Can you believe we’re already half way through February – National Heart Healthy Month!?! I love experimenting with new recipes, especially those that include gluten free heart healthy foods. Finding recipes that fit our gluten free needs as well as our on-the-go lifestyle is always hard and this recipe is a perfect fit!
Enjoy these yummy muffins as part of a high carb snack or breakfast. It?s also an easy way to get your kids to eat something made with 3 heart healthy foods that tastes great! The whole family will love these!
HEART-y Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins
Makes 12
? 2 1/2 cups gluten free, old-fashioned rolled oats*
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
? 1/4 cup chopped almonds
1/4 cup natural applesauce
2 cups unsweetened almond milk
1 egg
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
? 2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen (Would be yummy with apples, pears, or berries too!)**
1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Place liners in muffin tins.2. Combine oats, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, almonds and blueberries in a bowl.
3. Whisk together applesauce, almond milk, egg, and maple syrup in a small bowl. Pour into dry ingredients. (NOTE: the ?batter? will almost seem soupy. There is no flour to absorb the liquid. Don?t panic, the oats will soak it all up while it?s baking.)
4. Fill lined muffin tins 2/3 full with batter.
5. Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until muffins are golden brown on top.
6. Allow to cool a bit before serving. You can store these in the fridge in an air tight container. To freeze, allow muffins to cool completely then store in air tight container in the freezer.
Enjoy!
Nutritional information: Each muffin has approximately 138.3 calories, 4.3 g protein, 22.6 g carbohydrates, 3.4 g fiber, and 3.6 g fat.
*Non-gluten free oats can be used if available and you’re not avoiding gluten for health reasons.
**The fruit will naturally sweeten the muffins. If you find you want them sweeter, try adding up to 1-2 tablespoons stevia but we enjoy them with just the fruit.
40 Responses
Just made these and they are amazing!!! I added chia seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seed meal, pureed fresh apple (instead of apple sauce), and extra nuts. Can’t wait to make them again.
Heidi here is another fun and healthy way to get this same great taste to go! Wonderful blueberry smoothie!
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These look fantastic! Can anyone tell me if using soy milk instead of almond milk will work? Will the muffins still bake up firmly without the almonds? Unfortunately I am cursed with tree nut allergies. 🙁
Just wondering what the macros are for the blueberry/oatmeal muffins ???? Thanks 🙂
This info has just been added to the post. Thank you for letting us know it was missing! 🙂
I put one cup of the oatmeal into my vitamix and turn it into flour then I use a big baking dish instead of muffin tins. My family loves this recipe I just made it with bananas the kids are attempting to be patient while we let it cool. Thanks for a great recipe!
These look yummy! Do you have to nutrition facts for these? Thanks!
Heidi I made your muffins today and they stuck to the paper liners. Your recipe didn’t say to spray the liners. Do they normally stick or should I have baked them longer. I let mine cook the full 30 minutes and since there was no flour I had no way of telling if they were done. Any tips? Your recipe also doesn’t state how many muffins and I got 17 muffins filling the liners 2/3 full which made them around 85 calories each. Is this correct? Thank you for posting all your great recipes. I am following Chris’s carb cycling and have lost 9 lbs. so far. Very easy to follow but I am always looking for new recipes to keep it from being boring.
Hi Heidi xx Firstly congratulations!!! What a beautiful addition you have x I’m starting the Turbo cycle and balk at the thought of anything non breakfast for breakfast ie veggies!!! I’m planning on oatmeal or porridge as we call it in the uk and wonder if I could use one of these for my breakfast on either days? Xxx
How would I incorporate these into a high carb snack or breakfast? How many muffins could I have and what else would I need to eat?
What’s the calorie count of the blueberry oatmeal muffin