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Blueberry muffins made healthier

Our healthy blueberry muffin recipe has less sugar but double the fibre of your basic muffin recipe.

  • Hands-on time: 10 mins
  • Time to make: 35 mins
  • Serving: 12 people
Ratings: 3.8
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 medium eggs
  • 250ml jar apple sauce
  • 5 tablespoons light olive oil
  • 1 cup skim milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or paste
  • 1½ cups wholemeal flour
  • ¾ cup plain flour
  • 3½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ cup castor sugar
  • 1¼ cups blueberries, thawed if frozen
  • 1 teaspoons icing sugar, sifted, to dust
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/gas 5 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper muffin cases.

    2 In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs, apple sauce, olive oil, trim milk and vanilla extract or paste.

    3 Sift the flours, baking powder and sugar into a large bowl and pour in the egg mixture. Add two-thirds of the blueberries and mix until just combined.

    4 Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases and scatter with the remaining blueberries. Bake for 20–25 min, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.

    Serving suggestion

    Once cool, dust with icing sugar before serving.

    3 comments on Blueberry muffins made healthier

    1. 25328424 January 31, 2022 at 10:01 am #

      sweetened or unsweetened apple sauce?

      • Jen deMontalk February 11, 2022 at 11:13 am #

        Hi there
        Thanks for your question. We always use unsweetened apple sauce or puree in our recipes.

        Warm regards
        Jenny, HFG editor

    2. [email protected] August 1, 2024 at 1:09 pm #

      Great recipe!

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