Mmmmmmmm ... gingerbread. It's i of my absolute favorite Christmas traditions. I brand gingerbread cookies every year. And though nosotros don't create it every year, our menage unit of measurement has lots of fun amongst gingerbread houses, too.
So when I had the chance to participate inwards the 'Twist Up Tradition amongst Blueberries!' recipe challenge, sponsored past times the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council, I knew exactly what tradition I wanted to 'twist up' ...
gingerbread, of course!
So, what precisely is the challenge lay forth inwards the 'blueberry tradition twist,' yous ask?
"Twist upwards tradition amongst blueberries! We desire yous to commencement thinking near blueberries inwards novel & unique ways during the wintertime months amongst wintertime fresh too frozen blueberries. Our finish is to encourage huckleberry lovers to twist upwards tradition ... Think exterior the box field taking your vacation cravings into consideration. Let’s run across what these little bluish dynamos tin do!"
Oh, yes. It's sum deliciousness.
Just enquire my tasting squad ... uh, that would hold upwards my instructor friends at schoolhouse ... who got to hold upwards the benefactors of the examination batches of these Blueberry Gingerbread Streusel Muffins. The tasting squad gave them really high marks!
So, create yous similar my tradition twist? Not sure? ... laissez passer on the twist a crusade - you'll hold upwards too then glad yous did.
Blueberry Gingerbread Streusel Muffins
Source: A Tracey creation
(Printable recipe)
Ingredients
Muffins:
1 c. butter, softened
1 c. granulated sugar
1 c. molasses
iii eggs
1 c. buttermilk
iii c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 T. soil ginger
1 tsp. soil cinnamon
1/2 tsp. soil nutmeg
Pinch of soil cloves
1 1/2 c. fresh blueberries
1 T. all-purpose flour
Streusel Topping:
ii T. all-purpose flour
1/4 c. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. soil cinnamon
1 T. butter (use a generous tablespoon of butter)
Directions
For the Streusel Topping:
1. Combine the ii tablespoons flour, 1/4 loving cup sugar, too 1/2 teaspoon soil cinnamon inwards a small-scale bowl.
2. Cut inwards the (generous) 1 tablespoon of butter until the mixture is crumbly. Set aside.
For the Muffins:
1. With an electrical mixer, crunch the 1 loving cup of butter at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add together sugar, beating until fluffy. Add molasses; crunch until blended. Add eggs, i at a time, beating later each improver until blended. Add buttermilk too crunch until blended.
2. In a carve upwards bowl, combine the iii cups of flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, too cloves. Gradually add together the flour mixture to the moisture mixture, beating on medium-low speed until only combined.
3. Toss blueberries amongst the remaining 1 tablespoon of flour. Fold the flour-coated blueberries into the muffin batter.
4. Spoon batter into lightly greased muffin pans, filling each muffin loving cup 3/4 full. Sprinkle streusel topping evenly over the tops of the filled muffin cups.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for twenty minutes. Let cool inwards the pan for 5-8 minutes; take muffins to a cooling rack.
Makes near thirty muffins.
Enjoy!
Check out the 'Little Blue Dynamos' blueberry site for many creative ways to ready upwards blueberries.
