These are moist, delicious vegan blueberry muffins, made with simple pantry ingredients and refreshing blueberries. These muffins are gluten-free, dairy-free, eggless, refined sugar-free, simple to make, and perfect for a summery treat!
Fruity Blueberry Lemon Muffins
Muffins are an easy go-to of mine when the Summer months come rolling around, and I want a treat to satisfy my cravings. They are the perfect portion size, can be customized easily, and are super simple to make.
Plus, these vegan blueberry muffins contain lots of delicious blueberries for a healthier snack. As much as I love my chocolatey muffins – like these Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins and these Vegan Chocolate Muffins. Sometimes, fruity treats are all I am craving.
With a combination of citrus, blueberries, and oat flour, these eggless blueberry muffins are both light and moreish. Plus, you can choose to eat them ‘as-they-come’ or top with a refined sugar-free icing.
They are also a great recipe for getting the whole family in the kitchen to give a helping hand. I mean, who doesn’t love the simple baking of cupcakes and muffins? (and the smell!)
Foolproof Recipe
When baking gluten-free and/or vegan bakes, it can require a bit of guesswork and keeping fingers crossed. Luckily, I’ve done the recipe testing work in the kitchen, so you can have delicious dairy-free blueberry muffins every single time!
The first time I tried the recipe, I used less flour and more liquid ingredients. The results were muffins that rose wonderfully then sadly deflated when I turned the oven off.
The second time, I used more flour and less liquid ingredients. The result was a thicker batter and muffins that rise and stay risen.
The takeaway? While I’ve included A LOT of versatile ingredient swaps in my recipe notes, it’s important not to mess around with the ratio of wet to dry as this can have catastrophic results.
These Lemon Blueberry Muffins Are:
- Vegan (dairy-free, egg-free)
- Gluten-free
- Refined sugar-free
- Moist & rich
- Healthier than most blueberry muffins
- Delicious
- Easy to make with simple ingredients
- Perfect for breakfast, dessert, or a snack!
How To Make Vegan Blueberry Muffins
These dairy-free blueberry muffins are super simple to make. In fact, the entire recipe basically just consists of mixing the batter, pouring it in the tray, and baking. What could be simpler?
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 360F/ 180C and either grease or line a muffin pan.
Step 2: Add the plant-based milk and lemon juice to a small bowl. Set aside for a few minutes to curdle into ‘vegan buttermilk.’
Step 3: Meanwhile, combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, whisking well.
Step 4: Add the wet ingredient to the dry and stir well with either a spatula or whisk. Be careful not to overmix the batter. Then add in the blueberries last, carefully folding them into the batter.
Step 5: Divide the batter between the muffin wells in the pan. I had enough batter for 8 large muffins.
Step 6: Bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until you notice cracking on the top of the muffins. Use the toothpick test to check if they are cooked through. Do this by inserting a toothpick into the center of a muffin. It should come out clean (crumbly is allowed, but no wetness).
Step 7: Allow the muffins to cool on a wire rack and enjoy!
For the full ingredients list, ingredient measurements, and nutritional information, then please read the printable recipe card below.
Storing Instructions
Any leftover blueberry oatmeal muffins can be stored in airtight containers in the fridge for 5-6 days or kept in the freezer for up to 3 months. Reheat in the oven until warmed through.
How To Serve
These vegan blueberry muffins taste amazing when served warm or cold. Eat plain or serve with a lashing of vegan butter or cream cheese (trust me, it tastes delicious!). Alternatively, almond butter or a vegan chocolate spread!
You could also serve with some whipped coconut cream. Simply whip coconut cream until light and fluffy. You can even sweeten it with some maple syrup if preferred.
Useful Ingredient Tips & Swaps:
- I recommend measuring out all the ingredients using a kitchen scale and grams. As the cup measurements can sometimes vary and affect the final bake.
- Oat Flour: To make your own oat flour for these oat flour blueberry muffins, simply process oats (regular or certified gluten-free) in a blender or grinder, until you achieve a fine meal.
- Gluten-free flour blend: I used Bob’s Red Mill GF All-purpose 1:1 flour for these gluten-free blueberry muffins. However, any GF flour blend should work fine. If you aren’t gluten-free, you can use regular all-purpose flour or spelt flour.
- Other Flour Note: Almond flour tastes lovely when combined with the flavors of blueberry and lemon. However, it is too dense to replace the oat flour completely. You can try replacing 30-40% of the oat flour with almond flour and see how that works. I haven’t tried this, so I can’t guarantee the results.
- The sweetener: I used maple syrup, but feel free to swap this for your favorite liquid sweetener of choice—I.e. agave syrup, rice malt syrup, etc.
- Oil: I used coconut oil, but canola oil should work too. For an oil-free version, you could use 3-4 tablespoons of cashew butter. Alternatively, for a low-fat version, then applesauce or mashed banana may work (although I haven’t tested this, so can’t guarantee the outcome).
- Icing: You can drizzle the muffins with a refined sugar-free glaze made by combining powdered Erythritol, plant-based milk, and a little lemon juice.
