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These blueberry and oat Healthy Breakfast Muffins are a great way to start the day. They’re refined sugar-free, simple to make and totally delicious. Perfect for when your family has a busy day ahead and breakfast-on-the-go is needed.
Rustling up some homemade muffins is honestly more straightforward than it sounds!
And making a bake like this from scratch makes sure you’re eating a filling, healthy breakfast.
I love making a batch of these when I know we’ve got a busy weekend coming up and we need to be out of the house early, or even if work is busy and I know I can grab a nutritious breakfast quickly.
Why you’ll love this Breakfast Muffin recipe
⭐️ Full of fruity flavour
⭐️ Refined sugar-free and healthy
⭐️ Perfect for breakfast on-the-run
Sarah’s notes
Not to be confused with an English breakfast muffin, which is a small, flat, savoury bread roll, these Easy Breakfast Muffins are the sweet cake/bun style you get in a little paper case.
They are naturally sweetened with honey and blueberries (and a little orange zest), they’re fluffy and a little cinnamon also gives them heaps of flavour.
Of course, you don’t have to eat these just for breakfast, they’d be perfect for a snack anytime or great for lunchboxes.
The combination of oats and fruit, with honey, is a perfect snacky start to the day. Even better with a cuppa first thing!
Healthy Breakfast Muffins Ingredients
- Milk – I use full fat in this recipe
- Vegetable oil – Or sunflower oil would work, but not olive oil
- Honey – Runny honey
- Egg – I use free-range medium sized
- Plain flour – Regular plain baking flour
- Rolled oats – NOT instant
- Baking powder – NOT baking soda
- Bicarb – AKA bicarbonate of soda
- Cinnamon – Ground cinnamon powder
- Orange zest – Remove with a fine grater avoiding the white pith
- Fresh blueberries – You can also use frozen if you prefer
- Rolled oats – Don’t use instant type oats, of giant jumbo oats. Just regular porridge type
How to make Healthy Breakfast Muffins
1. Whisk all of the wet ingredients together.
2. Separately, mix together the ‘dry’ ingredients, then mix both together.
3. Scoop the mixture into muffin cases equally.
4. Sprinkle oats on top and bake as per the recipe below.
Hint: If you can resist, leave them to cool for about 15 minutes after they’re cooked to allow flavours to develop and wrappers to be easily removed.
Substitutions
- Other fruit – This would be delicious with other fruits too, such as raspberries, blackberries or a summer fruit mix. Frozen fruit straight from the freezer is fine too, although they may be a little more ‘wet’ inside.
Storing
Airtight container These should last for 2 days in a container. They can go a little too moist from the fruit if they’re kept longer, although you could pop them into a hot oven for a couple of minutes to ‘refresh’ them if you want to keep for an extra day or two.
In the freezer These will last in the freezer for up to a month.
Recipe Tips
Allow to cool
I know you will be tempted to eat these straight from the oven (as I was!), but they really benefit from cooling for at least 15 minutes as the flavours develop and they are easier to remove from the wrappers.
Scooping
I use an ice-cream scoop like this one to spoon out the mixture into the cases. This means the muffins will be equal in size.
Adding the blueberries
Usually you add the fruit in as the last step, however coating them in the flour like this will help them not to sink to the bottom!
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FAQs
I used rolled oats. You CAN’T use instant oats for this. You could use whole jumbo oats but it will change the texture of the muffins – they will add more bite, as they cooking time won’t allow them to soften.
If you wanted a sweeter version you could add some sugar (perhaps 50g) but they really are delicious as they are.
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Healthy Breakfast Muffins
Ingredients
Wet ingredients:
- 175 ml (0.75 cups) Full fat milk
- 100 ml (0.33 cups) Vegetable oil
- 75 g (0.25 cups) Honey
- 1 Egg
Dry ingredients:
- 200 g (1.25 cups) Plain flour
- 50 g (0.5 cups) Rolled oats
- 2.5 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- Zest of orange
- 175 g (1.5 cups) Fresh blueberries
To top:
- 1 tbsp Jumbo oats, If you have them, regular rolled will be fine if not, jumbo just look good!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180℃ fan/200℃/Gas Mark 6/350F (fan oven).
- Add all of your wet ingredients (milk, honey, oil and the egg) to a jug and whisk until combined.
- In a separate bowl, mix together your dry ingredients (flour, oats, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, cinnamon, orange zest and blueberries).
- Add your wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and whisk until fully combined (no visible lumps of flour).
- Put 12 muffin cases in to a muffin tin and spoon the mixture into them equally.
- Sprinkle the top of each muffin with some more oats.
- Bake in the oven for 15 mins until golden on top and springy to the touch.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation. Nutritional values are per portion unless otherwise stated.
This post was originally published on October 30th, 2022. It was updated on July 30th, 2025 to add additional tips and step-by-step videos.
Not made yet but like ingredients
I liked that this recipe was really simple and I had all the ingredients! But they came out super dry and crumbly, so when I tried to give them to my kids they just broke into bits 😀 I did follow the recipe exactly so dunno if they need something to soften them up, like yogurt or a banana perhaps?
Texture is really good, they are quick and easy and I usually have all the ingredients in the press BUT they are a bit bland in my honest opinion. I think the next time I’ll add some vanilla extract or a little more honey!
What other berries can I use instead of Blueberries as I do not like these please?
Sunday well spent with empty plates from my teen and tween eating your toad in the hole recipe and finished off with these muffins as a healthier dessert. I had to use self raising flour as had no plain left (used the last on the toad in the hole) so missed out the baking powder. Also added chopped apple and maple syrup instead of honey. Delicious! You’re an absolute lifesaver when it comes to mealtimes!
Nice recipe and easy to follow I would recommend adding a splash of vanilla and a pinch of salt to it and mwah !!!
Really enjoyed these. I subbed vegetable oil for melted butter and they were super tasty! Love that they’re sugar free
Delicious! My 8 year old has to leave early for school and hates breakfast but she loved these muffins. Perfect to take with her to eat on the way. Thank you!
Hi Sarah,
I’m looking forward to trying out this recipe… I’m sure my kids (and I !!) will love them.
May I ask if using semi-skimmed / half fat milk would make a big difference to the final result?
Many thanks in advance!
Aoife
Hi Sarah, I’m Vicki and I just made your spinach and ricotta slow cook lasagna. It was really delicious and it came out of the pot a real treat. I’ve frozen the remaining 4 pieces and the only thing I’d tweak is to season it more (I used a grinder for the salt instead of the container🤦♀️). We ate it with salad but might have a cheeky garlic flatbread next time!