Friday, July 15, 2011

Blueberry Muffins

Since we had a lot of blueberries I thought it appropriate to post a blueberry recipe.   Blueberry pancakes are pretty obvious (just add blueberries after you pour the batter on the griddle), but I wanted to make blueberry muffins with a struesel topping.  I'm out of walnut and pecans right now, but this one was great.  I reduced the topping recipe by a lot.  The recipe shows what I usually do.  The recipe as is makes 12 regular muffins, or 8 large muffins.  I often double it.

Blueberry muffins

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries
Topping
  • 2 Tbsp white sugar
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp butter, cubed
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
  2. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder. Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix this with flour mixture. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.
  3. To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together sugar,  flour, butter, and cinnamon. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.
  4. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done.