Blueberry Muffins

Denise in NH's Note:

These used to be served at the Jordon Marsh department stores(now Macy's). On our shopping trips, my sister and I always made sure we stopped at their restaurant and had one of these blueberry muffins with a cup of coffee...they are delicious!

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups blueberries
• sugar, for sprinkling tops of muffins

Directions:

1. Grease 12 cup muffin pan.
2. Preheat oven to 375.
3. In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
6. Add alternately to creamed mixture with milk and vanilla.
7. Crush 1/2 cup berries and add to batter.
8. Fold remaining berries into batter and spoon into muffin pan.
9. Sprinkle with sugar.
10. Bake 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
11. Cool in pan 5 minutes and turn onto wire rack.

Reviews

[MEAN CHEF]

Recipe worked as written. Unfortunately the results were too much like cake instead of the texture of a muffin. Recipe (#22656) with lemon instead of vanilla makes a superior muffin. Even though the ingredients are pretty much the same, the technique yields a better crumb.

[heartsmiles]

I had a ton of blueberries to use and wanted to try a different blueberry muffin recipe. I found this one and after making these muffins, I threw away the blueberry muffin recipe I had been using for several years. These are delicious!! I did find however that the recipe made 18 normal sized muffins instead of the 12 listed on the recipe...which was great because that just meant more muffins! They didn't last long.

[Kat Wood]

Excellent recipe. I like this one better than the one in the Cook's Best Recipe cookbook. I didn't crush the berries, either because I didn't want purple muffins. My kids love these. Thanks for posting.