If you like old fashioned porridge you’ll love these muffins.

Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins are like a bowl of porridge for people on the go. Made with a combination of rolled oats and whole wheat flour they’re wholesome, filling and are just the right kind of sweet for a healthy snack. And they’re refined sugar-free — sweetened only with molasses and maple syrup.

While I enjoy them at breakfast, or mid-morning, my son has been eating them as an afternoon snack. They’re a good stand in for dessert too if you’re in the mood for something that isn’t too sweet.

Molasses and maple syrup are a great pairing in recipes. Using half molasses means that you’ll need to use less maple syrup, saving some money, and the maple-molasses blend tastes more like a dark, late season maple syrup, the grade that’s much more flavourful.

The recipe is inspired by a recipe in the terrific cookbook, Real Sweet by Shauna Server.

Maple Molasses Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins Recipe

Makes 1 dozen muffins

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup milk
• ½ cup plain yogurt
• ¼ cup pure maple syrup
• ¼ cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
• 5 Tbsp. grape seed oil (or canola)
• 1 large egg, room temp
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 ½ cups rolled oats (not instant)
• 1 cup + 2 Tbsp. whole wheat flour
• 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. powdered ginger
• ¾ cups blueberries (frozen or fresh)

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 425 F and prepare muffin pan (grease muffin cups or line with papers).
2. In a medium bowl whisk together the wet ingredients.
3. In a large bowl whisk the dry ingredients. Add the blueberries and stir to coat.
4. Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour over the wet mixture. Stir gently until almost combined.
5. Spoon into prepared pan and sprinkle over a few rolled oats.
6. Place in oven and immediately reduce the oven temperature to 400 F.
7. Bake for 15-20 min

Nutritional info: Per muffin:

Calories: 196.6, Fat: 7.4 g, Saturated Fat: .9 g, Cholesterol: 16.3 mg, Sodium: 180 mg, Carbs: 28.2, Sugar: 9.3 g, Protein: 4.6 g, Fibre 2.6 g, Potassium: 229.7 mg, Calcium: 65.2 mg

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Make this recipe delicious with Crosby's Molasses.