These Vegan Pan Roasted Strawberry and Fig Healthy Breakfast Muffins are moist, not too sweet. They have no refined sugar and are made with Spelt flour.
A Brief Story About the Inspiration for This Muffins Breakfast Recipe
These healthy enough-to-eat-for-breakfast muffins are kid and teenage-approved.
Yesterday, while playing around in the kitchen, we came up with this healthy breakfast muffin recipe. We wanted to keep it as "clean" as possible, adding just a little bit of maple syrup for sweetness, and lots of fresh and dried fruit.
We were really happy with the results, so we decided to put them to the test: I offered a couple of our freshly baked strawberry muffins to my teenage son After asking the usual questions: "Is this healthy?", "Is this one of your sugar-free things?", "Does it have chia seeds in it???", he agreed to try them... and what do you know? He loved them.
I can't even tell you how excited I was about it!! Now, I just need to keep experimenting and see what else can make him eat 😉
Ingredients in These Breakfast Muffins
- Strawberries: give these muffins a wonderful spring flavor and moisture
- Dried dates and figs: for a non-refined all-natural sweetness
- Spelt flour: is a whole grain flour that has a milder flavor than whole wheat flour and is rich in fiber, vitamins and minerals
- Flax eggs: mixing ground flax seeds with almond milk or other liquids makes a great egg substitute in vegan baking.
- Maple Syrup: a great non-refined all-natural sweetener
- Coconut Oil: you can also use your favorite vegan butter
How to Make Healthy Breakfast Muffins
Start by combining diced strawberries, chopped dates, orange juice, and vanilla extract in a non-stick skillet. Cook over medium heat for 3-4 minutes, gently mashing the strawberries.
Add the rest of the ingredients and mix just until well combined. Make sure not to overman the muffins or they will be tough.
Drizzle some maple syrup on the warm Vegan Pan Roasted Strawberry & Fig Breakfast Muffins. This is optional, but we really recommended adding an additional touch of sweetness.
Since these breakfast muffins are so moist, they will only last 1-2 days out of the fridge in an airtight container. If you are not planning on eating them within 2 days, freeze them and take them out as needed.
Other vegan muffins you will enjoy
- Peanut Butter and Banana Mini muffins
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
- Blueberry Corn Muffins
- Cheesy Vegan Corn Muffins
- Ginger, Pear & Turmeric Muffins
- Vegan Pumpkin Muffins
- Coconut Blueberry Muffins
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Pan-Roasted Strawberry & Fig Breakfast Muffins
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 12 muffins 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
These Vegan Pan Roasted Strawberry and Fig Breakfast Muffins are moist, not too sweet. They are refined sugar-free, made with spelt flour and healthy enough to eat for breakfast.
Ingredients
- 15 medium size strawberries, diced (reserve 5 that will be added at the end)
- 4 large dates, pitted and chopped
- 3 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup unsweetened almond milk, lukewarm, divided
- 2 tbsp ground flax seeds
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 4 tbsp coconut oil, melted
- 1 ½ cups spelt flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 10 dried figs, chopped
- Maple syrup to drizzle on top (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a 12 cup muffin pan with liners and coat with cooking spray
- Combine the diced strawberries (remember to set aside about 5 of them), chopped figs, orange juice and vanilla extract in non-stick skillet. Cook over medium heat for 3-4 minutes, gently mashing the strawberries. Set aside to cool
- In the meantime, combine ⅓ cup almond milk and ground flax in a small bowl and let it sit for a couple of minutes
- In a large bowl, whisk together cooked strawberries, maple syrup, melted coconut oil, flax mixture, and the remaining ⅓ cup of almond milk
- In a separate bowl mix together spelt flour, baking powder, and salt and add to wet ingredients, mixing until just incorporated (do not overmix!)
- Gently fold in chopped dates and fresh strawberries. Fill muffin cups with approximately ¼ cup of batter. Bake at 350F for 23-25 minutes
- While the muffins are still warm, drizzle some maple syrup on top of each one (about ⅓ teaspoon per muffin)
Notes
- These breakfast muffins are really moist. they will last 1-2 days out of the fridge. You can also freeze them and get them out as you needed.
This Strawberry-fig healthy breakfast muffin recipe was originally published on April 13, 2018.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin without maple drizzle
- Calories: 154
- Sugar: 12
- Sodium: 34
- Fat: 5
- Saturated Fat: 3.8
- Unsaturated Fat: .3
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 25
- Fiber: 3.5
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 0
This Strawberry-fig healthy breakfast muffin recipe was originally published on April 13, 2018.
Hanna
OMG, these sound delicious! If only someone would make them for me for bday party I'm having this weekend.....
Vicky & Ruth
Ha, ha, ha, we may surprise you 😉
Raquel
These are heavenly!!! They are healthy, moist and have the perfect amount of sweetness...perfect for someone on a sugar detox!!!
Vicky & Ruth
Thank you!!! Lots of people on sugar detoxes lately 😉
Sarah Klinkowitz
I would never have put strawberries and figs together - these look amazing!
Vicky & Ruth
Thank you!! The figs add a nice touch of sweetness, since the recipe doesn't call for much sweetener. And the strawberries make it moits and slightly tart.
Melissa {lilmisscakes}
These sound amazing, I'm so glad your son was brave enough to try them.
Vicky & Ruth
Yes, me too!!! So, so proud 🙂
Roey
i made these for my wife as a surprise and she couldn't believe i made them! They are easy to make and super delicious!
Vicky & Ruth
That is so sweet Roey! Thank you trying our recipe. We are so happy she liked them.
Diane
Do you think a gluten free flour like almond flour or oat flour could be substituted for the spelt? Or is there a specific reason you used it?
Vicky & Ruth
We wanted to use a whole grain flour for this recipe to make it healthy enough to enjoy for breakfast. Almond flour can not be replaced by spelt, you could use 1 to 1 gluten-free flour and we are not sure about oat flour, it may work in this recipe.
Diane
Would it be okay to use fresh figs instead of dried?
Vicky & Ruth
Yes, fresh figs would work well in this recipe.
godwin aldarondo
Where are the FIGS????
It says DATES!!!
Vicky and Ruth
Thank you for noticing the typing mistake. We updated the recipe.
Rina
Ruchama Burrell
Can we use whole wheat pastry flour, or whole wheat flour, or even all purpose flour for this we don't have spelt flour and reluctant to buy for just this recipe. Also, I'm a bit unclear about the muffin tin spray: do you spray the muffin papers after you put them in the tin; or are you spraying the tin and then adding the muffin papers?
Vicky and Ruth
Hi, Whole wheat pastry flour would work great for this recipe. We spray the muffin papers, sorry for the confusion. Enjoy!