A clean eating paleo blueberry muffin bursting with fresh berry flavor and a tender, vanilla scented crumb. These naturally gluten free blueberry muffins will be loved by your whole family, and the recipe has a dairy free option!
Paleo Blueberry Muffins
I created this simple, low sugar paleo blueberry muffin recipe that my kids go nuts for! It’s great to have a nutrient dense snack available for those ever hungry mouths…some days I can’t keep up! And since doing all of our healing work, nuts, eggs, and dairy have all been added back into the rotation, which will be seen in this recipe. But if dairy is still an issue for you, no worries, I have options for that too! I have an oat flour gluten free vegan blueberry muffin that eliminates the eggs if you need that.
I like that this recipe uses almond flour as it helps me feel full longer. For a dairy free version, any faovrite plain or vanilla vegan kefir or yogurt works great. Forager’s cashewgurt if my personal fav.
The palm sugar lends a darker color and a slightly richer flavor to the muffins, so using regular can sugar is totally fine too for the most tradtional flavor profile and color.
I got to use our beloved blueberry harvest from a North Idaho farm we visit every August when we are at our family cabin.
There is something special about being able to harvest your own food that is SO satisfying! And while we love the berries most for fresh eating….we pick gallons to use throughout the year back home! Here in Oregon, we can find great no spray berries too!! Bring on the summer!
Wholesome Gluten Free Muffins
I love having a nutrient dense muffin perfect for a lunchbox or a quick grab-and-go breakfast. And blueberry muffins are a classic!
I love making my own muffins as conventional varieties are really just cupcakes by a different name. A healthy breakfast should have some protien and healthy fats for growing or active bodies, and these muffins fit the bill.
The muffins are simple, moist, and easily made with any berry or add in of your choice, you get to choose your own adventure, or whatever you can find in season!!
We love the addition of the almond extract in these, but it is totally optional, you decide!
Additonal Paleo Muffins Recipes
- My paleo butternut squash muffins are nutrient dense and delectable!
- I get asked by friends and family to make my gluten free lemon poppyseed muffins all the time!
- These coconut flour pumpkin spice muffins look delicious!
- Done in the convenience of your food processor, these paleo vegan banana bread muffins are totally allergy free!
Looking for more healthy berry recipes?
- This Paleo Chocolate Blueberry Bread combines two magical flavors!
- These classic Blueberry Crumble Bars are like a blueberry crisp in a bar form! No gluten and vegan too!
- This blueberry oatmeal smoothie looks like a great way to start your morning!
- My paleo strawberry almond coffee cake uses almond flour too
- My no-bake dairy free raspberry cheesecake bars are to die for!
Paleo Blueberry Muffins Recipe:
If you try these healthy muffins, be sure to come back a leave a comment!
Paleo Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
Liquids:
- 1/2 cup kefir or buttermilk, OR any plain or vanilla yogurt (dairy free options work great!0
- 3/4 cup palm sugar or other granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup butter softened coconut oil, or palm shortening
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract optional
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
Dry:
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour
- 1/2 cup cassava flour you could also use more almond flour, tapioca, or 1/4 cup coconut flour, but it will change the end product
- 1/2 cup tapioca flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 1/2 cup blueberries fresh. If using frozen, addtional baking time needed, apx 5 minutes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 12 muffin tin.
- In the jar of a blender, blend all liquid ingredients until smooth.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk the dry ingredients (minus the blueberries)
- In a separate bowl, toss the blueberries with a couple of tablespoons of the flour mixture until they are evenly coated (this helps them float in the batter as opposed to sinking).
- Fold the liquid ingredients into the dry until mixed. ***Take stock of the batter. With different brands of almond flour and cassava flour out there, there CAN be variability in liquids absorbed. If it seems overly thin after a couple of minutes (flour needs brief time to 'drink' some of the liquid), then add a bit of any of the above flours until a typical muffin/cake batter is achieved.
- Gently fold in the blueberries.
- Distribute batter to muffin cups, filling 2/3 of the way.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until the tops are set. ***if you are using frozen blueberries, this will effect the final cooking time, more like 25 minutes instead of 20!
Nutrition
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I love a moist and delicious muffin! Yum!
Tessa, thanks so very much for sharing this yummy muffin recipe in March Muffin Madness! I love the different options you offer and I’ve got some cassava flour that needs to be used for the very first time. 🙂 Last, congrats on winning the Blendtec package in the event! That is so, so exciting!! 🙂
Shirley
LOVE Paleo blueberry muffins. Yummy! Thank you for the recipe!
Muffin Madness sounds like such fun! Love these Paleo Blueberry Muffins, Tessa! Thank you for sharing them with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop. Sharing.
These look amazing. I’m a huge fan of the paleo diet and follow it most of the time. Must try these. Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
We just got some cassava flour and the flour itself tastes so sweet! It will be great to try in this recipe!
I’d love to try those muffins. Blueberry is my fave!
blendtecs are amazing! I would love to own one, I love blueberry muffins too 🙂
These blueberry muffins are so beautiful! I have been daydreaming about muffins like crazy ever since I got word of Shirley’s March Muffin Madness and my husband I agree that blueberry muffins are pretty much one of the BEST muffins there are! This paleo version looks perfect!
So fun! I do think blueberry muffins are the best! A classic!
I love muffins, this one I will try this weekend. YUMMY!
These blueberry muffins look yummy! I want one right now. But I guess I have to make them first!?
Can’t wait to make these muffins. I would love to win the blendtec.
I want to eat these right now!
These look delicious and I am in agreement that I have never used cassava flour! Hugh! I will have to look around for it. Thanks for enlightening me!
please let me win the blendtec! i need a new blender
I actually have everything to make these! Hallelujah!
Great recipe– thanks!
Yumm! My boys with allergies love it when i try new recipes!
I keep reading about cassava flour, but have not yet given it a try. This muffins look delicious!
It is awesome Melinda!! So neutral and easy to use all by itself in recipes, which is rare in the GF world!!!