If you were looking for a healthy Amish Friendship Bread muffin recipe, this is it! We came up with this recipe on a chilly winter morning, and it hit the spot. These Blueberry Oat Bran Amish Friendship Bread muffins are great for breakfast and are bursting with fiber and flavor.
There are so many easy ways to vary this wonderful recipe. Try substituting mashed bananas in lieu of applesauce (you’ll need about 4 large bananas), use egg substitute, add nuts, try different fruit like raspberries or whole cranberries.
Kitchen Friend Rachel Love Verbois played with different substitutions in this recipe: “We make these with wheat germ instead of oat bran. They’re amazing! I use a straight 1:1 substitution of wheat germ for oat bran.”
Blueberry Oat Bran Amish Friendship Bread Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
- 1½ cups oat bran
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1¼ cups applesauce sweetened or unsweetened
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups fresh blueberries if frozen, bring to room temperature first and drain well
- ½ cup granola for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
- In a large bowl, mix the oat bran, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- In a medium-sized bowl, blend starter, applesauce, egg, oil, and vanilla extract.
- Fold wet ingredients into the flour mixture. Fold in the blueberries.
- Grease muffin pans. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
- Sprinkle tops of batter with granola, tapping with the back of a spoon to make sure the granola sticks to the batter.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until the bread loosens evenly from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffin comes out clean.
- ENJOY!
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Has anyone tried making these with whole oats? How did it turn out?
Hi Jacie! We haven’t tried that yet, but many people have processed whole oats in a blender or food processor with great results. Let us know how it goes if you try whole oats!
I didn’t have any oat bran, so I took 1 1/2 C dry oatmeal and whirred it in my blender until it was like flour to substitute for the oatbran. The muffins turned out glorious! Very moist and flavorful. They freeze well. Next time I’ll try using part whole wheat flour instead of all white.
I would make this for my nephew. He loves blueberries. He is also a volunteer fire fighter and all around great guy.
These turned out great – hearty and yummy. Best eaten fresh out of the oven.
I’ve made these 3 times this winter – they are delicious, healthy, and they freeze well. I take one out of the freezer and have it for breakfast with my cup of tea every morning. Thanks for a healthy alternative!
We made this last night, but used two loaf pans as our muffin pan was MIA. Turned out great, no problems! This will definitely be a recipe we go back to!