Perfectly perfect! So glad you mentioned the batter is thick. I also found her combination of coriander (I know!) I only had small containers of yogurt so I used one plain and half of a coconut yogurt. Perfect recipe–thanks! Yum! I love this Deb!!! What if they were just my favorite blueberry muffins at the time and there’s better out there that I didn’t know about yet? [Get the recipe for Even More Perfect Blueberry Muffins right here]. Stir in the mashed blueberries. [Get the updated recipe for Even More Perfect Blueberry Muffins right here]. And there was no way I could put all the batter in just nine muffins papers; I needed ten. Do you think peaches would work? I had two problems; I started to weigh my ingredients, 5 T of butter was almost 95 grams not 70. I had a little closer to 2 cups of blueberries so I used them. Also, gin- best addition to blueberry jam ever. I only just now searched on buttermilk muffins so reading this way late, but Sintra!! We are having a bake sale tomorrow at our church, and the blueberries are here from Michigan, so of course I made these muffins again! Using an ice cream scoop, divide the batter between the 12 muffin cups, filling each about 2/3 full. BLUEBERRY MUFFINS..!!!! I did not have any turbinado sugar so i mixed together a small amount of local honey (~ 1tsp) with 1-2 T cinnamon sugar (saigon cinnamon and white sugar – I usually put cinnamon sugar in my coffee in the morning, so I had it on hand). My grandmother always topped her blueberry muffins with sugar for that sweet-crunchy top. Can I use my Kitchenaid mixer? Your recipes have gotten us through this with some smiles! Have you ever had the blueberry and/or corn muffins from Briermeir on the North Fork? Thank you so much! Any advice on places to stay? I actually liked it better. They were on my list to try when I decided I desperately didn’t want to make blueberry compote just to make a muffin. Or would it be better to make the day before and just overnight ? My mom loves these muffins when she comes to visit but they maybe delicate for mailing. Just made these, they turned out great. and line or grease a muffin tin. Add the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder to a bowl and whisk together to combine. Thank you Deb! Next time I will just try the loaf; it raised more than I expected, and the double would NOT have fit, so maybe a single batch would be fine. NO.) I have made these muffins many times since you first published your recipe. Add about 1/4 cup of the mixture to each muffin cup … Fantastic made with 190 grams of halved frozen cranberries. I do that, too. I am not surprised they were amazing. I’ll admit I’ve never tried it in muffins, though, which is a grievous oversight. No problem. No, but I think I’ve tried everything else there. No, you may not. Using the fruit frozen, as Cook's Illustrated and Bouchon suggest, prevents it from bleeding too much into the muffin mixture – and tossing the berries in a little flour beforehand will help stop them sinking to the bottom during baking. Yes! While not as light, sort of reminded me of dreamy cream scones. For people using frozen berries, I found that rinsing them a few times first (until the water ran mostly clear) and then drying them with a few paper towels really cut down on any bleeding/green batter issues. I want to make these muffins this morning! Heavily spray or line with paper liners a muffin tin. Worked beautifully and will go into permanent rotation! Did the berries seem deflated before they went in? Won’t be making them again. Added frozen blueberries at last minute so not much bleeding. ; Step 4 In the bowl of a kitchen mixer such as a KitchenAid, add the butter and sugar and beat well till light and fluffy. This looks like a perfect weekend recipe as snacks/breakfasts for the week! Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder. I checked a conversion table and it said 5 T. should be 71.5 grams so I don’t know if my scale was off. The bakery suggests a gap of between 12 and 36 hours before baking: I rest mine for 24, but to be honest, although the results are really, really nice, they're not so outstandingly superior to the New York Times version to warrant such delay. They always turn out. Thus, making healthier muffins at home is definitely worth the trouble. We loved these muffins!!! I made these this morning and was very disappointed. Stir in the mashed blueberries. :). Please say yes! Since we rolled out the redesign, I’ve been flagging recipes in the archives I can’t stand looking at the pictures of anymore with plans to reshoot them.The perfect blueberry muffins were on this list except on my way to prettying them up, I made four other recipes