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    Hummusapien » Recipes » Breakfast » Fluffy Blueberry Orange Muffins

    ★★★★★ from 1 reviews

    Fluffy Blueberry Orange Muffins

    Published Jul 17, 2017 · Modified Feb 27, 2023 · by Alexis Joseph · 13 Comments

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    Tender, moist, and sweet, these lightly sweetened healthy Blueberry Orange Muffins are delicious for breakfast or as an afternoon pick-me-up! An easy, kid-friendly, vegan-friendly recipe.

    Tender, moist, and sweet, these lightly sweetened healthy Blueberry Orange Muffins are delicious for breakfast or as an afternoon pick-me-up! An easy, kid-friendly, vegan-friendly recipe.

    If you're anything like me, you're gonna slather these babies with salted buttah and a drizzle of honey the second it comes out of the oven and be all ohhh ahhhh I feel like I just had a baby but it's actually just blueberry orange bread that I love so dearly.

    Bread was the intent, but muffins were far more realistic. We're talking eighteen minutes versus like sixty plus, ya feel? But if you feel so inclined as to turn this into a loaf that you can slice into gorgeous thick pieces, feel free to use a loaf pan and bake it for about an hour. Send me selfies with it!!

    Tender, moist, and sweet, these lightly sweetened healthy Blueberry Orange Muffins are delicious for breakfast or as an afternoon pick-me-up! An easy, kid-friendly, vegan-friendly recipe.

    These muffins are straight up perfect. Fluffy and moist and tender and sweet like you stepped right out of muff heaven. I mean it when I say you just have to try one with butter or Earth Balance and honey. I've posted many a muffin recipe on this site but I gotta hand it to these...they're my all time favorite.

    Now there's a couple little tricks with this blueberry orange muffin recipe. First, tossing the bloobs in a bit of the flour mixture prevents them from sinking like sad little blue anchors in each muffin. Miraculous!

    Second, you want to use fresh oranges here. Normally I'd be all about ease but taking a minute to juice and zest the orange is where that divine citrusy flavor comes from. During the months of June to October when US citrus isn't in season, Summer Citrus of South Africa saves us with their sweet and seedless Easy Peelers, Cara-Cara oranges, Midknights, Star Ruby grapefruits, and Navel oranges.

    Tender, moist, and sweet, these lightly sweetened healthy Blueberry Orange Muffins are delicious for breakfast or as an afternoon pick-me-up! An easy, kid-friendly, vegan-friendly recipe.

    I used a portion of whole wheat flour and a portion of unbleached all purpose so these were light and fluffy as opposed to dense. I highly recommend! I also chose to do ½ cup of pure maple syrup in the first batch and they tasted more like a less sweet breakfast muffin.

    Still yummy, but likely not sweet enough for most taste buds. Feel free to use whatever suits you best. I thought the olive oil would add another layer of fruitiness and fanciness, but any oil will do.

    Tender, moist, and sweet, these lightly sweetened healthy Blueberry Orange Muffins are delicious for breakfast or as an afternoon pick-me-up! An easy, kid-friendly, vegan-friendly recipe.

    It never ceases to amaze me how delish blueberries are paired with just about anythingggg.

    Blueberry orange stir fry coming your way next week hayyyyy!

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    Fluffy Blueberry Orange Muffins

    ★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
    • Author: Alexis Joseph
    • Prep Time: 15 mins
    • Cook Time: 18 mins
    • Total Time: 33 mins
    • Yield: 15 muffins 1x
    • Category: Snack
    • Method: Oven
    • Cuisine: American
    • Diet: Vegan
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    Tender, moist, and sweet, these lightly sweetened healthy Blueberry Orange Muffins are delicious for breakfast or as an afternoon pick-me-up! An easy, kid-friendly, vegan-friendly recipe.


