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Blueberry Muffins
Incredibly delicious and well beyond ordinary. These wonderful muffins are packed with fresh berries along with a dollop of homemade blueberry sauce and finished with a sprinkle of Turbinado sugar for a slightly crunchy, sweet top. photo by sgrishka Give a medal for this photo

Blueberry Muffins

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These muffins are absolutely amazing! The recipe uses a combination of butter and oil to provided both flavor and moisture, while buttermilk adds richness and a slight tang. The muffins crumb is moist and tender, yet sturdy enough to support the blueberries. Best of all, they are packed full of flavor...every bite bursting with blueberry yumminess either from fresh whole blueberries or a blueberry sauce. To make the berry sauce, half of the fresh blueberries are cooked down into thick jam-like sauce to concentrate their flavor and reduce excess moisture. The berry sauce is then swirled into each batter-filled cup to spread concentrated berry flavor throughout each muffin just before baking. The berry sauce is an additional step not found in other recipes, but it's also a step that elevates this recipe above those other recipes.

"This recipe is absolutely fabulous, I made these in my Texas-sized muffin tins and let me tell you they were sinfully delicious. this is an a+ all the way, thank you . You cooks are something else. You make me look like I know what I'm doing, not just with family, but entertaining make me feel pretty confident!" - fuzzy4head

Yield: 12 Servings Ready in 45 minutes

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Blueberry

(4.6, 23) 91% would make again (reviews)

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Muffins          
Original recipe makes 12 Servings
2 cupsfresh blueberries; (picked over and rinsed), divided
1 1/8 cupssugar; plus 1 teaspoon
2 1/2 cups (12 1/2 oz)Unbleached all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoonsBaking Powder
1 teaspoonSalt
2 largeEggs
1/4 cupunsalted butter; - melted and slightly cooled
1/4 cupVegetable oil
1 cupButtermilk
1 1/2 teaspoonsVanilla extract
4 teaspoonsturbinado sugar

Blueberry Muffins Preparation

Place oven rack in upper-middle position and heat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray standard twelve-cup muffin tin with nonstick vegetable cooking spray: set aside.

In a small saucepan set over medium heat, combine one cup of the blueberries and one teaspoon sugar and bring to a simmer. Use a spoon to smash berries and stir frequently while cooking until berries have broken down, mixture has thickened and reduces to about 1/3 to 1/4 cup. Remove pan from heat; set aside and let cool to room temperature.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Sprinkle a scant tablespoon of flour mixture over remaining cup of blueberries and toss to coat; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together remaining sugar and eggs until mixture is pale yellow, thick and fluffy. While whisking, slowly pour in melted butter and oil and mix well. Whisk in buttermilk and vanilla until completely incorporated. Using a spatula, gently fold egg mixture and remaining cup of (flour coated) blueberries into flour mixture until just incorporated. (Batter should be lumpy with some small sprays of dry flour still visible; DO NOT overmix.)

Using a portioning scoop or large spoon, distribute batter equally among prepared muffin cups (batter should fill cups and mound slightly). Place at least a teaspoon of cooled berry mixture in center of each batter-filled cup, and gently push it below surface. Use a bamboo skewer or large toothpick to gently swirl berry mixture into batter to spread concentrated berry flavor throughout muffin. Sprinkle turbinado sugar evenly over batter.

Place in oven and increase temperature to 425 degrees F. Bake muffins until tops are golden and just firm (or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean), about 17 to 19 minutes, rotating pan halfway through baking time for even baking. Transfer tin to a wire rack to cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Invert muffins onto wire rack, stand muffins upright, cool 5 minutes longer, and serve warm. Muffins will keep for 2 to 3 days in an airtight container.

Notes

If baking less than a full tin, fill empty cups with water to ensure that heat is evenly conducted.

