Healthy Vegan Gluten Free Blueberry Muffins

The easiest vegan gluten free blueberry muffins that are only made from oat flour! Simple ingredients and kid friendly, these vegan blueberry muffins make the perfect healthy vegan breakfast or snack!

With the weather finally feeling like spring, I’ve definitely been craving some spring-themed baked goods. These vegan gluten free blueberry muffins are most definitely the answer to that.

Incredibly moist and irresistibly sweet, you’d be shocked to know that these oatmeal blueberry muffins are made entirely vegan, gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar free, low in sugar, and low in fat.

They’re quite incredible actually! I wanted a muffin that was as delicious as it was easy, and these blueberry mini cakes certainly speak to that. Made with simple plant based ingredients that you can find in any pantry, you, your kids, or whomever you’re making these for are going to fall in love with the flavor.

Ingredients for healthy oatmeal blueberry muffins

For these vegan gluten free blueberry muffins, you’ll need the following:

• Oat flour (which you can make from scratch!)
• Coconut sugar
• Dairy free milk mixed with apple cider vinegar (to create a vegan buttermilk)
• Vegan butter or coconut oil
• Ground flaxseed mixed with water
• Vanilla extract
• Blueberries (fresh or frozen)
• Leavening agents

That’s it! These flourless blueberry muffins are pretty simple in ingredients and extraordinarily easy to prepare!

Basic vegan baking ingredient preparation

Some of these ingredients called for here are actually some pretty common vegan baking ingredients that I just want to go over! I describe them all in my Vegan Baking 101 Guide, but just in case you need a refresher:

• To make a vegan buttermilk, combine the dairy free milk with apple cider vinegar and allow it to sit for 5 minutes to curdle.
• To make a vegan flaxseed “egg,” combine the ground flaxseed with water and allow the mixture to sit for 5 minutes to coagulate.
• If you need to make oat flour, follow this oat flour guide!

How to make healthy vegan gluten free blueberry muffins (with oat flour!)

To make these healthy vegan blueberry muffins, first start by preparing the basic vegan baking ingredients as described in the section above. You’ll need to have the vegan buttermilk and the flaxseed “egg” ready to go.

When those ingredients are prepped, simply:

1. Whisk together the dry ingredients. This will be the oat flour, coconut sugar, and leavening agents.
2. Add in the wet ingredients. This will be the vegan butter, vegan buttermilk, flaxseed “egg,” and vanilla extract.
3. Fold in the blueberries
4. Divide the batter into the muffin tin and then prepare the oat crumble by mixing together the extra oat flour, coconut oil, and maple syrup.
5. Crumble the mixture over each muffin and bake!

That’s it! Seriously, these flourless blueberry muffins are the perfect healthy breakfast option for you to meal prep at the beginning of each week because they’re just so dang easy!

Should I use fresh or frozen blueberries?

Of course, we’d all love to have just fresh blueberries in our blueberry muffins, but sometimes that’s just not the case!

Not a problem at all. If you only have frozen blueberries on hand, allow them to thaw for 10 minutes before using them in this recipe.

Ingredients Substitutions for these vegan blueberry muffins

Though I aim to make these vegan baked good recipes as simple as possible, not everyone has access to each ingredient at all times! Here are a few swaps so that you can still make these healthy vegan blueberry muffins:

• Swap in chia seed for flaxseed to create a chia seed “egg” instead. Additionally, you can use applesauce here, which will yield a very moist and delicious vegan gluten free blueberry muffin.
• If you don’t have oats on hand to make oat flour, no worries! Swap in your favorite gluten free 1-to-1 baking flour blend or use all purpose flour if you don’t need these vegan blueberry muffins to be gluten free.
• While these muffins are made to be refined sugar free, if you only have regular cane sugar on hand, you can absolutely use that as well.
• Swap in agave syrup for the maple syrup if that’s all you have on hand! I will say that I prefer the taste of maple to agave so that’s why I always recommend maple!
• Any plant based milk will work here: I recommend oat milk, but you can use cashew milk, coconut milk, almond milk, or soy.

How to customize these oatmeal blueberry muffins

Of course, you have a few options if you’d like to customize these vegan gluten free blueberry muffins to be entirely yours! Here are a few options:

• If you don’t want oatmeal blueberry muffins, you can swap in gluten free baking 1-to-1 flour at an equal ratio for the oat flour.
• Additionally, you can use either vegan butter or coconut oil. Vegan butter occasionally contains nuts, which if you have a nut allergy, then definitely go with the coconut oil option!
• You can add a teaspoon of cinnamon to the oatmeal crumble on top for an extra flavor enhancer.
• Add in whichever berry that you like! If you only have raspberries on hand, use raspberries!
• A teaspoon of almond extract here also works wonderfully

How to store blueberry muffins

To store these healthy vegan blueberry muffins, you can keep them in a sealed baggy at room temperature for up to 2-3 days.

Additionally, they’ll keep longer in the fridge in an airtight container- about 7 days. Or you can also store these muffins in the freezer for up to 3 months (see the next section for reheating instructions!).

Can I freeze blueberry muffins and reheat them?

Yes absolutely! You can definitely freeze these blueberry muffins if you want to consume them at a later date. In order to reheat, allow the muffins to sit at room temperature while the oven preheats to 300F.

When the oven is preheated, place the desired amount of oatmeal blueberry muffins onto a piece of tin foil and heat for 5-7 minutes.

Serve with a pat of vegan butter or a glass of oat milk!

I hope you love these vegan gluten free blueberry muffins as much as I do! If you give them a go, let me know in the comments section below.

As always, I absolutely love to see your beautiful creations on Instagram and Pinterest, so be sure to tag me there.

Happy vegan blueberry muffin baking!

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