Old-Fashioned Blueberry or Raspberry Muffins

evelyn/athens's Note:

Perfect for lazy, weekend breakfasts. Sackville Girl made a sub and used raspberries and, well, you can see the great results in the picture! I must have really big muffin tins (or maybe they're bigger in Europe?) cause I get a dozen over-sized muffins with this recipe.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 12 muffins

• 1 cup milk
• ½ cup butter
• 1 ½ teaspoons orange zest
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups fresh blueberries or 1 ½ cups frozen blueberries , unthawed

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400F; line twelve muffin cups with paper liners.
2. Combine first 4 ingredients in small saucepan; stir over medium heat until butter melts; cool until mixture is warm to touch; beat in eggs.
3. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into large bowl; add milk mixture and stir just until blended; fold in blueberries (or raspberries).
4. Divide batter equally among prepared muffin cups; Bake until golden and tester comes out clean, about 15-20 minutes.
5. Variation: You can use raspberries instead of blueberries.

Reviews

[under12parsecs]

Mmmmmm.... so flavorful and tender and moist with a lovely crisp around the edges! I made this recipe into a loaf of bread because it is so much easier for DH to take with him to share on the jet when he flies. Since I made a loaf, I baked in a 350* oven for 55 minutes. I used buttermilk in place of the regular milk, lemon zest for the orange (as that's what I had on hand), and fresh-picked raspberries.

[oberdes]

One of the best. I used brown sugar and vanilla sugar from Europe !! Excellent Recipe !!!!!

[oneandonly]

WOW, these came out just like your pic. and they really are good. the recipe is easy peasy... thanks so much this is exactly what I was looking for!!!