Description
Everyone's favorite blueberry muffins! My grandmother's old fashioned recipe yields muffins that are moist, fluffy, and sweet from fresh or frozen blueberries.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Blueberries
- 1/4 cup Butter (or other shortening)
- 1 3/4 cups Flour
- 2.5 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 3/8 cup Sugar ((can increase to 1/2 per dozen))
- 1 Egg
- 1/2 cup Milk ((can increase to 2/3 cup per dozen) *See note to make own)
Instructions
Cue Up The Episode!
- Make sure to check out the episode that features this recipe with Becky and her kids - Bonus Episode: Storied Recipes According to My Kids.
Make The Recipe
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (204 degrees C).
- In a mixing bowl, place butter or shortening and set in a warm place to soften to room temperature.
- If you are using fresh blueberries, rinse and pat them dry using a water-absorbing cloth. If you are using frozen berries, you can use some of the tricks I mentioned above.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar together in the bowl.
- Cut in the butter or shortening with the dry ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg(s) and the milk together until smooth.
- Stir the wet ingredients into the flour mixture, and gently incorporate the blueberries into the mixture
- Spoon into greased muffin tins
- If you want, sprinkle on coarse sugar or make one of the strudel toppings from the recipes above and add it to the tops of your muffins.
- Bake at 400 degrees F (204 degrees C) for 20 – 25, until golden brown.
Notes
- Make sure to check out the episode that features this recipe with Becky and her kids - Bonus Episode: Storied Recipes According to My Kids.
- If you want to make a variation of these muffins, you could try adding lemon zest or orange zest/orange juice to make the muffins a little brighter!
- On that same note, if you want to make a warmer muffin, you could try adding cardamom to your muffin batter.
- You could also add a streusel topping for an added sweet crunch on the tops of your muffins!
- If using frozen blueberries, to help soak up some of the liquid either toss them in a bit of cornstarch, rinse them in cold water, or bake the muffins for a little longer in the oven.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Baking, Breakfast
- Cuisine: Global
Nutrition
- Calories: 143
- Sugar: 8
- Sodium: 183
- Fat: 5
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Carbohydrates: 23
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 25