first. Delicious! (and just to be clear, no to sifting, which I tried once or twice). Instructions. They are so soft and delicious. Maybe it was time for a re-review. Plus muffin tips and troubleshooting! Click here to view the video. First published August 28, 2016 on smittenkitchen.com |, Marta @ What should I eat for breakfast today. I haven’t but I feel like it might be very good. It's not that much more work in the grand scheme of things – and beating the butter into submission first, until it has the consistency of mayonnaise, as Keller dictates, seems to give an even lighter, fluffier result. Sunday afternoon, made a batch of these muffins and I totally agree. These look like perfection – love the sugared lids and all those bursting blueberries. One of my loveliest days. and ftlog, who — in practice, not just ambitious recipe writing — measures zest in half-teaspoons? Enter: the perfect homemade blueberry muffins… I mentioned the coriander, but didn’t use it in the end. Most importantly, they put bursty, peak-season berries front and center. I feel your pain. Those are the ones my son dreams about. Oh the food memories… Now I must make blueberry muffins! Thank you for always including what you changed and why. and nutmeg crazy good and worth trying if you’re curious, even if I’m still defaulting to my lemon zest only here. Required fields are marked *. In this country at least, you'll just have to make your own. My 2.5 year old insists on these muffins so often he has the ingredients memorized, grocery shopping is his fave, and we’ve made 4 batches this week. I’m also planning on Portugal in a month with a toddler. It is incredibly moist, and the sugar crust on the top is divine. I took Deb’s advice about splitting them and running them under the broiler to get toasty and warm, with a little of butter. Add the eggs and … I have some super ripe bananas – can I add to a batch or will it ruin it? Now that Michigan blueberries are in season, I find you get a tastier muffin than when I use the flavorless berries available year round in the supermarket. My favourite adaptation is subbing a heaping cup of cranberries and half a cup of chocolate chips for the blueberries, orange zest for the lemon zest, half whole wheat flour, and adding the spice mix from the mulled cranberry bars the smitten kitchen cookbook. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. And that's even worse than a tough cookie. I live in Maine and have a slight obsession with all things blueberry, so from my extensive blueberry recipe testing: in cooked blueberry recipes cinnamon, coriander and/or lime zest are frequently used to add complexity- to restore some “fresh” taste to the cooked berries. It’s always interesting and helpful! Demerara seems the obvious compromise. The lemon is fabulous. I’m new to baking and love your recipe. Using a spatula, gently fold in the blueberries until combined. I love that they are now one bowl – not having to use a mixer is definitely nice. Your email address will not be published. My standard changes – use half white/half wheat flour, which makes them a little more solid; use whole plain Greek yogurt instead of regular yogurt since it’s what we have on hand, and again, makes them a little more solid; and I reduce the sugar to 80 grams because we like things less sweet. Using a rubber spatula, fold the mixture together a few times until the flour is just about worked in. Even with the thicker batter, the berries all sunk down below an albino crown of sponge that tastes overwhelmingly like baking soda :( Could be user error, but the old recipe was tried and true for me. THANK YOU! But mostly, I found that my go-to was still going to be my go-to, but with a bunch of improvements, improvements that have led to more blueberry muffins in our lives, and I hope yours too. Europe on a budget… Doesn’t get any better. It’s like blueberries barely held together with batter. I bet the cranberries would be incredible with orange zest subbed for lemon :). Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Just stay in Lisbon and do day trips? These are great. I loved the resulting bigger, fluffier muffins. If the indentation springs back, the muffins are likely baked, whereas if the indent holds, they need more … These little gems are, hands down, the best blueberry muffins I’ve ever had. I also add cinnamon to the turbinado sugar and don’t skimp on the topping. Delicious, as always! [Get the recipe for Even More Perfect Blueberry Muffins right here], Since we rolled out the redesign, I’ve been flagging recipes in the archives I can’t stand looking at the pictures of anymore with plans to reshoot them. This is a beautiful country (and everyone is so nice to kids). The Joy of Cooking suggests using light brown sugar in muffins, which gives a much better flavour than the more usual white sugar. Excellent! A one-bowl recipe for Perfect Blueberry Muffins. Deb, thanks for putting weights in. You might want to check out the comment guidelines before chiming in. Fresh blueberries are best choice but you can always use frozen blueberries or dehydrated blueberries if you need to. Perfect for packed lunches, picnics or even just as a mid-afternoon snack with a cup of tea, this blueberry muffin recipe is an easy bake year-round. And a use for the yogurt that doesn’t get used in summer smoothies. Allow to cool slightly before serving, but these don't keep well, so don't wait too long! What about chocolate chip sour cream coffee cake? x. I visited Portugal years ago. We’ve eaten almost half of it already and I expect it will be gone by the end of tomorrow…can’t…stop…. Drink lots of vinho verde. The old was updated so it’s now the “new” one. I love that these are not so sweet. I made a double batch, but actually only have 2 muffin pans right now (1 regular, 1 mini). Thanks for sharing this! Place all the ingredients except the blueberries into a blender and blend for 1-2 minutes until the mixture is smooth and all the cream cheese and butter is combined Remove the mixture from the … It was beautiful & just getting to Sintea was stunning. I had blueberries that needed to be used Sunday and I was toying with a muffin recipe that involved the mixer (!!) In a large bowl, mix, butter, vanilla extract and sugar together until light and fluffy. The sugar on top looks lovely. None have. It keeps the muffins feeling more “healthy” and the flax meal keeps them moist. I love making them. I think muffins actually disappear even faster then any other snack food. I’ll be using this from now on. :-). OK, so I broke my right (dominant) arm and sprained my left wrist but I MUST make this. The recipe was easy to make rather bleary-eyed, and was darned good. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir just until combined, 10 to 12 times. Fold in half the frozen blueberries and mix until just combined, but do not overwork. I always round to the nearest 5 here, just like we did in math class. The not-so-sweet batter perfectly complements the sugary, crunchy topping. For me, the ideal blueberry muffins aren’t too sweet, and they’re deeply flavorful and moist. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the butter, yogurt and both sugars until light and fluffy. However, I really like Bouchon's granulated sugar, which adds a very moreish crunch to the top of the baked muffins. Coriander! Is it better to refrigerate the batter if I want to make fresh baked muffins the next day or is it better to freeze the baked muffins already and heat them up? Enjoy! Blueberry muffins are as all-American as apple pie – in fact, if anything they're more American, born and bred in that country, unlike the immigrant apple and its medieval crust. Also, I used frozen blueberries and found the mixture to turn purple-ish and the muffin turned out to be just heavy…. But things were not always thus: early American muffin recipes are strikingly similar to that unfashionably flat creature, the English muffin, and it wasn't until the late 19th century that the term came to be used for a small cake instead. Milk is often deployed, as in the New York Times recipe, though the Joy of Cooking notes you can substitute cream instead. (You may need to warm the bowl in a pan of hot water first if your butter is still quite hard.). I used 12 large muffins and 24 mini muffins. Thank you for the fabulous recipe! Not that you'll need any extra persuasion to tuck in …, Makes nine muffins75g frozen blueberries75g fresh blueberries240g plain flour, plus a little extra110g butter, softened200g demerara sugar1 egg, beaten1tsp baking powder1tsp bicarbonate of soda½tsp salt (optional)240ml buttermilk. I bake it in a 9×5 loaf pan because I’m lazy, with two tablespoons turbinado sugar on top, and it’s amazing. Beat in the sugar, then the beaten egg, and mix until well combined. Hello! By far, this is superior to any of the numerous blueberry muffin recipes I have tried over the years. It made 6 @115 [weighed 107 after cooking] grams each and one @ approx 67 grams. Or strawberries? Blueberry Muffins – the perfect soft and fluffy blueberry muffin recipe. The best ones though were the ones she made with the blueberries we picked that morning, growing wild in the woods around their Cape Cod house. Fill muffin tins 3/4 full. apologize in advance as my question might be all over the sight as your recipes our favorites?I want to bake treats