These ridiculously soft and tender blueberry oat Greek yogurt muffins are made with NO butter or oil! Naturally sweetened and bursting with blueberry flavour in eat bite, they make for a healthy and delicious breakfast or snack.
They’re so fluffy I could DIE! The muffins, that is.
Bonus points if you get the reference. Bonus points and a blueberry oat Greek yogurt muffin! Heck, have two – it’s Friday and I’m feeling extra generous.
Actually, I’d be super grateful if you could take them all off my hands. Yup, all. Not because I don’t like them (they’re really good!), but because I’m kind of up to my eyeballs in muffins at the moment. I’ll reveal the “why?” soon, but until then, let’s just say I feel like the gang from Seinfeld in “The Muffin Tops” episode.
Remember that one? Where Elaine’s former boss starts up a muffin business that only sells muffin tops and they can’t figure out how to get rid of all the stumps? Yep. That’s currently me. Only my muffins come with the tops still attached, which I guess makes them slightly more pawnable …
Either way, I loved that show; and I wish we could chat about it some more, but muffins are what’s on the agenda today.
Recipe posts are funny things. On the one hand, I feel like I should talk about the details of the actual recipe since I figure people probably want to know a little bit about what they’re making, but on the other hand, I want to talk about pretty much everything but the actual recipe.
I’d rather talk about how much I loved watching Seinfeld in the 90’s than tell you how soft and flavourful these muffins are; and I’d prefer it if we could chat about how Tom’s Restaurant is on my list of places to visit when I go to NYC instead of how these muffins are butter/oil-free and naturally sweetened.
See what I did just there? ?
In all seriousness, though, recipe posts are a tough ball to juggle (at least for me) because while I know that tossing those keywords in there is important for SEO and what not, that doesn’t change the fact that it makes me feel like a late night infomercial. And not the kind that you watch with loving disdain.
I think the best piece of blog writing advice I ever came across was to write as if you were chatting to a good friend. Would I talk about the texture and ingredients of a blueberry muffin? Maybe in passing, but mostly we’d just talk about life and whatever was going on at that time.
So I might try doing more of that going forward. What’s say we just sit down and shoot the sh*t… with a plate of blueberry oat Greek yogurt muffins that have the delicious taste of blueberries and vanilla in every bite ?
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Blueberry Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 12 muffins 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup (120 g) all-purpose flour*
- 1 cup (80 g) old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup (225 g) plain Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup (80 g) honey
- 2 Tbsp (24 g) coconut palm sugar
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) unsweetened almond milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup (140 g) blueberries, frozen or fresh
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F (176C) and prepare a muffin pan by spraying the cavities with cooking spray or greasing them with oil. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, lightly beat the egg just to break it up. Whisk in the yogurt, honey, sugar, almond milk, and vanilla, mixing until well combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing gently until just combined. Toss the blueberries in 1 Tbsp (7.5 g) of flour to prevent them from bleeding or sinking to the bottom of the muffins, and fold them into the batter.
- Divide the batter evenly among the 12 muffin cups, filling almost to the top. Add a sprinkle of coconut sugar, if desired.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until the tops of the muffins are firm to the touch and toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Allow the muffins to cool in the pan for ~5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.
Notes
* You can also use a mix of plain and whole wheat OR sub with oat flour, but the texture will be slightly more dense and moist.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
Looking for more Greek yogurt muffin recipes? Try one of these!
Banana Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins
Apple Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins
Double Chocolate Greek Yogurt Muffins
Chocolate Cherry Greek Yogurt Muffins
Zucchini Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins
I want to bake these muffins today. I want to substitute the all-purpose flour for GF flour. Do you think the muffins will be dense texture? This is my first time baking with GF flour.
Sorry Mo, but it’s so hard to tell because it really depends on what kind of mix your GF flour is made up of 😕 And if your mix doesn’t have any xanthan gum, you might want to add a 3/4 tsp. of that to help the texture.
look so delicious, i like blueberry muffins with yogurt ,it one of my favorite i like
I picked up some Greek yogurt on Monday so I can make these later this week! Can’t wait! They look so yummy and I love that there isn’t a mountain of sugar in them.
That’s one of my favourite things about them as well! I hope you like them, Alaina 🙂
Do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man? Do you know the muffin man? He lives on Drury Lane.
I can safely say I do.
He sounds familiar… he was in one of the Shrek movies, right? 😛
I’ve honestly never watched Seinfeld before! If we’re talking about 90s shows, Friends was always my favourite. I still love just turning on random episodes whenever I’m just hanging out at home.
