These Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins are chock full of juicy fresh blueberries. The homemade banana oatmeal muffins with blueberries are so moist and delicious!
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 a batch of blueberry 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.
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.
Blueberries tossed in flour are less likely to sink to the bottom of your blueberry muffins.
Update: The blueberry oatmeal muffins were just fine the next day, so if you want to load them up with the blueberries like I did, go for it.
How to Make Banana Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins
Let's make a batch of these yummy muffins. Print recipe card below.
What you will need:
- 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
- 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:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Flour the blueberries, by tossing in a small handful of flour and tossing them about in it. Set aside.
- Put the dry oatmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt in a food processor and pulse until most of the oats are broken down, almost to flour. (no worries, if all the oats don't grind)
- Add the egg, oil, vanilla, milk, brown sugar & banana, mix well.
- Drop in the floured blueberries and gently fold in to evenly distribute. Avoid adding in stray flour in the bowl.
- Pour into muffin cups and bake for 22-26 minutes (until pick pulls clean... well, other than blueberry).
To make this recipe gluten free, you will need to use gluten free flour in place of all purpose.
Blueberry Recipes
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Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffin Recipe
Equipment
- muffin pan or silicone baking cups
Ingredients
- 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
- 1 egg
- 2 tbs oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup evaporated fat free milk
- 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)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Flour the blueberries, by tossing in a small handful of flour and tossing them about in it. Set aside.
- Put the dry oatmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt in a food processor and pulse until most of the oats are broken down, almost to flour. (no worries, if all the oats don't grind)
- Add the egg, oil, vanilla, milk, brown sugar & banana, mix well.
- Drop in the floured blueberries and gently fold in to evenly distribute. Avoid adding in stray flour in the bowl.
- Pour into muffin cups and bake for 22-26 minutes (until pick pulls clean).
Jenn says
What a yummy way to start the day!
Robin Gagnon says
Ate one again for breakfast this morning 🙂
Amber K says
This is screaming to get in my belly! Thanks for sharing this recipe I can't wait to make it.
Liz says
Anything with oats inside is an automatic yes to me, for some reason. These look fantastic!
Donna says
I want to come to your house, Robin! I'd love to let you cook for me. 🙂
HilLesha says
I haven't had a blueberry muffin for a good while now. This shall change! 🙂
Tiff @ Babes and Kids says
It's not possible to go overboard with blueberries, is it? I love blueberries and these look super delicious. I love your muffin cups too, where did you get them at?
Shell Feis says
I'm a sucker for a good muffin! I love your muffin cups!
Jennifer says
These look amazing, I need to try this recipe.
Angela S says
Oh, these look so yummy and those liners are cute.
Colleen says
Oh yum, they are filled with blueberries, and I love the little pink holders they are in.
Tammy says
Whoa that is a lot of berries - looks delicious! We're not big muffin eaters around here, but these I think my family would totally go for 🙂
Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy.com says
Those look delicious. I love all the blueberries you put in them.
Tricia @ Night owl mama says
these look delicious My youngest loves blueberries
Viviana says
these look great! I'm going to make them tonight but the directions after #2 are cut off...can you let me know how long to bake these for?
Robin Gagnon says
Thanks for pointing that out Viviana. Information has been replaced.
Bonnie says
A healthy modification for us sugar free Queen’s!
They came out sooo delicious and moist.
Thank you for this page!