Other Recipe Tips:
- If using frozen blueberries, allow them to thaw slightly before use. The extra liquid in the berries can affect the texture of the muffins otherwise. You can do this by leaving them on the counter or running under lukewarm water and patting dry.
- You can make these into Blueberry ‘crumble’ muffins by adding a crumble topping as I used for these Apple Crumble Muffins. Or sprinkle with some lightly toasted almond flakes.
- Swap out a few tablespoons of the plant-based milk with orange juice or lemon juice for a more flavorful batter. OR add the zest of ½ a lemon. Be aware of how this may affect the sweetness and color, though.
- This recipe can be used to make gluten-free mini blueberry muffins or even a blueberry loaf. However, the baking time will vary.
- For additional nutrients, you could add ½ a tablespoon of ground flaxseed or chia seeds.
If you give this tasty vegan blueberry muffins recipe a try, I’d really appreciate a comment and rating below. Also, don’t forget to tag me in re-creations on Instagram or Facebook with @elavegan and #elavegan.
If you love muffins, don’t miss to also check out my healthy vegan Sweet Potato Muffins and my other Vegan Muffin Recipes.
Vegan Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
Dry ingredients:
- 1 heaped cup (100 g) oat flour (gluten-free if needed - see notes)
- 1 cup (140 g) gluten-free flour blend or regular flour (see notes)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Wet ingredients:
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) plant-based milk of choice
- 1/3 cup (105 g) maple syrup (see notes)
- 2 1/2 tbsp (30 g) oil (see notes)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice or lime juice
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups (150 g) blueberries fresh or frozen
Instructions
- You can watch the video in the post for visual instructions.I recommend measuring the ingredients in grams on a kitchen scale. Preheat oven to 360 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius) and line a muffin pan with paper liners or grease the pan.
- Add plant-based milk and lemon juice to a small/medium bowl. Stir to combine and set aside for a few minutes to make "vegan buttermilk".
- Meanwhile, add all dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl and stir with a whisk.
- Now add the wet ingredients and stir with a spatula or whisk to combine. Do not overmix the batter. Finally, fold in the blueberries.
- Divide the batter among the wells of the muffin pan. I had enough batter to make 8 muffins.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until you spot cracks on top of the muffins. You can also make a toothpick test. Insert the toothpick into the center of a muffin. It should come out fairly clean (it's ok if the toothpick is crumbly but it shouldn't come out wet).
- Let the muffins cool and enjoy! Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5-6 days or freeze for up to 3 months. They won't stay soft if stored in the fridge, however, you can reheat them in the oven until warmed through to make them softer again.
Notes
- Oat flour: To make your own oat flour, simply process oats (regular or certified gluten-free oats) in a blender or electric spice/coffee grinder until it's a fine flour.
- Gluten-free flour blend: I used Bob's Red Mill GF All-purpose 1:1 flour. Any GF flour blend should work fine. Please do not use coconut flour. Read the blog post to find out how you can replace a part of the oat flour with almond flour.
- Regular flour: If you aren't gluten-free, you can use regular all-purpose flour or spelt flour.
- Maple syrup: Any other liquid sweetener can be used.
- Oil: I used coconut oil but canola oil should work fine too. If you don't want to use oil, you could add 3-4 tablespoons of cashew butter. For an oil-free version, 3-4 tablespoons applesauce or mashed banana might work too but I haven't tried it.
- Icing: Drizzle the muffins with a refined sugar-free icing made from powdered Erythritol and a little plant-based milk + lemon juice.
- Recipe makes 8 large muffins. Nutrition facts are for one muffin.
Nutrition information is an estimate and has been calculated automatically
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They are sooo soft ????
Incredible recipe!
Thanks so much for your great feedback, Mirta. I am happy you like them. 🙂
Just made these and they were lovely. Really glad to have come across your site and have lined up a number of your recipes to try in the near future!
That’s awesome, Elodie! Thanks for your kind comment. 🙂
Could I sub oat flour with cassava flour?
I never tried it, but I think it might work. 🙂
Where can I find the recipe for the lemon frosting? You give ingredients but not how to make it.
Simply add about 50 grams of powdered Erythritol (or powdered sugar) to a bowl and add a tiny bit of lemon juice and plant-based milk and mix until it has a runny consistency. That’s all. 🙂
my whole family loves these! your the bomb!
That’s wonderful, Carol! 🙂
Hello.. Tried the recipe today.. It was good.. But I have few queries.
I used 100gm oats flour,140 gm gf flour blend which I divided into
60 gm sorghum flour, 20gm rice flour, 60 gm tapioca flour. Is it fine. Can you suggest me a good gluten free flour blend
My batter turned out to be of pouring consistencty instead of thick.
Hi, I would increase the amount of rice flour and reduce the amount of tapioca. Next time you could try 60 g sorghum flour, 60 g rice flour, 20 g tapioca flour. Hope this helps. 🙂
Thank you so much for the reply..
I used 180ml homogenized cows milk instead of vegan milk is it fine ..And the muffin is sticking to the mouth why is it so.
