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I will be the first to admit it, but I’m not a baker.
If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, you’ve probably noticed that I bake about once a year. The truth is, I’m not a huge sweets person.
Yep, you read that right.
Of course I love the occasional dessert, but I’m definitely more of a savory person. I always have been and I always will be. For me, salty foods will always reign supreme.
Pizza > ice cream. Period.
What about you? Salty or sweet?
My inspiration for these muffins came from the sale that was going down at Whole Foods yesterday (yes, I went there three times this week). They were literally giving away ORGANIC blueberries for $1.99 per pint. I felt like I was stealing when I left the store.
Is it me, or do blueberries and maple syrup go together like me and cheese?
I think yes.
Maple Blueberry Spelt Muffins
Makes 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups whole grain spelt flour (or whole wheat)
- 1 TBSP baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 organic eggs
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 TBSP coconut oil
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract (I’ll come over there and slap you if imitation vanilla is used)
- 1 1/4 cups milk (I used coconut)
- 1 pint of blueberries (preferably organic)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 425*
- In a large bowl, whisk the spelt flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk the milk, eggs, maple syrup, vanilla, and coconut oil.
- Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir to combine. Fold in blueberries.
- Prepare muffin tin with 12 greased muffin cups.
- Divide the batter equally among the prepared muffin cups.
- Bake 15 to 18 minutes until muffins are golden and a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
- Cool for a few minutes and remove.
I need to do more baking. Muffin success!
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Definitely salty over sweet. Agreed – our ice cream was good, but our pizza was better.
This muffin recipe still sounds pretty fantastic, and the whole maple syrup idea is genius. LOL about the vanilla… of course it’s IN the recipe that you will slap whoever uses imitation.
I’m totally a savory person EXCEPT when it comes to ice cream. Definitely is my vice!
Those blueberries muffins look ridic. I was at Whole Foods for a business meeting yesterday AND FORGOT to get the blueberries!! I was so mad at myself when I got back to the office!
I am a sweets person and I couldn’t agree more about the blueberry maple combo! I wish I could have gotten in on that blueberry deal! The muffins look awesome!
Sweet all the way. Although, the most intense cravings I get are for salty foods.
Muffins look great! Blueberries + maple = heaven.
Definitely depends on the mood, but I’ll usually go for sweet
Thought for meals, nothing beats a mix of sweet AND salty!
The muffins look great. My favorite thing to bake (…also my favorite thing to eat…)
Those muffins look great! I think theres a hidden baker somewhere inside of you!
I agree with the blueberries and maple thang! Delish! And I crave both salty and sweet… which I think is totally unfair! 
Have a great weekend!
Sweet, for sure! And as a seasoned baker, I have to say- these look amazing!
I AM a baker, but you have me beat with those scrumptious muffins! Yum.
So glad the blueberries were on sale the day AFTER I paid $3.99. #WFfail
Love your commentary on the vanilla.
Those muffins sound amazing! Um who said you had to choose? I like chocolate chips cookies with sea salt in them. Then you get the best of both world. Really salty goes with sweet and vice versa
We have tons of blueberries in my freezer too from berry picking hmmm muffin time maybe?
Oh man, I have an unconquerable sweet tooth. I used to bake desserts twice a week but I had to cut that out when I started getting healthy.
definitely a crazy sweet tooth. but i actually love the combo of sweet and salty…like carmel salted ice cream mmmm or chocolate covered pretzels…so good! so i choose salty and sweet together!
“blueberries and maple syrup go together like me and cheese” – tee hee. for an annual baker, these look perfect! I love a fresh blueberry muffin!
I’m all for a great dessert, but I don’t have them every day, my cravings tend more toward savory also.
Have a great weekend!
For me, sweet over salty 100%.
Imitation vanilla – heaven forbid!
I think I like sweet over savory. And I absolutely love blueberry muffins- never thought to add maple syrup though! I will add that next time! I bet it smelled amazing!
Sweets before savory foods for me! ice cream>pizza. Although if you put a pineapple pizza in front me I won’t be able to turn it down. Ultimate weakness.
Totally went to WF’s yesterday for 1.99 organic blueberries. That deal was way too good to pass up!
Give me something sweet and salty, and sweet ALWAYS wins. I’ve been on a muffin kick lately and those definitely look like muffin success to me!
Sweet alllll the way. These look amazing by the way!!
I’m a sweets girls all the way… but have successfully “trained” my sweet tooth to be satisfied with healthier desserts.
These muffins sound great! I loved the blueberry coconut muffins you made a while back, so I know you bake a mean muffin
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I could truly eat sweets for every meal of the day and be perfectly content. I love pizza, but it doesn’t compare to ice cream
I’m such a sweet person. Well that sounds odd but anywho-I love the combo of blueberries and syrup and those muffins look so good. I haven’t baked anything in a while so maybe it’s muffin time.
Who’s got two thumbs and bought ten pints of blueberries at Whole Foods yesterday? This gal. Also, I’m generally more down with the savory. Especially savory carbs. Or a savory carb/fat combo.
though I absolutely LOVE baking I actually go back and forth on preferring savory & sweet… Sometimes I dont’ eat a whole lot of sweets and then I don’t crave them, and while I bake cookies frequently I usually only eat a small piece (though cookie dough is an entirely different story lol).
But give me a loaf of good savory bread or a bunch of pita chips & i will probably hand my cookies/muffins/cinnamon rolls over
haha
Beautiful muffins!
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YUM is all I have to say– why didn’t I see these precious babies sooner? They look delicious and you did good work indeed.
I definitely don’t have a sweet tooth– in fact, i much prefer a banana and PB over cake or ice cream. Sad, I know. That’s why most of the baked goods I make use stevia or natural fructose such as maple or agave.
I don’t think I could ever live without sugar. I need to have something sweet at the end of every meal.
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