Instead of using the popular muffin crumb topping made up with flour, butter, sugar and oats, I decided to go for granola. It’s a lot easier and is just something different. It offer’s a little crunch with your light muffins.
Hope you enjoy these friends!
Blueberry & Granola Muffins
- Prep Time: 15min
- Cook Time: 20min
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 12 regular muffins 1x
Description
These homemade muffins will make a wonderful addition to your morning breakfast or morning tea. Filled with apple sauce, creating a light fluffy crumb and bursting with blueberries! Finish them off with a sprinkling of granola for added texture and nourishment.
Ingredients
Scale
- 125g unsalted butter, melted
- 1 1/2 cups (230g) plain all purpose flour, use gluten free flour if preferred
- 1 tsp (3g) baking powder
- 1 tsp (7g) baking soda
- 1/2 cup (110g) caster or granulated sugar, white or raw
- 1 cup (270g) apple sauce
- 1 large egg, you can leave out the egg if desired
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, if using frozen, do not thaw, just add them straight from the freezer
- 1 cup homemade or store bought granola of choice, I used my granola recipe here
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180ºC (350ºC). Line a 12-hole muffin pan with muffin patty pans, set aside.
- Melt butter first and set aside to cool slightly.
- In a large mixing bowl, sift flour, baking powder and baking soda together.
- Stir through sugar.
- Pour in apple sauce, egg, vanilla and melted butter. Gently mix together with a spatula or wooden spoon, until a soft and smooth batter forms, ensuring not to over-mix.
- Add blueberries and fold through until combined.
- Spoon batter into prepared muffin pan. Filling each 3/4 of the way full.
- Sprinkled each muffin with the granola.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until lightly golden and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool in pan for 5 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Store in an airtight container, in the pantry, for 3-4 days.
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