Best-Ever Blueberry Muffins

Submitted by heidi

"Modified from BH&G's Homemade Bread Cookbook. Tip: if you don't have whole milk on hand, mix your low-fat milk with a pat of melted butter. It helps preserve the fat ratio in the recipe and keeps the muffins from being dry."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 12 muffins
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Muffins

• 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 large egg, well beaten
• 3⁄4 cup whole milk
• 1⁄3 cup vegetable oil

• Blueberry mixture

• 1 cup blueberries (thaw & drain if using frozen)
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel

• Dipping

• 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
• 1⁄4 cup sugar

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Stir thoroughly first 5 ingredients. Make well in center.
3. Combine egg, milk, and oil; add all at once to dry mixture. Stir just till moistened.
4. Combine blueberries, 4 tablespoons sugar, and lemon peel and fold into batter.
5. Fill well-greased muffin pans or paper-lined muffin pans 2/3 full.
6. Bake 20 to 25 minutes.
7. While muffins are warm, dip tops in melted butter and then in sugar (can alternately dust with powdered sugar).

Reviews

[Amanda Beth]

These are awesome. We didn't dip the tops, but they are so tasty. I love the cinnamon in these. My kids like them a lot too. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Secret Agent]

These are the absolute best-ever Blueberry Muffins! Thanks so much for posting this recipe! I lost my BH&G bread book in a move and have been freaking out because I love it so much! I have been baking these since the early 70's and they are fabulous! I made them this morning in Texas muffin tins and I am hoping my hub does not wake up before they are done. I used fresh frozen blueberries that my neighbors daughter picked for me last season and I added some lemon zest to the dry as well as the berries. I also increased the dry ingredient sugar to 1/2 cup. The blueberry ingredients stated 4 tablespoons sugar while the directions state 3. It's muffins and not rocket science so if you like them sweet like my dh go for it! I also put a pinch of zest into the butter for dipping (I am actualy going to use a silicone brush, then sugar them and let them sit on the counter til dh is done sawing wood. He will have his coffee and I will have my tea and he will be smiling all day!