Confession: I was actually never that big on Friends. I’d watch it occasionally if I came across it, but it was never something I tuned into regularly. I know. I wonder if I’d like it more if I started watching it again now…
OMG these look amazing! totally gunna try them 🙂
I hope you like them, Diana!
I’ve always liked Sienfeld when I watched it but was never a hardcore fan. I think I jut love 90s sitcoms. Everybody Loves Raymond, Home Improvement, Friends. They’re all perfect. My favorite fruit to put in muffins is actually lemon. I love lemon poppyseed muffins especially if they have a glaze on them.
These look great Amanda! I would rather shoot the sh*t and eat muffins rather than watch the muffins and talk about them (my belly doesn’t like that)
You literally just named off so many of my favourite shows! I’m not crazy about TV now, but the 90’s were totally my jam.
Yum! So delicious looking! 🙂 Is that reference from Despicable Me? I cant remember!
Woohoo! You got it 😀 It’s the part with Agnes and her stuffed unicorn.
No such thing as too many muffins! That’s what the freezer is for!
I do love the way you think, Joyce! 😉
I dint lime recipe posts that just talk about the recipe I like the random stuff then oh by the way I have this delicious recipe to try…which by the way this looks delicious and I’m probably the only one bit what is coconut palm sugar? I can’t wait to try these I love blueberry muffins!
Thanks for your input, Rachael! Coconut Palm Sugar is made from the sap of coconut palm flowers instead of sugar cane, and it has a slightly lower value on the glycemic index. It’s also got a slightly richer flavour than regular sugar does.
Is it the same as coconut sugar? And how do you sub the flour for coconut flour? I tried, but failed. These look yummy, but want to stay away from regular flour and use the coconut flour instead.
OMG Yum! These look so good.
Thanks, Sarah! I may be a little biased, but I think they taste pretty darn good 😉
Hehe I got the fluffy reference. A warm blueberry muffin sounds so good right now. We’ve got snow everywhere, which you KNOW I hate, so I’m bundling and hibernating until it goes away.
At least it makes things nice and cozy? I hope you’re not getting snowed on TOO hard, Kelly!
I’m obsessed with blueberries and always looking to integrate them into any and every thing, so I will have to add this recipe to the arsenal.
They’re the perfect little fruit, aren’t they? And packed with some stellar antioxidants too 😉
So you want my address then, right? So that you can ship some of these to my doorway? Though the gluten thing is an issue. Crap. Well, I can guarantee you my hubby would love these! Definietly going to have to rework these with some gluten-free flour because wowza. I actually havent made muffins since going gluten-free…..definietly need to amend that!
I just realized that I don’t have the address of your new place! Gonna have to change that for all future gift/card giving purposes 😛 And I’m pretty sure you could swap the AP for some GF AP flour with no problem. I have some on hand and was going to use it, but I like to add a bit of xanthan gum to GF baking and I didn’t have any on hand 😕
Yessss I love blueberry muffins. These look awesome!
Thanks Erin! They’re one of my favourite too.
I can’t tell you enough how much I hate the show Seinfeld. I here their voices and my body just cringes!
Aww sad faces! Thankfully there were plenty of other awesome shows to enjoy in the 90’s 😀
I happen to have all the ingredients at home and a snow storm to cook for. Perfect recipe timing!
Woohoo! Hope you like them, Gianna! And hope the snow doesn’t get too crazy for you this weekend!
Bananas and apples are definitely my favorite fruit in muffins, but blueberries are always good too ?
I’m pretty sure that bananas give -every- other fruit a run for it’s money. Those things are gold.
Love! Especially reading this post over a bowl of blueberry oats (plus the whole kitchen ’cause there’s no such thing as too many oat toppings). Will have to try these out!!
SO true about the oat toppings! I’m pretty sure that’s the only reason I manage to eat oats almost every morning without getting sick of them.
Oh girl I know what I’m baking this weekend to stay warm during the snow!!
Yay! Hope it doesn’t get -too- crazy for you this weekend!
I’d be more than happy to help take some of these beautiful muffins off of you hands! They look PERFECT. Now I’m all curious as to why you’ve got a muffin overload, hmmm…
I hear you about the SEO writing too. I’m horrible at it and when I try it just feels wrong so I try to write as naturally as possible…without offending anyone, of course. I have to filter the sarcasm…and the profanity…and the bitchiness. Ha!
