Paleo Blueberry Muffins
Paleo blueberry muffins are a sweet and cozy way to start your morning. They’re moist, fluffy, and have a burst of fresh blueberries with every bite. All you need to do is whisk everything together and the rest comes together easily!
Blueberry muffins are a classic recipe. And while this version is gluten-free, grain-free and dairy-free, you won’t be disappointed.
In fact, if you’ve made my paleo lemon blueberry cake before, this muffin recipe should look familiar. It’s a simplified version of the cake, minus the lemon.
These muffins are light, fluffy, perfectly sweet, and studded with fresh, juicy blueberries. Enjoy them as a healthy breakfast option or a sweet afternoon snack. Now, let’s get baking.
Paleo Blueberry Muffin Ingredients
For this recipe, you’ll need a few simple baking ingredients you might already have in your pantry.
Dry Ingredients
- Almond flour, tapioca flour, and coconut flour
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Blueberries
Wet Ingredients
- Eggs
- Non-Dairy Milk
- Maple Syrup
- Coconut Oil
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Vanilla Extract
How To Make Paleo Blueberry Muffins
Like many of my muffin, cake and quick bread recipes, you’ll mix the dry and wet ingredients separately then whisk them together. It ensures the muffins stay light and fluffy!
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a muffin pan with baking cups.
- Add all the dry ingredients to a mixing bowl and whisk together.
- Add all the wet ingredients to a separate mixing bowl and whisk together. Then, add the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk for about 30 seconds, until you have a batter.
- Fold the blueberries into the batter. You can always reserve a few blueberries to add to the top of the muffins before baking.
- Evenly divide the batter between 12 baking cups. They should be about 85-90% full.
- Bake the blueberry muffins for 28-33 minutes, or until they’re lightly golden on the top and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let them cool and enjoy!
Tips For The Perfect Muffins
- Don’t overmix the batter. You want to quickly blend the batter and immediately pour it into the muffin pan. That will help make the muffins nice and fluffy.
- Fresh vs frozen blueberries. Fresh is ideal for this recipe. But if you only have a pack of frozen blueberries on hand, that works too. Just note that you do not need to thaw them prior, otherwise you’ll be left with soggy muffins. Just fold the frozen blueberries into the batter directly.
- Freeze an extra batch. Because these are freezer friendly, it might be a good idea to keep a stash on hand. You never know when you can use them for a quick breakfast or snack on-the-go!
Best Way To Store Muffins
Although these muffins taste the best the day they are baked, leftovers keep well at room temperature for about 3 days. After that, you can store them in the fridge for about one week.
And if you want to freeze them, just store in a freezer-safe container for up to 2 months. When you want to enjoy, you can thaw them in the fridge or on the counter. Once thawed, you can also warm them up in the microwave if you want to cut them in half and add a pat of butter.
More Paleo Baked Goods
In the mood to bake up a storm? Here’s some of my all time paleo bread and baking recipes to try this week.
- Banana Bread
- Chocolate Cupcakes
- Brownies
- Banana Nut Muffins
- Apple Cinnamon Pancakes
- Pumpkin Pie
- Zucchini Bread
Paleo Blueberry Muffins (Healthy Blueberry Muffins)
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups almond flour
- 2/3 cup tapioca flour
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups blueberries
Wet Ingredients
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1/3 cup almond milk
- 2/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit and line a muffin pan with baking cups.
- Add all of the dry ingredients to a mixing bowl and whisk together.
- Add all of the wet ingredients to a separate mixing bowl and whisk together. Then, add the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk for about 30 seconds, until you have a batter.
- Fold the blueberries into the batter. You can always reserve a few blueberries to add to the top of the muffins before baking.
- Evenly divide the batter between 12 baking cups. They should be about 85-90% full.
- Bake the blueberry muffins for 28-33 minutes, or until they're lightly golden on the top and a toothpick comes out clean.
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I love all of your recipes 😊 Can’t go wrong with blueberry muffins! I’m watching my sugar intake so I just sub the maple syrup for Erythritol. Delicious!
Glad you enjoyed these blueberry muffins Jennifer!
Theses were amazing! I thought I could freeze and save them for a quick snack but before I knew it, they were gone! The whole family loved them! Next time I’ll add some pecans on top to add a little crunch.🙂
Happy to hear the whole family enjoyed these muffins!
Seems tasty..! I love muffins in breakfast and I tried this one in breakfast also my daughter enjoy this.
can I add other dry fruits in these muffins?
Yes, you can add others if you’d like. But don’t add too much so it’s not overflowing.
Taste great! Will definitely make again.
Glad you enjoyed these muffins Imani!
thank you, so delicious!!!!!
249 Calories per muffin, 13g sugar per muffin? I have to watch my sugar intake for health reasons.
Please let me know if Syruo is as bad as sugar.Thank you.
So delicious! Thanks for the easy and yummy gluten-free/dairy-free recipe!
Happy to hear you enjoyed these muffins Amy!
These are incredible! This is the fluffiest, moistest gf muffin I have ever had!!!!!!!!! I actually think it tastes better than normal muffins because it’s more moist. Soo good!!!!!!! Thank you!!