    Ingredients

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    • 2 large eggs*
    • 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
    • ¾ cup all purpose flour
    • 1 tbsp baking powder
    • ½ tsp salt
    • ½ cup + 2 tbsp pure maple syrup (use ¾ cup for sweeter muffin)
    • ½ cup vanilla yogurt of choice (use coconut or almond yogurt for dairy-free)
    • ¼ cup olive oil
    • ½ cup fresh orange juice (I used navel oranges)
    • 1 tbsp orange zest, packed (zest of 2 oranges)
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • 1 cup fresh blueberries

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 400F. Spray a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray. This recipe makes 15 muffins, so you can use two tins or bake extra of the batter in a small dish for a little breakfast bake!
    2. Place ground flax and water in a small bowl. Stir and set aside.
    3. Measure flour by spooning it into the measuring cup and leveling it off. Combine flours, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Place blueberries in another bowl and toss with 2 tbsp of the flour mixture to avoid sinking.
    4. In another mixing bowl, combine flax mixture, maple syrup, olive oil, yogurt, orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla. Fold wet mixture into dry mixture until just combined. Don't over-mix! Fold in blueberries.
    5. Spoon mixture ¾ way full into greased muffin tin. Bake for about 16-18 minutes or until a fork comes out clean. Cool for 20 minutes before carefully transferring muffins to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. I like serving mine with butter and a drizzle of honey!

    Notes

    VEGAN: Sub 2 flax eggs (2 tbsp ground flaxseed whisked with 6 tbsp warm water, set aside to gel for 5 min)

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    About Alexis Joseph

    Oh HEY there! I'm Alexis Joseph, food writer, blogger, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), new mama, and co-founder of local restaurant group, Alchemy. I use my passion for cooking and wellness as fuel to help others ignite a more freeing and happy relationship with food. Learn more about Alexis!

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    1. Barbara says

      February 27, 2023 at 2:56 pm

      I like to watch my calories and nutritional intake. I do not see a breakdown of the calories, protein, carbs, etc for this delicious blueberry orange muffin recipe…

      Reply
      • Alexis Joseph says

        February 27, 2023 at 4:40 pm

        Just added!

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    2. Alexis says

      August 10, 2021 at 10:58 am

      Awesome to hear, thanks Za!

      Reply
    3. Jemma says

      August 08, 2017 at 5:49 pm

      I just made these muffins yesterday and they did not disappoint! I was in a bit of a time crunch and wasn't able to juice my own oranges for this recipe, however, store bought juice worked wonderfully! Thank you for always providing the best--naturally sweetened--muffins evaaa!!

      Reply
    4. Liz says

      July 27, 2017 at 7:36 pm

      These sound delicious. Can I replace the fresh blueberries with frozen?

      Reply
    5. Laura says

      July 23, 2017 at 12:04 pm

      This is an amazing idea. I would never have come up with something as wonderful as this! As always, your photos are gorgeous!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    6. Emily says

      July 19, 2017 at 12:22 am

      SUPER DUPER FLUFFY!!! I love fluffy muffins, and I have to completely 1000% agree that 18 minutes for a muffin is so much more time effective, but some times I still find myself sliding a loaf of banana bread in the oven. 🙂

      Reply
    7. emily vardy says

      July 17, 2017 at 5:29 pm

      I have no time and no ingredients, but I gotta try these sometime soon, they look great!

      Reply
    8. Martha says

      July 17, 2017 at 9:47 am

      This looks amazing, but I'm impatient and don't have any oranges -- if I take the juice out, will I need to reduce the flour as well? Thanks for any suggestions, as well as for the recipe!

      Reply
    9. Carrie this fit chick says

      July 17, 2017 at 8:45 am

      never thought to toss bloobs in flour beforehand! Thats a good trick to know!

      Reply
    10. Juliette | Namastay Traveling says

      July 17, 2017 at 8:38 am

      Love this flavor combo! I love citrusy in the morning and never thought to try these two together! Yum!

      Reply
    11. Alexis says

      July 17, 2017 at 11:27 am

      Hey, Martha! I wouldn't take out the OJ or reduce the flour--you could use almond milk instead of OJ but the muffins won't be nearly as flavorful without the OJ and zest--I'd hold off until you have oranges 🙂 Worst case, use almond milk instead of OJ and add cinnamon or some other yummy spices!

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    12. Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says

      July 17, 2017 at 5:41 am

      The muffins look SO good. I love oranges and blueberries, and combining them together sounds like a great summer treat!

      Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
      https://charmainenyw.com

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