Haha! I’m glad I’m not the only one who needs to turn the filter on! Otherwise I’d literally be Thug Kitchen-ing it up 😆
Amanda these look amazing and I’ll happily take all the muffins you have off your hands. I love muffins, and have lots of ladies to share with! I have a feeling I’m soon going to be that trainer that pawns off food to her clients (it’s healthy!!!) Love all the blueberries here!!
Definitely nothing wrong with that! I’m always sharing food with my clients, and I find that they really appreciate it — especially if they’re just starting out on their health journey!
I LOVE reading your posts (even the recipe ones)! Though I know what you mean about the infomercial (and with some blogs, it *can* get a little annoying), your blog is one of the few where I don’t notice that you’re talking up the recipe because you are pumped about it and you always get me all excited too! But I’m always up for more chats. <- my favorite! ? Really, no matter what, you and Spoons will always be one of my favorites. ❤️
Big cheesy smile on my face! Thanks so much, Hannah! Your comments are always some of my favourite to read <3
As Lorelai Gilmore would say, make muffin bottom pie!
😆 I can’t believe I never heard that one and/or don’t remember it! Gilmore Girls was such a good show.
Yes – I will gladly take ALL these mounds of blueberry deliciousness off your hands – No you don’t have to even thank me – am that good a blend! 😉
Seriously – these look amazing! I could easily replace that AP flour with some GF AP flour and they’d be a hit at my house!
BTW – Personally, I simply adore when you share personal stuff – the recipe at the end is enough – but the personal nitty gritty is what I read the most – cos am nosy! And a good blend! Hope you have a wonderful weekend Amanda!
Thank you, Shashi! I’m with you on the more personal stuff. It feels a lot more natural to write than trying to force out recipe details. Hope you’re enjoying your Saturday!
I like that you don’t just talk about the recipe in your recipe posts! I tend to skip those ones from bloggers and only look if I am actually making the recipe…so I like when they are more of a normal post with a recipe included 🙂 These look delicious. Blueberry muffins hold a special place in my heart since I was a little kiddo.
Thanks for your input, Hayley! I tend to gloss over those technical posts as well. Chocolate chip muffins were my childhood favourite, but I do remember eating my body weight in blueberries sprinkled with sugar.
I grew up watching Friends and Seinfeld reruns and LOVE them both. Seinfeld references are a very common occurrence in my family! These muffins look amazingly fluffy (love the Despicable Me reference ?) and texture-packed. I enjoy pretty much any fruit in muffins, but I especially like berries because they “explode” when you bite into them and that’s kind of awesome.
Haha! So true. UNLESS you bite into them right when they come out of the oven — then it’s like biting into a mini lava pit 😯
Love finding Seinfeld reruns on tv!! Ranks up there with Friends. 🙂
Confession: I never really got into friends. I’d watch it on occasion, but it was never one of those shows that I’d tune into regularly. Maybe I need to try it again and see if I get hooked this time around.
I love that Seinfeld episode too, so funny! I love blueberry muffins and I also love putting every berry in too. These muffins look delish as always 🙂
Thanks Rachel 😀
I do enjoy blueberries a lot. They are grown in NJ so we are pretty lucky to have access to fresh ones!
Oh that’s gorgeous! We don’t get many local ones here, but they come from the next province over so I guess it’s not -that- bad.
Blueberries are grown all over the county not just in one state.
I saw these on instagram last night and they look to die for! I’m so happy that blueberries are back, they are my all time favorite. Thanks for another great muffin recipe my family loves them!
They’re my all-time favourite berry as well! Now if only summer would hurry up and come so that I can eat my body weight in fresh ones daily.
Also a huge Seinfeld fan and I used to pass Tom’s Restaurant every morning when I went to Columbia – nothing particularly exciting but still fun for fans 🙂 I’m the same with recipe posts and they always feel a bit awkward to write!
Glad I’m not alone with that one!
These look delicious and healthy!!
Thank you, Heather!
My husband is a diabetic can I substitute “SUGAR FREE” Honey without changing the taste or outcome of these delicious looking muffins?
I just made these muffins and they are tasty but not quite sweet enough. I think a little more honey would help but the moisture and texture are great❣
I made these and messed up a little bit (pregnancy brain!) and forgot the vanilla.. I also did not have unsweetened almond milk so I used sweetened almond milk and forgot the added sugar… and subbed maple syrup for honey.
These are hands down the best breakfast muffins I have ever made! So light, fluffy, and bursting with fresh fruit flavour! Love them so much.
I added 1/4 cup molasses; 1/2 cup wheat germ, additonal egg, 1/2 cup chopped walm nuts to beef up the protein and iron.