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  • Perfectly baked...tender and moist on the inside with a lovely, golden crust on the outside. photo by sgrishka sgrishka

  • Light and fluffy in texture, the muffins and berries combine sweet and tart flavors and are as well suited to breakfast as they are to an afternoon snack. photo by sgrishka sgrishka

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  • Incredibly delicious and well beyond ordinary. These wonderful muffins are packed with fresh berries along with a dollop of homemade blueberry sauce and finished with a sprinkle of Turbinado sugar for a slightly crunchy, sweet top. photo by sgrishka sgrishka

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    Blueberry Muffins Reviews

    Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
    It is fun to make
    4 weeks, 1 days, 13 hours, 26 minutes ago
    Good recipe. I made a few adjustments and added more blueberries but they turned out well! I would make it again.
    3 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes ago
    so yummy and simple
    4 months, 5 days, 8 hours, 30 minutes ago
    Turned out really well! Don't be worried that batter looks lumpy it works well in the end!
    4 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 4 hours, 42 minutes ago
    I love the way thy taste.
    6 months, 1 days, 13 hours, 49 minutes ago
    Tasty! Great.
    6 months, 5 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes ago
    In one word...AJM In one word...AMAZING! The best blueberry muffin I have ever tried, and I have tried many.
    8 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 4 hours, 5 minutes ago
    My family and I enjoyed them very much :)! We will make them again soon.
    9 months, 6 days, 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
    10 months, 5 days, 20 hours, 3 minutes ago
    I used frozen blueberries, and cooked the 1 cup in a microwave for 6 minutes on high, but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. They turned out great! Magazine or not I'm glad the recipe made it into my hands!
    1 years, 1 weeks, 3 days, 11 hours, 39 minutes ago
    1 years, 2 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 9 hours, 26 minutes ago
    1 years, 2 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 22 hours, 28 minutes ago
    This recipe was taken from a cooking magazine, although I do not remember the name. Although scrumptious. It is quite unsavory to pretend it is your own.
    1 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 16 hours, 35 minutes ago
    Absolutely delicious!! Easy to make too!
    1 years, 4 months, 4 weeks, 1 hours, 41 minutes ago
    This recipe is absolutely fabulous, I made these in my Texas-sized muffin tins and let me tell you they were sinfully delicious. this is an a+ all the way, thank you . You cooks are something else. You make me look like I know what I'm doing, not just with family, but entertaining make me feel pretty confident!
    1 years, 8 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
    OH MY GOODNESS! Thank you so very much for this recipe! I have always made great blueberry muffins but not as good as this! You deserve a medal for posting this recipe. Thanks, Ann
    2 years, 4 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 3 hours, 51 minutes ago
    I loved these muffins! I followed the recipe exactly, except for an additional 1 1/2 oz of flour due to high altitude baking. I'm at 8,500ft and they turned out wonderfully!
    2 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 10 hours, 17 minutes ago
    These muffins were excellent. I will make them again.I left the filling in the middle and when you pull one apart all that good blueberry fill ing is there for the tasting.
    2 years, 10 months, 1 weeks, 2 days, 4 hours, 40 minutes ago
    These muffins were wonderful! The base was flavorful and dense, but fluffy as well. The blueberry filling put it over the top! I also sprinkled some turbinado over the top before baking, which added a very satisfying crunch to the top. We will definitely bake again.
    2 years, 10 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 5 hours, 27 minutes ago
    Spread to the edges more then I would have hoped, otherwise GREAT! <3
    2 years, 11 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 3 hours, 55 minutes ago

    Tags

    1. turbinado sugar
    2. baking powder
    3. vegetable oil
    4. unsalted butter
    5. American
    6. Blueberry
    7. Bread
    8. Breakfast
    9. Brunch
    10. Desserts
    11. Snacks
    12. quick bread
    13. muffins
    14. easy
    15. vanilla
    16. buttermilk
    17. eggs
    18. Salt
    19. AP flour
    20. Sugar
    21. blueberries
    22. Bake
    23. Quick

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