Comments on: Healthy Blueberry Muffins (with olive oil and Greek yogurt)

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:17:32 +0000

In reply to Jane.

Good questions! Bread flour tends to absorb more liquid than all-purpose flour, so that may have contributed to the problem. However, the same thing happens with whole wheat flour, so I’m not sure that it made that much of a difference. I agree about having the flour in grams, and I’ve been slowly working my way through my older recipes to add that information. I went ahead and edited the recipe card to have a metric option – you should see it pop up under the ingredients list and you can click “metric” to view it. Hope that helps!

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 12:58:18 +0000

I loved this for being a one bowl recipe. Mine however were NOT moist. They rose perfectly. I took them out at 20 minutes. I did cut the recipe in half and my flour was 3/4 cup King Arthur all-purpose and 1/4 cup bread flour that I wanted to use up. I did not overmix. Possibly light on the blueberries. I didn’t measure them. Any suggestions on the cause or solution?
I see others had this issue. I like recipes that give the flour in grams instead of cups but i do use the “spoon and level” method if no grams suggested. Willing to try again.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:03:11 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth Lindemann.

Thank you. Will increase the sugar by a little bit. Love the texture of them. Will make again

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:55:05 +0000

In reply to Joanne.

You can add some more sugar if you want. As the title indicates, this recipe is supposed to be healthier/lower in sugar.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 13:34:28 +0000

Moist and fluffy. Lacks taste. Wonder if sugar could be increased

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:47:11 +0000

In reply to Quisha.

So glad you liked it! A dry batter can happen for a few reasons, including adding too much flour (this can happen with measuring with volume instead of weight), or even brand/type of flour. Good call adding more liquid to it!

By: Quisha

Quisha — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 01:24:22 +0000

I followed the recipe to a T. However my batter was so dry and clumpy I had to add milk (eyeballed until loose) to loosen up to be able to distribute to muffin pan. But they turned out Great! Kid approved.

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:41:46 +0000

In reply to Johanne.

So glad you liked it! Thanks for sharing your substitutions!

By: Johanne

Johanne — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:11:31 +0000

Just made these, doubled the recipe and made some changes to some of the ingredients. Substituted for whole wheat flour as per instructed, change olive oil to apple sauce, Greek yogurt to lemon yogurt and vanilla extract to lemon extract. Turned out to be amazing and not too lemony. Will make this again.

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:21:49 +0000

In reply to Marjorie.

So glad you liked it! Thank you so much for this lovely comment – it made my morning :-)

By: Marjorie

Marjorie — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:16:30 +0000

These are delicious! So nice to find a healthier recipe for blueberry muffins that are perfect with a cup of coffee! Elizabeth, I love your recipes, so glad I found this site. I’m 75 and still really enjoy finding and trying new recipes. Thank you!

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:25:51 +0000

In reply to A.

While I’ve never tried it, I think using applesauce as a sub for Greek yogurt may be your best bet!

By: A

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:44:49 +0000

What can I sub for the yogurt? (I don’t do dairy, and would prefer something other than vegan yogurt)…

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:59:53 +0000

In reply to Sally Renteria.

Yes that makes sense, as these are a low-sugar, healthy blueberry muffin recipe :-) Next time I recommend that you try a more traditional recipe. Hope that helps!

By: Sally Renteria

Sally Renteria — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:50:24 +0000

Nice texture but not sweet at all. My kids didn’t like them.

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:43:09 +0000

In reply to JJellett.

Love the idea of adding lemon zest! So glad you liked them.

By: JJellett

JJellett — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:15:19 +0000

Very good muffins. Eating them right out of the oven. Made with the ingredients as listed. Only change was I mixed all dry ingredients together, all wet ingredients together. Then mixed wet to dry.
*Added: extra fine grated lemon peel. I’ll make these again! Hubby approved.
Recipe made 12 muffins.

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:12:34 +0000

In reply to Sophia.

So great to know that this recipe works well in a loaf pan! I can’t wait to try that. Thanks, and glad you and your boyfriend liked it!

By: Sophia

Sophia — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 01:59:03 +0000

Loved this Blueberry muffin, I made it in a loaf pan and substituted some whole wheat flour as per your suggestion and reduced sugar by half and olive oil. The boyfriend loved it. Thank you.

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:45:46 +0000

In reply to Jillian.

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it :-)

By: Jillian

Jillian — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 20:46:15 +0000

Love this recipe! So easy and muffins had a really great texture 😋

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 23:16:49 +0000

In reply to galina.

I’ve never tried to bake this in a loaf pan, and I’m not sure how it would turn out. While I can’t guarantee success, I personally would give it a shot and see what happens! I recommend baking at 350 for about 45 minutes (maybe more, maybe less). If the top seems like it’s browning too much and the inside still isn’t done, try tenting it with foil. And grease the loaf pan with olive oil (like in this banana bread recipe: https://www.bowlofdelicious.com/healthy-banana-bread/). Hope that helps, and if it you try it I’d love to know how it turns out!

By: galina

galina — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 19:23:02 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth Lindemann.

I wonder if I can use a loaf pan instead of a muffin pan. I dont have muffin pan and dont feel like buying one. Thank you.

By: Elizabeth Lindemann

Elizabeth Lindemann — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:26:51 +0000

In reply to Cindy F.

So glad you liked it, and thanks for the info about almond flour- so glad that worked as a substitute for whole wheat!