These oatmeal vegan blueberry muffins are easy to make and are the perfect on the go snack. They’re made with simple every day ingredients and come together in under 30 minutes!
I am on a seriouuuuus muffin kick these days. It’s fine because these vegan blueberry muffins are kind of like my blueberry baked oatmeal in muffin form, but also not fine because muffins are kind of like cupcakes but without the frosting so…
Honestly though I can’t really complain because these are melt in your mouth moist fluffy delicious muffins. They’re perfectly sweet, filled with juicy blueberries, and not only really moist when they come out of the muffin, but still moist several days later!
These vegan muffins are easy to make, kid approved, and perfect for breakfast, snack or dessert. I may or may not eat like three of these a day so I think that’s a pretty good indication of how good they are!
How to make this recipe
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. The higher initial temperature will help the muffins rise properly without drying them out. This is something I only started doing recently and the muffins always turn out with nice round tops.
To make these vegan, we’ll be using a flax egg. Whisk together the 1 tbsp ground flax seeds plus 2.5 tbsp of water in a small bowl and set aside. If you are not vegan, just sub for a real egg, this recipe works really well either way!
In a large bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients including the flax egg once thickened. In a separate bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients aside from the blueberries.
Combine the wet with the dry and mix together with a wooden spoon until a batter forms. It should be on the thicker side. Fold in the blueberries and mix until evenly incorporated.
Use a medium cookie scoop, spoon, or 2 tbsp and add the batter to a lined muffin tray. You want to fill them up nearly all the way. I fill them about ¾ of the way and then use any extra batter in ones that aren’t as full.
Top with additional blueberries and a sprinkle of sugar if desired.
Bake at 425 for 2 minutes, lower the oven to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 18-22 minutes. The tops should be slightly golden brown and a toothpick should come out clean when they are done. It’s ok if there are a few crumbs on the toothpick, as long as it’s not really wet.
Remove from the oven and let cool as is for about 10 minutes, then remove from the muffin tray to finish cooling.
The best type of oats
You can use quick cooking or regular rolled oats for this recipe, but I prefer the texture with quick oats. Rolled oats will give a more grainy texture whereas quick oats will be soft.
You can also use half and half if you want some texture but not a whole lot of graininess! If you don’t have quick oats, just pulse the rolled oats in a blender or food processor until broken up slightly.
As far as flour goes, I used the Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour for this recipe, which is my go to for all gluten free baking. You can use regular all purpose flour if you are not gluten free as well!
Ingredient tips & Substitutions
Either fresh or frozen blueberries work well in this recipe. I used some of both because I was running low on fresh, and it turned out really well. The frozen ones will bleed into the batter more than the fresh, which gives a really pretty purple color like in the photo above. If you have access to fresh wild blueberries I highly recommend using those since they’re small and have a really great flavor.
Feel free to sub the blueberries for chocolate chips if you prefer!
This recipe calls for two types of sugar- granulated sugar plus maple syrup. Sugar does a few things in baking, first, it sweetens the recipe, but it also adds some moisture to the final product. For the granulated sugar, you can use light brown or cane.
Once prepared, these vegan blueberry muffins will store for 3-5 days. They do best on a plate with foil on top because they can get a bit soggy in an air tight container due to the apple sauce/fresh ingredients.
Try these next!
- Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Vegan Banana Bread
- Blueberry Avocado Smoothie
- Almond Flour Blueberry Muffins
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Vegan Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins
Ingredients
Wet:
- ½ cup granulated cane sugar or light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup apple sauce
- ¼ cup oil (I used avocado oil)
- ⅓ cup non-dairy milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax seeds + 2.5 tbsp water (can sub for a regular egg if not vegan))
Dry:
- 1 ¾ cup quick oats
- 1 ¼ cup+ 2 tbsp all purpose flour (I used gluten free, regular works too)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 1 ½ cups fresh or frozen blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Whisk together the 1 tbsp ground flax seeds plus 2.5 tbsp of water in a small bowl and set aside. If you are not vegan, just sub for a real egg, this recipe works really well either way!
- In a large bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients including the flax egg once thickened.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients aside from the blueberries.
- Combine the wet with the dry and mix together with a wooden spoon until a batter forms. It should be on the thicker side.
- Fold in the blueberries and mix until evenly incorporated.
- Use a medium cookie scoop, spoon, or 2 tbsp and add the batter to a lined muffin tray. You want to fill them up nearly all the way. I fill them about ¾ of the way and then use any extra batter in ones that aren't as full. Top with additional blueberries and a sprinkle of sugar if desired.
- Bake at 425 for 2 minutes, lower the oven to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 18-22 minutes. The higher initial temperature will help the muffins rise properly without drying them out. The tops should be slightly golden brown and a toothpick should come out clean when they are done. It’s ok if there are a few crumbs on the toothpick, as long as it’s not really wet.
- Remove from the oven and let cool as is for about 10 minutes, then remove from the muffin tray to finish cooling.
Tasha
Love these! Simple, clean ingredients. We have made them with apples instead of blueberries and they are fantastic as well.
Claire Cary
Oh yum! Need to try with apples, that sounds so good!
Cheryl U
Is any egg substitute ok or would you stick with the flax?
Claire Cary
I’ve only tested these with the flax, but I think anything else like applesauce would work!
Rebecca
Excited to try this recipe! What can I replace apple sauce with? More oil?
Claire Cary
Yes more oil should work! It might change the texture slightly, but I think it’ll be fine!
Rebecca
Thank you so much! They came out great – so yummy. I also used more baking powder instead of baking soda since I didn’t have any. The texture is more on the dense side than light and fluffy but I am super satisfied!
Claire Cary
So happy you enjoyed them! They’re probably more dense because of the lack of baking soda- it’s important for that light/fluffy texture! So glad they turned out well regardless 🙂
Laura
Can you use rolled oats instead of quick oats?
Claire Cary
Yes! The final texture will just be a little different, but rolled oats work well.