Glad you loved this muffin recipe Rachel! You can always count on these to be perfectly fluffy, along with my paleo Banana Nut Muffins!
can we just use almond flour and avoid the other flours mentioned in the recipe. im on Keto so want to avoid the other flours? in that case what is the total amount of almond flour to use . thanks x
That would change the texture of the muffins, and I’ve only tested this with the ratios you see above in the recipe card.
Excellent! Substituted lemon juice for apple cider vinegar and butter for coconut oil. Yummy!
Glad this turned out great Katherine!
I got a little carried away with the blueberries, so had to bake these extra long. They turned out delicious still! I also used half maple syrup and half rice syrup to experiment with the sweetness. Thank you for sharing your recipes!
Glad these turned out perfectly Courtney!
Lovely muffins. My picky three year old loves them. Thank you so much!!
Glad you enjoyed these blueberry muffins Olivia :)
These muffins were the best!! Fluffy and full of flavor and easy to bake! I highly recommend these.
Wonderful! Glad these turned out great
Hello! I would recommend editing the recipe to not read as add all dry ingredients except blueberries.
These are the best grain free muffins I’ve ever made. Ever. So good!! I’ve already made them twice this week!
Happy to hear you love these muffins Tova!
So I followed this recipe completely. It tastes very much like bicarbonate of soda. It didn’t rise at all and not very fluffy either. It was not a smooth dough either, I had to use a spoon to even out the dough in the tin. That never happened before.
Hi Zsofia – there’s only one teaspoon of baking soda, so it definitely shouldn’t have been over-powering. If they didn’t rise, I’d recommend double checking your flours, as substitutions don’t work well in my baking recipes.
Hello, your recipes are amazing! Is there any flour that I can use instead of almond flour in baking recipes?
Hi Sally – it really depends on the individual recipe, for substitutions. And unfortunately, there’s no great 1:1 replacement for almond flour, it would likely be a blend of other flours.
My girls love to make these muffins! They always come out perfectly. My daughter wanted to try a mini muffins with the same recipe, how long would you cook them for?
I haven’t tried these in a mini version, but thinking they would cook a bit faster. So I might bake for between 20-30 minutes. But if you try it, let me know how it goes!
My favorite blueberry muffins!
So glad you love these muffins!
These muffins turned out SO good!! I cannot believe there isn’t processed flour in them. They’re fluffy and have so much flavor!
It’s the beauty of my secret trio of flours :)
i made it in a square 8×8 pan. The cake sunk in the middle and had a slight after taste of soda. Is 1 tsp baking soda the right quantity?
Hi Zara – yes, 1 teaspoon of baking soda is the right amount.
These are THE best muffins. Honestly I think the batter could be made into a birthday cake.
The muffins are amazing when just slightly cooled after cooking. Making again and again! Yum! Thanks!
You should check out my paleo blueberry lemon cake then :)
Hi Lisa
A lot of dairy free baking use coconut oil. Personally I don’t like the taste of coconut, but at the same time I don’t want to use refined coconut oil because it is nutritionally deficient. Is the coconut taste detectable in this recipe ? Can I use some other neutral flavoured oil like sunflower oil ?
Let me know, thanks!
Nellie
Hi Nellie – I don’t personally think the coconut flavor is detectable in this recipe.
If you use the refined coconut oil, it really has no coconut flavor.
Sorry, glanced right over that you don’t want to use refined.
Thank you for the Recipe! I have made these about 6 times in the last month- Most recently I tried with raspberries and strawberries as well- It’s just an awesome Paleo Muffin base- I feel like any fruit will come out awesome with this recipe. So Delicious
Wow! You’re on a roll with these muffins! So glad you’ve enjoyed them :)
Hands down the best ever paleo blueberry muffin Ive made! Just what I was looking for! Thanks for a great recipe! I will definitely be sharing that with my mom and making it weekly!!!
Happy to hear you enjoyed this recipe Victoria! Can’t wait for your mom to try this one as well :)
thank you for the deeeelish recipe! This one’s a winner and I will be making it again. I’ll probably memorize it because it’s going to be a regular!
Amazing! Glad you loved these blueberry muffins :)
Hey there, can I substitute the maple syrup for honey or xylitol? I don’t have any maple syrup right now🙈
Yes you can! You just might need to adjust the amount based on how sweet your ingredients are.
Hi Lisa! I use many of your recipes ,but with muffin I didnt succeed. I live in Germany and probably it depends on local products. The butter was too thick. By the end they were delicious, but the texture was hard. Could you advise, how the texture should look like. Should it look like the dough for the pancackes or like yoghurt. Will be grateful for the answer.
Sincerely
Ecaterina
Hi Ecaterina – sorry to hear that! It does sound like maybe it was a different flour that you used. The texture of the batter should be more like pancake batter.
I wonder what would happen if I used frozen blueberries in this recipe. Thoughts?
Hi Diana- It’s best not to use frozen berries for this as it retains a lot of moisture.
These were excellent! So soft and reminded of a bakery muffin.
Wonderful! Glad you loved these muffins :)
Hi, Lisa!
With the current conditions in my town, my family is trying not to go to the store as much, and coconut and tapioca flour isn’t available. What can I use as a replacement?
Hi Jamie – unfortunately, I haven’t tried this with other flours and each flour bakes quite differently. But if you have arrowroot flour, that can usually be subbed for tapioca flour.
Do I have to use tapioca flour?
Hi Carol- if you don’t have tapioca flour, you can also use any gluten free flour blend or arrowroot flour :)