filled to the top).
- Optionally sprinkle the muffins with additional 1 tbsp of oats.
- Put the oatmeal muffins in the oven and bake for 25 minutes.
Melanie, the blueberry oatmeal muffins (I love muffins for breakfast) sound wonderful. Gonna try them right away. Keep the great recipes coming. Thanks.Clarice Griffith
These sound wonderful. You list the calories as 145 for each muffin. Would you know the carbohydrate count? Thank you.
28 g carb.
Wonderful muffins to reduce cholestrol. All natural ingredients.
Its an amazing recipe. So different! Could you please advise how much sugar and butter I can use in place of honey and applesauce for this recipe? Thank you
You can use 1 cup of melted butter or oil, and 1/2 to 1 cup of sugar (depending on how sweet you want them to be).
These look so good and easy!! ?Could I use bananas if I don’t have blueberries? Would that make the muffins too dense?
If you don’t have blueberries, just leave them out. Do not substitute bananas for blueberries – it won’t taste right. Instead of blueberries, you can use any other berries, raisins, nuts, chocolate chips or chopped apple.
You can even use bananas in place of applesauce. Great Recipe!
I’ve made these and they are wonderful. I am making them now 1/2 with blueberries and 1/2 with chocolate chips and Ive added a non-carb protein powder to increase the protein. Let’s hope they are just as good!
I️ make these often. They freeze great so, can be enjoyed over a couple of weeks. I add additional blueberries and can get 18 muffins. That is my only change and I enjoy them!
I do freeze them as they are moist muffin and will mold if not eaten in a few days
Unfortunately, I only had 2 cups of oatmeal left, so I used a half cup of flour. I also used frozen blueberries. I thought they turned out quite tasty. Thanks for sharing.
I have made these muffins before. Loved them. Should I refrigerate the muffins as they got soggy just setting out on my counter.
I just keep mine on the counter, but they are all gone after a couple of day at my house :) Yes, you can refrigerate them, or freeze them in individual ziploc bags.
OMG. These are the best GF muffins I have ever made!!!! Thank you sooo much for sharing!!!
Thanks for the recipe. I made them today with raisins in one batch and blueberries in another. So good and my husband loved them.
I love this recipe! I do not grind the oats which makes it more like a baked oatmeal recipe and, when I make it for my husband, I use chopped apples and cinnamon instead of blueberries.
Delicious and filling great way to start the day. Just froze a batch for later!
So easy to make and they taste amazing! Great for a gluten-free snack.