Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins

Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins are seriously tasty. Made with wholemeal flour, rolled oats, banana and blueberries, they taste like wholesome yum! They also make a quick breakfast for busy mornings. For an easy muffin recipe the whole family will love, these banana blueberry oatmeal muffins will tick all of your boxes.

My Blackberry Oatmeal Muffins, Oatmeal Strawberry Muffins and Cinnamon Oatmeal Muffins give you alternate flavour combos!

These are sweet baked treats on a different spectrum to my Malteser Biscuits and Smarties Cookies.

❤ Recipe Highlights

Of the many things that I know you will love about this recipe, the ones that I think will become your favourite are summarised below:

• One bowl: we only need 1 bowl to make this recipe and a spoon to stir the mixture a few times. There is no sifting involved, it is as simple as can be!
• Wholesome and tasty: using wholemeal flour, we add some extra goodness into the muffins which delivers through taste and texture.
• Loaded with blueberries and bananas: these 2 ingredients compliment each other and go hand in hand SO well. The muffins taste of summer and sunshine with every bite.
• Large size Texas style muffins: sometimes all you want for breakfast is a sweet (but not too sweet) muffin and a cup of tea or coffee. These muffins are the perfect size to be a complete meal!
• Option to use standard 12 hole muffin tin. These make great lunch box fillers and snacks!
• Kid and Freezer Friendly!
• Moist and soft muffins: I did a lot of trialling, testing and developing with these delicious treats to ensure that the texture is soft, dense and moist. Dry muffins are the worst, trust me these won't be!!

Top Tip 1: I was very intentional about making this recipe 1 bowl with little stirring, so don't complicate it with beaters, they are not needed!

🥗 Ingredients

Everything you need to make this recipe is shown in the photo below. They are each simple ingredients you will be able to get at your local supermarket. For exact quantities and detailed instructions, please refer to the printable recipe card below.

As you can see, the recipe calls for:

• Oats: old-fashioned oats or quick cooking oats will work. I use regular rolled oats for this recipe. They don't have to be an expensive brand. One of the steps we take is to add moisture (liquids) at the start of the recipe to ensure that the muffins are dense and moist (not dry!).
• Wholemeal self-raising flour: I love using this for muffins as it makes them taste more wholesome and delicious. The best thing is we skip sifting it and simply stir it into the mix! It delivers deliciousness to every bite of the muffins. A home brand version is fine, you don't need the premium stuff for this recipe!
• Buttermilk: we use this to ensure our muffins are soft and moist. It will be found in the milk section of the store, most often in a small carton. The texture is thick like cream and the colour is more yellow in appearance.
• Brown sugar: this is my favourite to use with oatmeal muffins as it is smooth and soft. It can be softly packed into the measuring cup.
• Olive oil: we add this also for soft, moist muffins. If you want to use an alternative such as sunflower or coconut oil you can.
• Egg: always use free range. We add this ingredient with the other wet ingredients to make the oatmeal.
• Blueberries: I am using frozen blueberries. You can do the same or you can use fresh juicy blueberries. The results will be very similar, the choice is more about if the blueberries are in season and readily available or not.
• Bananas: Old bananas are fine to use, spots are ok! I recommend mashing these when the liquid has been added to the oats as it will give you something to do during that time.
• Baking Powder: this help the muffins to rise. As much as we use self-raising flour in the recipe, it is also a good idea to use a small amount of this for full, robust muffins.
• Salt: only a touch of this is needed. It helps bring out the flavours of the other ingredients when making baked goods.

Top Tip 2: Don't worry about expensive ingredients. Home brand or budget friendly options are totally fine!

🍳 Instructions

Here are the step by step instructions to make the muffins. We start adding moisture to the oats, you will need a large bowl for this.

• Add oats, buttermilk, oil and egg to mixing bowl (Photo 1)
• Stir to combine, then let sit for 10 to 15 mins (Photo 2)
• Add flour, baking powder, salt and sugar (Photo 3)
• Stir to combine (Photo 4)

The reason why we let the liquids sit with the oats is because we want them to absorb the liquids. If we simply combined them they would be more like oat muffins as oatmeal has a wet texture!

Creating the oatmeal through the process of combining the wet ingredients is a great way to ensure we achieve fluffy muffins that are super moist!

Top Tip 3: Don't skip making the oatmeal as it affects the results of the texture of the muffins!

👩‍🍳 How to Make Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins

As mentioned above, adding the wet ingredients to the oats is our 1st step in ensuring that the muffins are going to be moist and soft.

You can use a small bowl and fork to mash the bananas whilst this time passes.

When initially stirring and then stirring to add the dry ingredients, do so till simply combined. There is no need to vigorously stir the mixture.

• Add blueberries and mashed bananas to muffin mixture (Photo 5)
• Stir to combine (Photo 6)
• Spoon into muffin tin (Photo 7)
• Bake for 30 mins then place on wire rack to cool (Photo 8)

As with the stirring steps above, we simply stir till the fruits are mixed into the batter. This gives us much better results than over mixing as that also squashes all of the blueberries.

