Blueberry Lemon Muffins

After hours of research based on a request from my wife, I found a simple, but absolutely delicious blueberry muffin recipe. No unusual or special ingredients, no tricky or complicated directions, just a simple flour, sugar, oil, egg, and milk recipe. Actually, I can see the base aspect of this recipe as a blank canvas – blueberry, lemon blueberry, apple cinnamon, cherry chocolate, pumpkin spice… you get the idea. Call it breakfast or dessert, these muffins won’t last long once you make them. Which is a good thing, because as easy as these are to make, you can make them several times a week!

 

Blueberry Muffins
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Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • ⅓ cup milk, or more as needed
  • ½ tsp lemon zest
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup butter, cubed
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
Setup:
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
  3. Sprinkle the blueberries with 1 tbsp flour and toss gently to coat. Set aside.
Prepare the topping:
  1. Add together ½ cup sugar, ⅓ cup flour, ¼ cup butter, and 1½ teaspoons cinnamon.
  2. Mix with fork or pulse with a food processor until crumbly.
Prepare the batter and bake:
  1. In a large bowl, whisk together the 1½ cups flour, ¾ cup sugar, salt and baking powder.
  2. Pour vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup, then add the egg and add enough milk to fill to the 1 cup mark.
  3. Stir the wet ingredients and lemon zest into the dry ingredients until incorporated, but not over-mixed.
  4. Gently fold the blueberries into the batter.
  5. Fill muffin cups ¾ full and cover with crumb topping mixture.
  6. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until done when a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
This recipe is based on this AllRecipes version.

 

Setup:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
Sprinkle the blueberries with 1 tbsp flour and toss gently to coat. Set aside.
Prepare the topping:
Add together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon.
Mix with fork or pulse with a food processor until crumbly.
Prepare the batter and bake:
In a large bowl, whisk together the 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder.
Pour vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup, then add the egg and add enough milk to fill to the 1 cup mark.
Stir the wet ingredients and lemon zest into the dry ingredients until incorporated, but not over-mixed.
Gently fold the blueberries into the batter.
Fill muffin cups 3/4 full and cover with crumb topping mixture.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until done when a toothpick comes out clean.

Enjoy!

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