Melt in your Mouth Hearty Blueberry Muffins

We needed something delicious, with blueberries, and I was determined to use the goat kefir. I kept thinking of Ina Garten's Blueberry Crumble that I used to make but wanted something heartier that wouldn't make you feel guilty afterwards. I found a great recipe over here at Finger Prickin' Good. Made some adjustments of my own of course. How could I not with all the farm fresh options we have around here.

Makes 12 Large Muffins

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup quick oats
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups homemade goat milk kefir (super thick to mimic Greek yogurt)
2 large eggs, beaten
4 Tbsp Applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries

1. Heat oven to 350°.
2. Coat muffin tin with cooking spray or liners.
3. Combine flour, sugar, oats, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
4. Combine kefir, beaten eggs, applesauce and vanilla in a second bowl.
5. Fold liquid mixture into dry mixture until complete stirs but not over stirred.
6. Gently fold in blueberries, I mixed in frozen ones that were coated in flour and gave 4 mixes in the bowl before they were almost mixed enough. Too much mixing and your dough turns purple!
7. Spoon into muffin tins until they are full full full. Scoop all the batter into the 12 tins to ensure large muffins.
8. Bake until the top starts to turn gold and they feel firm to the touch. About 20-25 minutes. I have two tins, one dark and 1 light. The dark tins browned the bottoms and the light tins did not. If using light tins I'd cook a touch longer.

Final thoughts:

These were mouth watering right out of the oven and so delish! I can't stand it when muffins get that wet soggy top by the next day and these did that. Maybe someone can tell me the secret to stopping this from happening. You couldn't feel the oats in the crumb fresh out of the oven but the next day you could really feel the heartiness the oats offered.  My hubby usually can't eat muffins/pastries for breakfast and after this he felt full like he got a morning kick of good stuff instead of just sugar and sweets. I'm guessing it's about 5-6 grams protein maybe more per muffin. It's so hard to estimate when everything I buy is bulk. I need to sit down and calculate it all out. One day....one day.....enjoy the goodies in the mean time! You might also want to try these protein packed super healthy but delicious chocolate chip chewies.

Dairy free (for those with protein intolerance of cow milk), oil free