That’s most likely because of the oat flour. You could add more sorghum flour instead of oat flour if you don’t like the mouth feel.
Ok… Thank you so much..
Hi Ela,
Do you think there is a way to sneak some chickpeas or navy beans in this recipe? I love your blog! I’ve tried over 10 of your recipes and they’ve always turned out delicious!
That’s a good question, Justine. Maybe up to 1/2 cup of chickpeas might work but I never tried it in this recipe. Please report back if you give it a try. 🙂
I am so glad you tried so many of my recipes and loved them. 🙂
Another amazing recipe. I like pop in here for a inspirations for a meal and for a daily dose of humor. You’re very funny. The best joke I always find in the end of recipe and it goes something like that “you can store leftovers…” THERE IS NO LEFTOVERS, ELA. ???????? Ps. Thank you ❤️ You make my life easier.
Hahaha, that’s good to hear, Marta! Thanks for your sweet comment. 😀
Such an easy and great recipe , Ela! My colleagues are going to love them tomorrow I guess!
Thnx!
That’s awesome, Emy! I am so glad you liked it 🙂
Hey Ela, thanks for the recipe. Is it possible to replace the oat flour for regular flour? thanks!
Hi Nathalia, yes, and it’s actually mentioned in the blog post. 🙂
Oh, funny I did not find where it is written I could substitute the oat flour for regular flour entirely. Anyways, I did the recipe as it is written precisely and turned out delicious 🙂 very light and moist. Thanks for your amazing work and greetings to the lovely Erna 😀
That’s amazing, Nathalia! I am so glad they turned out delicious. Sending greetings back to you (also greetings from Erna 😀 ). 🙂
2 cups of oat flour as total fl9ur. I used coconut oil. I had no maple syrup. The best muffins I ever made! Crusty and fluffy, thank you!
Thanks for sharing! 🙂
These were delicious.
I forgot to defrost my berries first and was still amazing!
I am glad they still turned out amazing. 🙂
Hi there! I made your chocolate muffins and everyone love it- I had to make another batch to satisfy their cravings! So im really looking forward to making these blueberry muffins! I can’t find GF flour, its always sold out! Do you think I can use 100g oat flour and 140 oat flour again?
I think it should work fine. You will probably need more plant-based milk though because oat flour will absorb more liquid. 🙂
Hello…do you think I can use Blackberrys instead of blueberry?
Love your blog
Of course, that’s totally fine. 🙂
These were absolutely delicious!! I added the struessel form your coffee cake recipe (omitting the cinnamon) and it was a perfect match.
That sounds super delicious! Thanks for your great feedback, Paige. 🙂
made it the other day, absolutely loved it! the oat flour gave it a really nice taste and texture.
Wonderful! I am so glad you enjoyed the muffins, Mariia. 🙂
Can’t wait to try this recipe too! I can’t seem to find GF oats for the oat flour, so am looking to substitute too. Will give the almond flour a try and will report back. Any reason you can’t just substitute the oat flour for another cup (2 cups total) of GF flour? Could xanthum gum play a part in assisting at all (never used it before)?
Can’t wait to bake with my daughter and find a good version to make these a staple for our family. Thanks so much!
Hi Leonie! I would replace just 30% of the oat flour with almond flour. Buckwheat flour, quinoa flour, or sorghum flour are often a good replacement for oat flour. Or try using your GF flour blend for the remaining 70% of oat flour. It should work fine. 🙂
Hi there… I have a heart issue and can not use oil. Is there something I can substitute ? Would water work?
Hi Carol, you could try applesauce or mashed banana. 🙂
Sonno splendide le ricette. Vielen dank.
I am glad you like my recipes, Monika. 🙂
Can I use cane sugar or regular sugar instead of the maple syrup?
Hello Alejandra! Yes, that’ fine but your batter will most likely be drier due to the missing liquid, so you will need to add a little plant-based milk. 🙂
Very quick &easy to make and they Were delicious <3
I am so glad you loved them, Dylann! Thanks for your feedback. 🙂
Hello ElaVegan! Thank you for yet another recipe that I’m dying to try!!! I live in France and it’s not possible to find gluten-free oats where I live. Why are oats blitzed into flour so important in your recipes? Do you think I can just use my mix of gluten free flours altogether? At home some of us are gluten and dairy intolerant and others are allergic to nuts, and intolerant to sunflower and eggs…. quite a combination to deal with when cooking!!! You have saved my life with your pizza recipes, your tortilla recipes, and many baking recipes in general….. They are all delicious and have now become regular staples in our diet. Thank you so much!
Hello, I love adding oat flour to my baked goods for texture. You can try using just a gluten-free flour blend for this recipe, however, I never tried it. It also depends on which specific flours are in your blend, therefore, it can be a hit or a miss. Please report back if you give it a try. 🙂
I am so glad you love my other recipes. Thanks so much for your kind feedback. 🙂
can you use bob’s just “GF FLOUR” and then use almond flour as the blend?
Hi Lisbeth! I wrote about this in the blog. I will copy and paste it for you: