Description
Irresistible Blueberry Streusel Muffins bring comfort and sweetness to breakfast tables with their buttery crumb and crunchy topping. Home bakers will love creating these delightful treats that combine juicy berries and crumbly streusel in one perfect morning indulgence.
Ingredients
Scale
Blueberries:
- 1.75 cups fresh blueberries
Dry Ingredients:
- 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 0.5 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour (for dusting blueberries)
Wet Ingredients:
- 0.75 cup milk
- 0.25 cup butter, melted
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 0.5 teaspoon almond extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375F (190C) and prepare a muffin tin with paper liners, ensuring even spacing.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a spacious mixing bowl, creating a uniform dry base.
- Whisk together sugar, milk, melted butter, egg, and extract in a separate container until smooth and well-integrated.
- Gently incorporate wet ingredients into dry mixture, stirring minimally to maintain a light texture.
- Dust blueberries with flour to prevent sinking, then delicately fold into the batter.
- Distribute batter evenly across muffin cups, topping each with additional fresh blueberries.
- Prepare streusel by mixing ingredients until they form a crumbly, textured topping.
- Generously sprinkle streusel over each muffin, ensuring complete coverage.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, monitoring until a toothpick emerges clean from the center.
- Allow muffins to rest in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack for complete cooling.
Notes
- Prevent blueberries from sinking by tossing them in flour before adding to the batter, ensuring even distribution throughout the muffins.
- Create lighter, fluffier muffins by mixing wet and dry ingredients just until combined, avoiding overmixing which can lead to tough textures.
- Swap fresh blueberries with frozen ones if needed, but don’t thaw them first to prevent color bleeding and maintain the muffins’ structure.
- Customize the recipe by using alternative mix-ins like raspberries, chocolate chips, or adding a sprinkle of lemon zest for extra flavor complexity.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 181 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 154 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg