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Blueberry Muffins

Let the refrigerator ingredients come to room temperature. Preheat the oven. Mix the wet, mix the dry, combine wet and dry, add in the berries. Bake 30 minutes at 375.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Muffin
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 253 kcal

Ingredients
  

For The Muffins

  • 2 1/2 cups room temperature fresh blueberries
  • 2 room temperature eggs
  • 1/2 cup room temperature butter
  • 1/2 cup room temperature buttermilk can use regular milk
  • 1 T fresh lemon juice
  • 2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 vanilla bean scrapings or 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/3 - 1/2 cup crumb topping optional

For The Crumb Topping

  • 1 stick melted butter
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract or the scrapings of one vanilla bean
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • pinch of salt

Instructions
 

For The Muffins

  • Let the butter, buttermilk, eggs, blueberries, and lemon to come to room temperature. Takes about one hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 375.
  • Line 12 muffin tins with paper liners and spray with cooking spray.
  • In a medium sized bowl, beat the butter, sugar, and vanilla bean scrapings until you get a uniform, creamy mixture.
  • Add the eggs one at a time. Beat well and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl after each addition.
  • Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Add 1/2 of the dry ingredients to the creamed butter, sugar, and vanilla mixture and beat to just combine. Add 1/4 cup of the buttermilk and mix briefly. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl after each addition. Repeat till everything is just combined.
  • Mash 1/2 cup of the blueberries. Add the mashed and whole blueberries all at once. Stir to distribute the blueberries evenly throughout the batter. The batter will be thick and sticky.
  • Fill 12 muffin tins to the top. It may be easier to use your hands than a spoon. If you are using the crumb topping sprinkle it on top of the muffin batter. 
  • Bake at 375 for 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a middle muffin comes out clean.
  • Let cool on wire racks.

For The Crumb Topping

  • Melt the butter.  
  • In a medium sized bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients with the butter.
  • This makes enough for 24 muffins. Store it in the refrigerator with a snap-on lid. The next time you use it, remember to bring it to room temperature and "re-crumble" it with a fork so you are not putting cold crumb topping on muffin batter.