These Healthy Banana Blueberry Muffins are so easy to make. They’re lower in sugar, and they use a combination of whole wheat flour and all purpose flour.
It’s a tough call to refer to something as “healthy” these days. I suppose “healthier” is a more accurate term. I love a good muffin that isn’t as much like cake. And one that has plenty of fresh fruit in it (like this one) is welcome too.
Ingredients Needed:
- low fat milk
- light brown sugar
- unsweetened applesauce
- eggs
- ripe banana
- white whole wheat flour
- all purpose flour
- baking powder, baking soda and salt
- ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg
- blueberries
Here’s my little guy, and he is not so little anymore. He was just eleven years old when he created this recipe back in 2013). Now he’s out of college, living and working in Dallas, Texas. Crazy!
How to make Healthy Banana Blueberry Muffins:
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
- Preheat the oven to 400℉. Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with nonstick spray. You’ll have some extra batter though, so you can spray a second pan (3 or 4 cups) with nonstick spray, or make a few mini muffins instead.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, sugar, applesauce, eggs and bananas. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and carefully stir with a rubber spatula until all is just about combined. Carefully stir in 1 cup blueberries.
- Use an ice cream scoop or ⅓ cup measuring cup to portion the batter into the muffin cups. Sprinkle the tops of the batter with the remaining blueberries.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool for a bit, and then eat!
Recipe Tips:
- Try adding another fruit in place of the blueberries. Try raspberries, chopped apple or even chunks of banana!
- It’s okay to use all purpose flour for the whole recipe instead of part whole wheat flour.
What I Love About This Recipe:
- I love a healthy muffin for breakfast!
- It’s easy to change out the fruit to make different kinds of muffins.
- I have fun memories of my son creating this one!
Favorite Muffin Recipes:
Healthy Banana Blueberry Muffins
Awesome, healthy muffin to have around for breakfast!
Ingredients
- ¾ cup low fat buttermilk (I used nonfat milk + 2 teaspoons lemon juice)
- ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 3 medium)
- 1¼ cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1¼ cups blueberries (I use fresh)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400℉. Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with nonstick spray. You'll have some extra batter though, so you can spray a second pan (3 or 4 cups) with nonstick spray, or make a few mini muffins instead.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, sugar, applesauce, eggs and bananas. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and carefully stir with a rubber spatula until all is just about combined. Carefully stir in 1 cup blueberries.
- Use an ice cream scoop or ⅓ cup measuring cup to portion the batter into the muffin cups. Sprinkle the tops of the batter with the remaining blueberries.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool for a bit, and then eat!
Notes
- These freeze well too!
Nutrition
Serving: 1muffinCalories: 142kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 4gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 187mgPotassium: 129mgFiber: 2gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 59IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 61mgIron: 1mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Lori
Friday 20th of January 2023
I made these today and they are phenomenal. Really. We are making a shift to only real food ( zero or no preservatives and additives, whole foods as much as possible) These muffins taste so clean tasting and delicious. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us!!! I cooked an apple on the microwave because I didn't have applesauce and the sub worked perfectly fine.
Becky
Thursday 17th of July 2014
I didn't have applesauce so I replaced it with extra banana, not realizing there was no oil. The muffins stuck so bad to the paper liners. Whoops! They still taste yummy--next time hopefully I will have applesauce on hand!
Tasha
Saturday 5th of April 2014
My five year old and I loved these out of the oven and I don't even like blueberries that much! :) She ate two! I put a link up to this page on my Instagram. :)
MichelleD
Sunday 9th of March 2014
My family couldn't get enough of these muffins. I also added 2T ground flax seed. Nobody would guess they are healthy:)
Lauren
Sunday 26th of January 2014
Excellent recipe, these were delicious! :)