Double Blueberry Muffins with Citrus-Sugar the combination of fresh blueberries, huckleberry preserves, as well as a sprinkling of citrus-sugar brand these muffins extra delicious!
Summer is a fourth dimension when nosotros instruct to indulge ourselves a piffling bit. Like ... with H2O ice cream, or trips to the beach, extra fourth dimension hanging out with friends, lazy days at the pool, or large shopping trips. Some may tell that during summer, nosotros instruct to splurge.
The other day, my Mom as well as I splurged with these Double Blueberry Muffins with Citrus-Sugar. Yes, double huckleberry ...
Two kinds of huckleberry brand these huckleberry muffins extra delicious. And a sprinkling of citrus-sugar on plow over off adds exactly that much more deliciousness.
They may exactly hold out the perfect summertime berry splurge.
I mean, exactly await at that scrumptiously inviting ooze of blueberry.
But it's non exactly any blueberry. It's double blueberry.
Which is achieved past times using both fresh blueberries inwards the muffin batter, as well as a dollop of huckleberry preserves tucked inwards the muffin center. Total, total, total yum.
My Mom as well as I made these together when I was visiting my parents terminal week. They had exactly gone huckleberry picking a few days before, hence I begged asked Mom if nosotros could brand a batch of these muffins with some of their freshly picked haul.
Of course, she said yes. As I've said before, my Mom is sweetness similar that.
Now, non exclusively did I instruct the benefits of cooking with Mom as well as getting to consume these totally scrumptious muffins, I likewise got the practice goodness of beingness able to accept photos spell making these muffins with two hands on my camera! {Oh yes, yous nutrient bloggers reading this know what I mean.} So those are Mom's hands you'll run into inwards the upcoming photos.
After mixing upwards a buttermilk-based batter with fresh blueberries, create total paper-lined muffin cups close one-half full. {The paper-lined business office is indeed of import with these item muffins.}
Then brand an indentation inwards the middle of the batter, as well as create total the indentation with a dollop of huckleberry preserves. {We used Smucker's Simply Fruit.}
Then plow over off the huckleberry preserves with to a greater extent than batter ...
... as well as popular them inwards the oven to bake up. While the muffins bake, mix upwards a citrus-sugar topping with granulated sugar, lemon zest, as well as orangish zest. It's pretty, isn't it?
... as well as sprinkle them pretty generously with the citrus-sugar.
The citrus-sugar non exclusively looks beautiful, it adds an amazing flare-up of season as well as wonderful textural squelch to the muffins! It pairs soooo wonderfully with the double dose of blueberry.
There are no words to depict how much I dear these muffins ... hence I'll merely tell they are the best huckleberry muffins I've e'er had. I could gush over them all twenty-four hr current long.
So become ahead ... splurge ... as well as instruct your dose of double blueberry. I recall you'll hold out glad yous did.
Double Blueberry Muffins with Citrus-Sugar
Source: Adapted from Better Homes as well as Gardens Magazine, March 2013, Citrus-Topped Double Blueberry Muffins
IngredientsMuffins:
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 3/4 c. granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 c. buttermilk
- 6 T. unsalted butter, melted
- 1 1/2 c. fresh blueberries
- 1/2 c. blueberry preserves (I occupation Smucker's Simply Fruit)
- 1 tsp. finely chopped orangish zest
- 1 tsp. finely chopped lemon zest
- 2 T. granulated sugar
- 2 T. unsalted butter, melted
- Combine the flour, 3/4 loving cup sugar, baking powder, as well as tabular array salt inwards a mixing bowl; stir until good blended. Make a good inwards the middle of the flour mixture as well as ready aside.
- In a carve upwards bowl, whisk together the half dozen tablespoons of melted butter, eggs, as well as buttermilk. Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture all at ane time. Stir until the flour is exactly moistened (batter volition nonetheless hold out lumpy). Gently crease inwards the fresh blueberries.
- Remove close 1 1/2 cups of the batter to a carve upwards bowl; ready aside.
- Spoon the batter remaining inwards the mixing bowl into xiv paper-lined muffin cups, dividing batter evenly alongside the cups as well as filling each some one-half full. With a teaspoon, brand a modest indentation inwards the middle of the batter inwards each muffin cup; spoon close 2 teaspoons of huckleberry preserves into the middle of each muffin. Top each muffin with some of the reserved batter, roofing the huckleberry preserves.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes until golden brown.
- While muffins are baking, stir together the orangish zest, lemon zest, as well as remaining 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar. Set aside.
- Upon removing muffins from the oven, straightaway brush the tops with a piffling of the 2 tablespoons melted butter as well as sprinkle with citrus-sugar mixture. Cool muffins inwards the pan for fifteen minutes as well as and hence take to a wire rack. Serve muffins warm or at room temperature.
Enjoy!
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