There’s a possibility I am becoming slightly addicted to blueberries – a punnet doesn’t last a day in this house. I’m sure they are juicier & tastier than ever this year. We are still fighting the never ending battle to reduce our sugar intake – I will honestly admit that I’m addicted to sugar and know I need to reduce my intake. Its birthday week in this house & I know that many treats will be consumed over the next few days so thought I try the girls out with a healthier reduced sugar bake, blueberry muffins.
I make these in 2 shapes – traditional muffin cases and also these long, thin bite sized muffins – Normal muffin cases are still used to line the rectangle tins, just press down the corners to make a squarer shape. The magic of blueberries really happens in the oven – I would love an oven-cam to watch how the blueberries explode. You never know how they are going to turn out.
REDUCED SUGAR BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
| Serves | 12 (large) or 18 (medium) |
| Prep time | 10 minutes |
| Cook time | 18 minutes |
| Total time | 28 minutes |
| Meal type | Breakfast, Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Freezable, Serve Cold |
INGREDIENTS
- 50g Melted Butter
- 3 Medium Eggs
- 4 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 2 Limes (Fresh grated zest)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 150ml Milk
- 300g Self Raising Flour
- 125g Caster Sugar
- 200g Fresh Blueberries
DIRECTIONS
| 1. | |
| Preheat the oven to 180C and line the muffin tins with cases | |
| 2. | |
| Mix together the melted butter, beaten eggs, vanilla, lime zest & milk in a large bowl | |
| 3. | |
| Fold in the dry ingredients, making sure the blueberries are evenly distributed | |
| 4. | |
| Scoop into the muffin cases and bake for 18 minutes or until golden and a skewer comes out clean | |
| 5. | |
| Leave to cool in the tins | |
Other Reduced Sugar recipes you may enjoy are:
Gooey Refined Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookies from The Lifestyle Blogger UK.
Reduced Sugar carrot Cake Cookies
I know just what you mean about being adicted to sugar! It’s a bit of a problem esp being a baking blogger 😉 Love your bluberry muffins Helen, and it’s a great tip to use the normal muffin liners for the mini oblong cakes – I’ll certainly be giving that a go! Thankyou to for featuring my beetroot & chocolate cupcakes 🙂
Angela x
I fear I am fighting a losing battle with the sugar but I can but try! Thanks again for joining in x
I adore Blueberry Muffins and great to have a lower sugar option here:-) Thanks for linking to my jam:-)
Looking forward to trying out your recipe, Camilla!
These look delicious. I think I have a bit of a sugar problem too so I need to look at this type of bake x
I was pleasantly surprised that I still felt I had had a sugar fix but not overly so.
Mmm yum! What a gorgeous sounding bake! Love that its reduced sugar too, something I’m working on with our family diet.
Its so difficult with children though, isn’t it?Everywhere they go they seem to get offered sugary treats.
Ooh I want to see exploding blueberries now. Your muffins sound delicious and I love the little rectangles. I’m a sugar addict too, although I don’t like things too sweet. These sound ideal. Lovely #BakeOfTheWeek round-up too.
I’m one for anything sweet! These were very nice though! Thanks x
Becoming addicted to blueberries can only be a good thing.
They are so versatile and handy to eat on the move, aren’t they?
I do love blueberry muffins and the recipe I normally use got something like over 300g sugar in it and although it produces the most wonderful muffins the guilt is there every time! I will so be trying your reduced-sugar version as I like having cake and eating it too (without the guilt)! 🙂 Pinned for later!
The muffins look delicious Helen, blueberry muffins are such a classic treat, does reduced sugar mean I can eat even more of them?! 🙂
so sorry for commenting so late – i have had laptop problems!!!
i love the look of your mini muffin cakes and loaves. blueberry is so delicious in a muffin too. plus reduced sugar means i could two! LOL x
These look so good, especially in the little loaf size. Really like the reduced sugar element too. A winner!
I love blueberries too – and I’m definitely going to give this a go, reduced sugar a bonus. Love bec