Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins Recipe

These Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins are chock full of juicy fresh blueberries. The homemade banana oatmeal muffins with blueberries are so moist and delicious!

The easy recipe makes moist healthy muffins loaded with fruit and oats, perfect for a grab and go breakfast or satisfying snack. A delicious alternative to banana bread.

Banana Oatmeal Muffins with Fresh Blueberries!

I finally got to use some berries in a recipe this morning.  Of course, it required baking as soon as I got up, since my daughter would have scoffed them down otherwise (yes, I saved her some of the blueberries).  To her cooking fruit is a heinous act... unless is is in something like this blueberry oatmeal muffin recipe.

The rare availability of blueberries to bake with teamed with the lovely scent of some very ripe bananas inspired me to whip up this batch of banana blueberry oat muffins.  Being mindful of keeping them healthy, I used oatmeal as a base. Since I had ripe bananas on hand, I was able to use a bit less sugar than usual due to the sweetness they added.

If you are a fan of oatmeal muffins, be sure to try my Apple Oatmeal Muffins and Sweet Potato Oatmeal Muffins too!

As you can see I went a teeny bit overboard on the blueberries in this recipe.  They are delicious and bursting with berries, which is not a bad thing in my book, but if you want to hold these over a couple days, use 1 cup rather than 1 ½ of blueberries.  These moist little devils will probably be gobbled up quick though.

Slather some butter on these muffins or enjoy just as they are.

Update: The banana blueberry oatmeal muffins were just fine the next day, so if you want to load them up with juicy blueberries like I did, go for it.

How to Make Banana Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins

Let's make a batch of these yummy blueberry banana muffins. Print recipe card below.

The recipe makes a dozen muffins.

What you will need to make the banana blueberry muffin recipe:

• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• ½ cup all purpose flour or whole wheat flour (plus about a tablespoon to flour blueberries)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon Kosher salt or Sea salt
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoon oil or melted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup evaporated fat free milk (swap whole milk or half and half if you prefer)
• ½ cup light brown sugar
• 2 very ripe bananas mashed (mine were just under a cup once mashed)
• 1 ½ cups fresh blue berries (reduce to 1 cup, if holding more than a day)

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Insert liners in muffin tin or coat the interior of the cups with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Flour the blueberries, by tossing in a small handful of flour and tossing them about in it. Set aside.
3. Put the oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a food processor and pulse until most of the oats are broken down. (no worries, if all the oats don't grind)
4. Add the egg, oil, vanilla, milk, brown sugar and mashed banana, mix well.
5. Drop in the floured blueberries and gently stir into the batter to evenly distribute. Avoid adding in stray flour in the bowl as it will dry out the batter.
6. Pour into prepared muffin cups and bake for 22-26 minutes. Remove from oven when a pick pulls clean of batter.

 To make this recipe gluten free, you will need to use  gluten free flour in place of all purpose.

Storing

Seal the cooled blueberry banana oatmeal muffins in an airtight container lined with paper towel or wrap individually with plastic wrap to take in lunches. Don't leave these muffins out at room temperature more than a day due to the high moisture content. They will last 3-4 days in the fridge.

For longer storage freeze banana blueberry muffins, they will last in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Blueberry Recipes

More delicious blueberry recipes you will love!

• For another blueberry muffins option, check out my Healthy Blueberry Muffin Recipe.
• Blueberry Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies are somewhat similar to these muffins, but even more portable.
• Lemon Cake Roll with Blueberries makes a lovely dessert to finish any meal.
• For a hearty sit down breakfast make these delicious Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes!