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healthy whole wheat blueberry banana muffins

August 19, 2015 by Abby

Healthy whole wheat blueberry banana muffins are lightly sweetened and packed with moist bananas, sweet applesauce, and juicy blueberries.

Healthy whole wheat blueberry banana muffins are lightly sweetened and packed with moist bananas, sweet applesauce, and juicy blueberries.

Let’s be honest. A real blueberry muffin, the kind with white flour and tons of sugar, is nothing more than an unfrosted cupcake. Sure, we like to pretend that muffins are somehow healthier than cake or cookies, but in most cases, they aren’t.


Except for these. Healthy whole wheat blueberry banana muffins are sweetened mostly with bananas that, along with applesauce, keep the muffins moist in the absence of loads of oil or butter. Regular flour is nixed in favor of a heartier white whole wheat version, and each muffin is dotted with juicy blueberries for a pop of freshness.

These muffins are the best kind of healthy; the kind that doesn’t taste like you’re sacrificing anything.

Healthy whole wheat blueberry banana muffins are lightly sweetened and packed with moist bananas, sweet applesauce, and juicy blueberries.

healthy whole wheat blueberry banana muffins
adapted from a few short cuts

3 ripe bananas
1/2 cup sugar (I used raw cane sugar)
2 eggs
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup applesauce
1/2 tsp. cinnamon (or use cinnamon applesauce)
2 cups white whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups blueberries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mash bananas. Mix in sugar, eggs, butter, and applesauce until well incorporated. Add cinnamon, flour, baking soda, and salt and stir just until combined. Gently fold in blueberries.

Scoop batter into greased muffin tins and bake for 28-33 minutes. Remove muffins from tin and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.

How do you use up overripe bananas?

Looking for more healthy quick bread recipes? How about better-for-you triple chocolate banana bread? Or cinnamon roll bread?

Healthy whole wheat blueberry banana muffins are lightly sweetened and packed with moist bananas, sweet applesauce, and juicy blueberries.

Filed Under: breakfast, food, in the kitchen, recipes, snack, sweets — Tagged With: banana, blueberry, breakfast, healthy, muffins, recipe, recipes, snack

Comments

  1. Lisa Sharp says

    August 19, 2015 at 11:51 am

    These sound delicious! Thanks for sharing. I’m building up recipes for muffins to start making and freezing for quick breakfasts.

    • Abby says

      August 19, 2015 at 8:14 pm

      Thank you, Lisa! Freezing muffins is a brilliant idea! I love to freeze pre-sliced quick breads, too.

  2. Tianna says

    August 20, 2015 at 10:13 am

    yum! these sound delicious! pinned!

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    • Abby says

      August 20, 2015 at 7:45 pm

      Thank you, Tianna! Have a great weekend!

  3. Farrah says

    August 20, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    I haven’t made muffins in ages, but these sound amazing! <3

    • Abby says

      August 20, 2015 at 9:42 pm

      Thank you, Farrah!

  4. Angela @ Setting My Intention says

    August 21, 2015 at 11:44 am

    Totally making these with our 20 lb box of frozen blueberries from our local farmer!

    • Abby says

      August 21, 2015 at 4:15 pm

      Yay! I’m a little jealous of your blueberry haul, but mostly I’m just happy you get to make these. You should try my lemon blueberry pound cake, too.

  5. Audrey says

    August 25, 2015 at 6:35 pm

    You stuffed a whole lot of goodness in these muffins.

    Thanks for sharing on Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesdays link up. Hope to see you back next week.

    • Abby says

      August 25, 2015 at 10:00 pm

      Thank you, Audrey! Have a great week!

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