no-refined sugar blueberry muffins

 I'm moving away from refined sugars but do still eat dates, and these nice looking no-sugar blueberry muffins caught my eye.

Here's what I plan to do when I get a blender someday:

Ingredients

• 1 cup pitted dates chopped (10-12 dates)
• ½ cup boiling water boiling
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 ½ cups rolled oats
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 ½ cups of blueberries

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Boil water, measure 1/2 cup.
• Place chopped dates into a blender, then pour boiling water on top of the dates. Blend until dates are pureed.
• Add remaining ingredients (except blueberries) to blender, starting with the dry ingredients.
• Once all ingredients are in the blender, blend until mixture comes together.
• Gently fold in blueberries with a rubber spatula.
• Pour directly into a greased or lined muffin pan, about ¾ full.
• Bake for 18-22 minutes, until the center of the muffins bounce back when gently poked