Like “wacky cake” from the wartime era, this cost-effective recipe for wacky blueberry muffins can be made with just inexpensive pantry ingredients – and some blueberries, of course! That said, you can swap in other berries or even chocolate chips, if desired. Note that these muffins are a touch denser than bakery-style, but should still rise nicely.
This wacky blueberry muffins recipe was originally contributed to us back in 2006 as an adaptation of one on VegWeb. We’ve updated it for National Blueberry Muffin Day this year!
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There were 8…they are disappearing fast! And tasted even better than they looked!
Special Diet Notes: Wacky Blueberry Muffins
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, nut-free, peanut-free, optionally soy-free, vegan / plant-based, and vegetarian.
Wacky Blueberry Muffins (Naturally Vegan)
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat your oven to 400ºF and line 8 muffin wells with cupcake liners.
- Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in a mixing bowl. Add 3/4 cup milk beverage and the oil. Stir until just combined; do not overmix. If you are at higher altitude or in a dry climate, you may need to increase the milk beverage to 1 cup. Fold in the blueberries.
- Pour the batter into baking cups and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly golden on top and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out crumb-free.
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61 Comments
In the recipe you mention a “vanilla dairy free” drink. What on earth is that? I’m lucky if Aldi’s has any oat milk at all.
At times we have no milk, and no oat milk. Can’t I just use water?
We can’t go food shopping every week, so I struggle to find recipes where we can use water as the liquid substitute.
Many brands of dairy free milk alternatives come in a vanilla variety. I can’t speak for oat milk, since it’s not the type I usually buy, but aldi does have other types of milk alternatives in a vanilla variety. Target and Walmart also have their own brands with vanilla varieties flavors. But if you don’t see a vanilla one at your store or just prefer to buy a plain version, you can add 1/4 teaspoon to a half teaspoon vanilla extract to the recipe. In a pinch you could use water, and add some vanilla extract. Milk alternative just adds a little more richness and tenderness to the muffin batter.