Sourdough Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins
Extra sourdough discard lying around? These Sourdough Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins are a healthy, easy way to put it to use with some fresh (or frozen) blueberries!
Welcome to week 9284 at home! Anyone else still on the sourdough train through all of this? Yup, us too! Which means we have loads of sourdough discard, too. And since it’s summer, we also have loads of fresh blueberries! Enter these Sourdough Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins!
Ingredients Needed
These like many of our other toddler friendly muffins / cookies, this recipe is made with whole ingredients without any added sugar.
- Whole Wheat Flour – You can make this with all purpose flour which will make them a little lighter, but I like the added fiber from whole wheat flour.
- Unsalted Butter – If you only have salted butter, no problem. Just cut the kosher salt by a little (for every half cup sub of salted butter for unsalted, cut the salt by 1/4 teaspoon).
- Fresh Blueberries – You can totally use frozen blueberries, too! No need to thaw, just an easy even swap!
- Maple Syrup – The real stuff!
- Sourdough Discard – You can also use straight unfed sourdough starter – whatever you have ready to use!
Find our the recipe for our sourdough starter, Herman, here!
Step-by-Step Instructions
There are no complicated steps about this muffin recipe or any special equipment needed. All you need are a few bowls and the time to whisk and mix. Even better, if you have little ones, they can help add ingredients and mix, too!
Step 1: Mix dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt).
Step 2: Mix wet ingredients (sourdough discard, maple syrup, egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract).
Step 3: Coat the blueberries with some flour to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the muffins.
Step 4: Mix together the wet and dry ingredients.
Step 5: Gently fold the blueberries into the dough. My girls LOVE to help with all of the mixing.
Step 6: Spoon into well greased muffin tin.
Step 7: Bake!
Healthy Muffin Option
I love these muffins because they’re delicious, but they’re also a much healthier option to your classic blueberry muffin. They’re healthier because they’re made with Whole Wheat flour (which adds fiber) and the sweetness from the muffins come from the blueberries and maple syrup as there’s no added sugar. These muffins can also be made with any other fruit you have! That’s why I love these as an option for my girls. Truly kid tested and mom approved!
Have some overripe bananas you need to use? Then we have these other muffin recipes: Healthy Toddler Banana Oat Muffins, Healthy Raspberry Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins, and Banana Pecan Muffins.
Have a bunch of blueberries but not in the mood for muffins? Try our Healthy Blueberry Oatmeal Cookies or Blueberry Almond Granola!
FAQs
Yup! No need to thaw them, just toss them with the flour and add them to your batter.
Definitely! Just store these muffins in a freezer safe bag or container and they freeze well for up to 3 months. Just be sure you let them complete cool first.
When you’re ready to eat them, you can thaw them either in the fridge or on the counter. You can also pop ’em in the microwave for about 20 seconds or you could bake them in the oven at 300 degrees for about 6 minutes.
Enjoy! As always, if you make this recipe or any of my others, I love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
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Sourdough Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cup fresh blueberries
- 1 cup sourdough discard
- 1 lg egg
- 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup real maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and liberally grease a muffin tray – or line with muffin liners.
- In a small bowl mix flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large bowl whisk the sourdough discard with maple syrup, eggs, butter, vanilla. Be sure to whisk it well so that everything is incorporated, otherwise it'll cause streaks in the muffins.
- In another small bowl add the blueberries and a tablespoon of flour and gently mix to coat the blueberries. This will prevent your berries from all sinking to the bottom of the muffins.
- Add flour mixture to the starter mixture and mix well. Gently fold in blueberries and spoon batter into muffin tins.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, testing with a toothpick to make sure it comes out clean.
- Let rest in pan for 5 minutes until removing to finish cooling on a cooling rack.
- Enjoy!
I made these last night for supper. I had high hopes they would be delicious. I always use whole wheat flour in my bakes, so am used to using it. I also like recipes without refined sugar. We could taste the baking soda in these. Sorry, not very yummy. Won’t be making again.
Hi Liz! I’m so sorry that you were disappointed with these muffins, especially since so many readers have enjoyed them. I’m not trying to negate your experience in any way, but is it possible you might have used a bit more baking soda than this recipe calls for?
What can I substitute for the maple syrup?
Honey! Enjoy 🙂
The best sour dough discard muffins, I have made these several times, first time using blueberries and it was simple and family loved.
Next couple of times i added a can of pumpkin, and doubled the recipe and they are voted the favorite. I wont lose this recipe!! Next week will be strawberries and i am thinking of adding bacon or sausage crumbles another time. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Oh I love to hear it, Debbie! Thanks so much for sharing!
Yummy, healthy and easy! So happy to use my sourdough discard too!
Great to hear, Barbara! Thanks so much for sharing!
I’ve made these at least ten times now, and I usually double it. This is my absolute favorite discard recipe (I’ve made with active as well)! So so easy and so good! I don’t flour the blueberries, as the mix is thick enough to poke them where I’d like. I should try experimenting with other add ins but I’m sold on the original. MUST TRY!
I love to hear it, Sarah!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Curious how much your 1c discard weighs? One cup for me is very different if I stir the discard vs if it’s all puffy and airy! Thanks!
Hi Sarah! It’s about 250 g. 🙂
Haven’t made recipe yet but looking froward to making today! What can I substitute for the maple syrup?
Enjoy, Mandi! You can sub honey or any of your other favorite natural liquid sweeteners. 🙂