Lemon Blueberry Muffins – Sally’s Baking Dependancy

Right this moment’s lemon blueberry muffin recipe is a variation of my primary muffin recipe. I barely decreased the butter as a result of I discovered the muffins too fragile with the lemon juice and so many blueberries. (You’ll use the remainder of the stick of butter within the topping!)

This batter can be utilized to create infinite muffin varieties and also you’ll see it once more in my traditional blueberry muffins, peach muffins, cranberry orange muffins, apple cinnamon muffins, and extra.

Listed below are the entire substances you want for the muffin batter, and why every is necessary:

• Flour: All-purpose flour is the bottom of those muffins.
• Baking Soda & Baking Powder: Each leaveners assist the muffins rise. See my trick beneath for super-tall bakery-style muffin tops.
• Salt & Vanilla Extract: Salt and pure vanilla extract add taste. Strive utilizing do-it-yourself vanilla extract.
• Butter: We use creamed butter for a lighter, fluffier texture. My orange lemon poppy seed muffins are made with melted butter for a denser, heartier texture.
• Sugar: In my muffin recipe, I swap between brown sugar and granulated sugar. I like to make use of granulated sugar in at present’s muffins so the lemon taste actually shines, however like to make use of brown sugar in my blueberry muffins for a little bit further taste.
• Eggs: 2 eggs bind every part collectively.
• Yogurt: Greek yogurt provides moisture. Use your favourite yogurt—I desire nonfat or low-fat plain Greek yogurt however common (not Greek) can be simply high-quality, and any fats content material. Bitter cream is a good substitute if you happen to don’t have yogurt.
• Milk: You should utilize dairy or nondairy milk.
• Lemon Juice & Lemon Zest: We’re utilizing each, for many zingy lemon taste. Make certain to zest the lemon earlier than slicing and juicing it—a lot simpler to do it on this order!
• Blueberries: You should utilize recent or frozen berries. If utilizing frozen, don’t thaw earlier than utilizing.

You can additionally add poppy seeds, like I do in these blackberry lemon poppy seed muffins.

Right this moment’s crumb topping doesn’t have cinnamon, not like many streusel recipes. It’s simply brown sugary, lemony, and candy. I really like cinnamon within the crumb topping on these blueberry muffins, however right here the cinnamon would take away from the zesty lemon in these muffins. And we wish that lemon taste to essentially shine by!

The crumb topping comes collectively rapidly and simply within the small bowl—simply use a fork to mix the melted butter, brown sugar, flour, and lemon zest.

For giant bakery-style muffin tops, there are 3 instructions to observe intently:

1. Make certain your muffin batter is THICK. (This one is!)
2. Fill your muffin cups all the way in which to the highest.
3. Bake the muffins for five minutes at an preliminary excessive temperature, then cut back the temperature for the remaining bake time. This preliminary excessive oven temperature rapidly lifts up the muffin tops. As soon as the temperature is decreased, the facilities of the muffins bake. I do that in all my muffin recipes, together with zucchini muffins and banana muffins too!