My friends and family all know about my little baking addiction. This brought my cousin to my doorstep yesterday. She was gifting me a handful of over-ripe bananas thinking maybe I could make some banana bread. Which I almost did. But instead I was inspired to make these healthy banana-blueberry muffins.
With whole-wheat flour and old-fashioned whole-grain oats these muffins lean toward the “good for you” end of the baking spectrum. Eat one of these moist and flavorful gems and you’ll have no doubt that healthy baking can still be delicious! The blueberry and banana flavors really shine through here. I love the subtle sweetness combined with the fruit.
My family is enabling this baking addiction I have going, which is a good thing in my book. I will pay them in kind with these and other sweet treats.
Healthy Banana-Blueberry Muffins
Source: Adapted from Everyday Food, January 2008
1 cup whole-wheat flour
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup old-fashioned whole-grain oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light-brown sugar
2 large eggs
2-3 ripe bananas (3/4 cup)
1/3 cup 2% milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup frozen blueberries
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners. In a bowl, whisk together flours, oats, baking soda, and salt
In a large bowl, beat butter with sugars with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, mash bananas with a fork. Measure out 2/3 cup mashed bananas and place these in yet another bowl with the milk and vanilla.
With your mixer on low, alternately add flour mixture and banana mixture to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix just until combined. Fold in frozen blueberries.
Divide the batter among the muffin cups. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out clean, about 20-25 minutes, rotating your pan halfway through. Let cool slightly in the muffin pan and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Cloches & Lavender said:
Thye sound and look wonderful. I am going to have to try these. It is neat that you use friozen blueberries.
Cynthia
Baker on the Rise said:
It’s convenient as well because I always have frozen blueberries in my freezer. Enjoy!
Paula Kelly-Bourque (@VanillaBeanBake) said:
Wonderful looking muffins! Why haven’t I thought to add fruit to banana muffins before. Love the change up with the whole wheat flour and oats too.
Baker on the Rise said:
Lots of fruit and whole grain and my family LOVES them! I hope you enjoy them as well!
Liz said:
pretty!
Baker on the Rise said:
Thanks!
eatwithfatjoe said:
Anytime someone takes two of my faves and combines them……wowsers!!
Baker on the Rise said:
Good stuff.
Cameron {The Stimson Chronicles} said:
I always have frozen blueberries too! These look yummy, and I bet my 2 year old would eat them too :} Great post!
Baker on the Rise said:
My two year old thought these were awesome. He loved ’em!
Ice Beautiful said:
I like muffins! Anxious to try the recipe! I like the idea to use bananas as sweeteners. I do not like blueberries though. Do you think the other frozen berries like black currant or strawberries would work?
Baker on the Rise said:
You could try and see. Can’t say for sure as I have not baked frozen strawberries before.
Rock Salt said:
I’m a huge fan of banana muffins – I usually do a recipe hat has oat bran and pecans in it, and it takes about a minute to make. Maybe I exaggerate a little… 😉 Yours look delicious, with the oats and blueberries. Yum!
Baker on the Rise said:
I like your thinking with the pecans. I think some nuts would go well here too.
thelittleloaf said:
I love that you were brought bananas especially for baking! These muffins look gorgeous – love the use of wholewheat flour.
Baker on the Rise said:
I love it too 🙂 Thanks!
zestybeandog said:
Looks delish! I love a good whole wheat muffin recipe!
Baker on the Rise said:
Everything I make can’t have a pound of butter in it 🙂 These are good too!
The Modern Home Economist said:
Classic, simple and perfect!
Baker on the Rise said:
Thanks, I do think simple is sometimes the best.
Juliet said:
Oh, these look delicious! I’ve been experimenting with “healthier baking” lately and been pleasantly surprised to find some yummy recipes with reduced white flour and white sugar. Thanks for sharing! :0)
Baker on the Rise said:
You are very welcome 🙂 I am learning more and more about substituting whole wheat flour for some or all of the white flour in recipes.
yummychunklet said:
Yum! The muffins look delicious.
Baker on the Rise said:
They are 🙂 In my humble opinion that is!
Suzy said:
The picture is making me hungry! Am adding to my must-cook list. I wonder if we can get frozen blueberries in the UK? *heads to the supermarket after work*
Baker on the Rise said:
Are blueberries not common in the UK?
Suzy said:
Yes but generally pretty expensive (compared to Poland, where I used to live). The frozen idea is a good one, especially for keeping the kid’s fruit intake high.
tearoomdelights said:
I love the sound of these, healthy cakes are right up there at the top of my happiness list. Your photo is mouthwatering!
Baker on the Rise said:
Thanks! If I mix in these healthy recipes I don’t feel so guilty about the really indulgent ones.
tearoomdelights said:
My feelings exactly! 🙂
Erin's DC Kitchen said:
Thanks for liking my whoopie pie post 🙂 If you’ve got a handful of really ripe bananas and you are an oatmeal for breakfast fan, I have a tip. Mash and freeze the bananas, then scoop out 1/3 cup or so and heat in the microwave on HI for about 25 seconds, the bananas will melt and get gooey, then mix into oatmeal for a natural sweetener!
Baker on the Rise said:
Thanks for the tip. I love oatmeal!
Lucy said:
I love when baked goods have “healthy” in the title. It’s a welcome excuse to have two or three and from the looks of these muffins, that’s exactly what I’d be doing 🙂
eatwithfatjoe said:
Heatlthy eating…..can that be any fun???
signed one named Fat
Baker on the Rise said:
I ate two right away 🙂
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NickkiT said:
They look delicious!
Ashima said:
Healthy muffins! I have always made muffins with all purpose flour and since that’s not too healthy, I’m not regular with muffins.. but will definitely try these!
Thanks for sharing!
And thanks for visiting and liking my weekend kitchen! Hope some of the recipes find way into your kitchen too! 🙂
Cheers,
Ashima
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lissy tropea said:
will definitely be taking a look at these delicious recipes again, thanks for the like on my post!
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