We want to keep some whole so that the muffins are literally bursting with blueberry goodness!

Top Tip 4: Using a large cookie scoop is a good way to ensure that all of your muffins will be the same size. If using a Texas muffin tin, you might need more than 1 scoop.

I used butter when I lined my Texas muffin tin (you can also use a 12-cup muffin pan). You can see the difference above as patty liners have a folded edge which leaves an indent on the muffins.

If you want to do this ensure the butter is at room temperature (softer to use) and use enough to ensure the bases won't stick - be liberal!

You can also use a cooking spray to ensure the muffins won't stick - again a generous spray will ensure the base and sides are well oiled.

Top Tip 4: Regular sized cup cake liners fit standard muffin tins and can make clean up easier!

The muffins are golden brown on the outside, soft and tender on the inside, bursting with blueberries and banana!

Mmmmm hmmmm yup, you are going to love them. The taste, the texture, the smell, it is all so good!

🍽 Serving Suggestions

My absolute favourite way to serve these is warmed, with a dollop of butter, drizzle of honey (or maple syrup) and a dust of icing sugar.

Sure it is decadent, but it is a seriously delicious combination that works!

If you want to leap out of bed in the mornings, the thought of starting your day like this should help.

This serving suggestion is also seen in the photos throughout the post, so you can see what I am talking about and taste when you try it for yourself!

Greek yogurt with fresh fruit is another tasty pairing that will work well with this easy recipe.

👍 How to Guide

How to Store

Store the muffins in an airtight container. They do not need to be refrigerated. Consume within 3 days.

Alternatively you can freeze the muffins so they will stay fresh for longer.

How to Freeze

To freeze the muffins, it is best to let them cool after baking.

Then use cling wrap and individually wrap them. Ensure the cling wrap is tight and pulled firmly. This is a photo of how I freeze these muffins for a quick grab and go breakfast!

They will last 3 months in the freezer.

How to Reheat

You can reheat the muffins in the microwave, oven or air fryer.

The microwave will be the fastest method and only take 1 minute.

😉 Substitutions and Variations

There are my switch ins, switch outs and options that you might like to explore:

• You can add a teaspoon of vanilla extract.
• Vegetable oil to the equivalent amount can be used in place of the olive oil.
• You can also add a teaspoon of cinnamon if you wish. They are complementary flavours and work well. I don't as I don't want the ingredients list to be a mile long, but go for it if you choose to!
• Use gluten free flour instead of regular flour.
• Push some blueberries into the tops of the muffins.
• Use raspberries or strawberries as an alternative to the blueberries.
• Sprinkle some dried oats on top of the muffins before baking.

🛎 Tasty Tips

The very best of my tips and tricks to make these muffins are summarised below:

• Overripe bananas will be easier to mash than firm less ripe ones.
• Ensure the oven is preheated.
• If using a Texas muffin tin, use butter to line or make your own paper liners from baking paper.
• When using a regular muffin tin, use cup cake papers (less clean up!).
• If using butter to grease the tin, have it at room temperature and use plenty so the base of the muffins don't stick!
• Do let the oats combine with the wet ingredients for around 10 mins.
• Don't worry about sifting the flour, it is unnecessary for this recipe.
• Don't stir too vigorously when adding the bananas and blueberries. You only need to stir till they are simply mixed in.
• Let them cool in the tin to start with so they don't break when you try and get them out.
• If you use butter as opposed to liners for the muffin tin, when they are baked (and cooled slightly), run a butter knife around the outside of the muffins so that you can easily pull them out of the tin.

🤓 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the secret to moist muffins?

The right combination of wet and dry ingredients ensures muffins are moist and not over dry.

Also important is ensuring that they are not stirred too heavily or cooked longer than they should be (over baked).

How do you make blueberry muffins taste better?

Using wholemeal flour, brown sugar and bananas in these muffins are ways to ensure they do not taste overly sweet or high in sugar muffins that have little substance.

How healthy is a blueberry muffin?

Each blueberry muffin has 304kcal Calories. They are healthy in the sense that they have 2 types of fruit in them and use wholemeal not regular flour, however they have still got sugar and oil so eat in moderation.

Should I use fresh or frozen blueberries in muffins?

It is fine to use either fresh or frozen blueberries in muffins.

If using frozen, don't defrost, simply add them in.

If using tinned blueberries that have been in syrup, drain but don't rise them.

Should blueberries be washed before baking?

If using fresh blueberries, there is no need to wash them, simply add to the mixture and gently stir to combine.

😍 More Easy Breakfast and Brunch Recipes

I am guessing you like getting your bake on just as much as me. In that case, you might like to give any or each of the following recipes a go. They are similar with different types of yum involved!

• Raspberry Oatmeal Muffins
• Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Muffins
• Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes
• Cornflake Biscuits
• Air Fryer Biscuits
• Air Fryer Croissants
• Nutella Puff Pastry (Nutella Pinwheels)
• Coffee Slice (no bake recipe!)
• Peanut Butter Pinwheels
• Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Muffins

The smell of these will have you captivated and late risers leaping from their beds!

Adrianne xx

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