Fluffy Lemon Blueberry Muffins

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4.75 from 4 votes

Fluffy Lemon Blueberry Muffins

Healthy, low-sugar, whole-grain (or gluten-free) lemon blueberry muffins that are tangy and fluffy

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Servings: muffins

Calories: 94kcal

Ingredients

2 eggs, beaten egg replacer might work
1 cup applesauce (240 g) sub 2 ripe bananas mashed
1/4 cup yogurt (60 g) sub oil, I used 2% greek yogurt
1/4 cup sugar (48 g) sub granulated sweetener
zest of one small lemon
juice of said lemon (45 g) about 3 tbsp
1 1/4 cup flour (150 g) gf all purpose if desired
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup blueberries (140 g) fresh or frozen
2 tsp (optional) turbinado sugar to sprinkle tops (8 g)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F and grease a silicone muffin tin (I don’t recommend using muffin liners with these since they WILL stick).
Combine the sugar and zest together and let them sit a few minutes.
Lightly beat your eggs and combine with applesauce, yogurt, lemon juice, sugar, zest.
Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt.
Fold dry into wet until combined. DO NOT OVERMIX. Just fold until no big flour clumps remain.
Fold in blueberries.
Pour into muffin tin and bake for 20-25 minutes until a knife inserted comes out mostly clean.
Let muffins cool most of the way in the tins (at least 10 minutes) and then remove gently using a butter knife. Cool on a wire rack. Enjoy!

Notes

Muffins are sweet enough for breakfast. if you prefer dessert muffins, add more sugar or granulated sweetener.
I store leftovers in the fridge or freezer. If I want a warm muffin I thaw/warm in the microwave or room temperature.
To make the muffins extra moist, sub some or all of the yogurt with oil.
Please don't over-mix these, seriously. You want to only fold (to avoid activating too much of the gluten in the flour) and stop as soon as there are no big visible chunks of flour. It's almost ok if there are a few tiny bits of flour.
Also use a kitchen scale, you don't want to over or under measure anything here.
It's also recommended to use a silicone muffin pan if you can because they do stick (do not even think about using muffin liners).

I know these warnings make the recipe sound high-maintenance but that's really not the case. If you invest in these little tools and techniques now you'll get a lifetime of fluffy healthy muffins my friend, and that's a great thing!

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