Blueberry Burst Muffins
It’s finally blueberry season in Michigan! I love going blueberry picking and stocking up on fresh blueberries to use throughout the winter. Plus, because he loves them so much, blueberries are the one fruit Mike will pick without too much complaint. The blueberries in these muffins aren’t fresh-picked, but they are straight from the farmer’s market. There’s nothing like fresh blueberries to make blueberry muffins extra wonderful. (Or so my husband tells me. I don’t actually like blueberry muffins, but he LOVES them. Emphasis on loves.)
I already have a great blueberry muffin recipe on the blog, but I figure there’s always room for more. I tried to get Mike to pick which he liked best between this one and our old favorite, but he said they were both too good and he couldn’t choose. This recipe uses a quick homemade blueberry jam to spread blueberry flavor through the whole muffin, and they bake up big and beautiful, like bakery style muffins. The lemon sugar on top adds the perfect amount of flavor and crunch, and I caught myself stealing crunchy lemon sugar crumbs off the top of the muffins once they were baked. These muffins are a definite favorite in our house. I’ve already made them twice and I’m sure I’ll be making them again before blueberry season is over!
Blueberry Burst Muffins
Ingredients:
Lemon-Sugar Topping
1/3 cup sugar (2 1/3 ounces)
1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated zest from 1 lemon
Muffins
2 cups fresh blueberries (about 10 ounces)
1 1/8 cups sugar (8 ounces) plus 1 teaspoon
2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (12 1/2 ounces)
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 large eggs
4 Tbsp (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1cup buttermilk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
For the topping:
Stir together sugar and lemon zest in small bowl until combined; set aside.
For the muffins:
Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees. Spray standard muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray. Bring 1 cup blueberries and 1 teaspoon sugar to simmer in small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, mashing berries with spoon and stirring frequently, until berries have broken down and mixture is thickened and reduced to ¼ cup, about 6 minutes. Transfer to small bowl and cool to room temperature, 10 to 15 minutes.
Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in large bowl. In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk remaining 1 1/8 cups sugar and eggs together until thick and homogeneous. Slowly whisk in butter and oil until combined. Whisk in buttermilk and vanilla until combined. Using rubber spatula, fold egg mixture into flour mixture until just moistened. (Batter will be very lumpy with few spots of dry flour; do not overmix.) Gently stir in blueberries.
Divide batter equally among prepared muffin cups (batter should completely fill cups and mound slightly). Spoon a teaspoon of cooked berry mixture into center of each mound of batter, pushing it below the surface. Using a chopstick or skewer, gently swirl berry filling into the batter using figure-eight motion. Sprinkle lemon sugar evenly over muffins.
Bake until muffin tops are golden and just firm, 17 to 19 minutes, rotating muffin tin from front to back halfway through baking time. Cool muffins in muffin tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack and cool 5 more minutes before serving.
from Cooks Illustrated
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These look delicious and bursting with blueberries. I love the lemon crumb topping – yum!
Wow, a lemon sugar topping. I've got to remember to try that the next time I make blueberry muffins.
These look so good and I love the topping! They really are bursting with bluberries. Definitely yum!
I can not get enough of blueberries this season! These muffins look like another delicious way to use them.
Look at all those beautiful blueberries! They look amazing Megan 🙂
YUM! What a perfect breakfast!
Nothing I love more in the summer than picking blueberries! My husband and I picked 8 lbs two weeks ago, and headed out again this weekend!
Those muffins look great! Putting a topping on them is a really good idea.
I love the topping on these. A little different then the usual blueberry muffin!
These look good!
Oh, goodness. Muffins with lemon sugar?!?! Yes, please! I'm definitely going to recreate this!
Love that little extra lemon sugar on top!
I am so jealous of your fresh blueberries! That is something that I have always wanted to do, but I'm not sure they grow so well here. The muffins look great!
Love the muffins Megan, glad you can enjoy blueberry season. The lemon sugar is a nice touch!
That looks really good.Going to make them,or attempt to.lol
I will most definitely be trying this recipe!! Love how the blueberries are cooked into a a jam and there is a crumb topping!!
These look so good! Great way to use leftover blueberries
That lemon sugar topping sounds really good!
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