and send them to friends and family that we can’t see..: and so do you think these would be ok freeze to send overnight or priority? I’ve … Made a half batch of these this morning. Your children are simply adorable! This will be our first international travel with my 16 month old and I’m not sure how to adjust my normal traveling. I'm also going to add a few mashed fresh blueberries to the batter, as the New York Times recipe suggests – the extra liquid is evenly distributed throughout the batter, so it doesn't create soggy pockets of fruit pulp, and it adds an extra hit of blueberry flavour to every bite, which I prefer to the Joy of Cooking's nutmeg, Bouchon's vanilla paste or Bell's orange zest. Spoon into the prepared tin, dot the remaining frozen blueberries on top and bake for about 25-30 minutes until risen and golden. Let me know if you find must-visit restaurants in Lisbon. I also went ahead and put in a whole lemon’s worth of zest and did not regret it! These are even better than the muffins at your favorte coffee shop! Made them numerous times and are an absolute crowd pleaser!! The lemon zest and the sour cream provide that little extra that rates these muffins off the charts. If by any chance you happen to be making these the start of your third month in isolation, and for some reason you’re a little frazzled (and maybe your infant is screaming for some unknown reason.. still) and so you manage to completely forget the yogurt, these are still pretty great. Any other suggestions? And this is from someone who actually travels internationally for her work, so it must be fantastic! I allow that my tastes do change about many things over the years and feel the need to see what I might do to improve or update what I have. Place 3 blueberries in a the centre of each muffin, gently pressing them into the batter. I made these and unfortunately they were quite bitter, with a strong “baking soda” flavor that others noticed in the comments. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Fold half these ingredients into the mix, then half the buttermilk, then the remaining flour and buttermilk. I learned to make muffins from Betty Crocker in the 1950’s, so I had the follow the rule ‘fill muffin tins 3/4 full.’ When I made these yesterday, I did exactly as you directed and made exactly 18 muffins (I doubled the recipe.) I thought I burned them yesterday and the odd flavor was from that. I one bowl it, and use blueberry jam instead of the compote to keep it breakfast-friendly. Thank you! Thanks! But honestly, most of the muffins you’ll find at stores and coffee shops are actually just cake. Thanks for the reminder! These are SO good!! Set aside. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tops are golden. I’ll just have to make more then. Bell uses extra virgin olive oil, which makes hers dairy-free, but the blueberries don't have chance against its powerful grassy flavour. Is this the updated recipe? My niece and her hubby just returned from a vacation in Portugal and said it was amazing. Photograph: Felicity Cloake for the Guardian, The Jordan Marsh blueberry muffin. I’ve made the 2010 version with blueberry /raspberry combo and love them. I am pleased to report that with a couple of adjustments this recipe also makes an excellent cake! I’m contemplating freezing them for work but am or rid the top won’t be as crunchy still. Photograph: Felicity Cloake for the Guardian, Felicity Cloake's perfect blueberry muffin. I make the old version of these, with some modifications, almost every weekend, so I tried this version last weekend and they are definitely an improvement! I got up early and made these fresh, and tonight his boss emailed him: “Outstanding is not a strong enough word for these blueberry muffins. I updated the old recipe, so they’re still called “Perfect Blueberry Muffins.” I realize now that might be confusing! https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/08/perfect-blueberry-muffins I will have to try coriander and nutmeg! I made a fun version of these the other day. After so many bad experiences with dense, cakey muffins, I'm keen to ensure these are light and fluffy, so I have a definite preference for those recipes heavy on the raising agents. Your original blueberry muffins are my go-to, so I’m excited to try this even more perfect version! They don’t rise as much and are loose and crumby, but still crispy and delicious. I haven’t had blueberry muffins forever, even though I love them. Next time! Hi, (Baker's Joy works well), or use paper liners. Your email address will not be published. Did I make it happen? Now I’m excited to try your new one. 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