I love the blueberry muffins they have in Starbucks so I started looking for a similar recipe online a while back. Although there were a few hits and misses, nothing really looked compelling. Then the search turned to other things and I promptly forgot about the blueberries I had bought and frozen to make muffins.
But you can’t really forget about blueberry muffins for long, can you? I resumed my search for a good blueberry muffin recipe a couple of weekends back and found a recipe for something better – blueberry streusel muffins! I have been wanting to make streusel something for a while now so here it goes!
Blueberry Streusel Muffins Recipe
Makes 8 large muffins
Adapted from All Recipes
Ingredients
For Muffins:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour or maida
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup vegetable oil (I used rice bran oil)
1 egg
1/3 cup milk, approx
3/4 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
For Streusel Topping:
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
How I Made It:
1. Preheat oven to 400F / 200C). Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners and set aside.
2. For muffin batter – combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder in a bowl with a whisk or fork
3. Place vegetable oil in a 1 cup measuring cup, add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix this with flour mixture gently until no traces of the flour mixture remain.
4. Fold in the blueberries without breaking them. Its helps to refrigerate or freeze them for a bit before this step. If the blueberries break, they will bleed all over the batter, making your cupcakes purple. Unless that’s the colour you want to end up with, freeze the blueberries and harden them a bit. Either ways, taste is not affected.
5. Fill muffin cups almost to the top. This gives a more domed muffins as you get in malls and bakeries. The streusel topping will make sure the batter doesn’t spill over while baking.
6. To Make Streusel Topping: Combine the ingredients with your fingertips until they resemble bread crumbs (the mixture will be more moist than bread crumbs though). Sprinkle over the muffin batter and cover as completely as possible.
7. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the muffins pass the skewer test (insert skewer or toothpick into the muffin and if they come out with some dry crumbs at the end, you are done).
The muffins were airy, large, domed, and delicious. I also added some almond extract to the second batch but the ones without that were nicer so omit any flavouring that you feel tempted to add, like vanilla or almond.
Looks just so fab ….lovely pics …
This looks fantastic. I really love when the blueberries burst. It imparts a super duper flavor to the baked goods. And yes the muffins from starbucks are so good.
I hear them calling out 'Come, eat me', Nagu !! 🙂
I bake egg-less muffins using whole wheat flour. Instead of egg I use a combination of skim-milk yogurt & skim milk. Other ingredients remain same. They come out a bit dense and a wee bit heavier than what I see here. But they rise well, smell and taste divine. I also get the baking powder-ish after-taste. Not sure what can be done to get rid of these muffin ailments. Any suggestions, please? Also how do you separate the frozen berries without tearing them? I have a tough time separating the frozen fruits / veggies. So I usually dunk them in water, but this method tends to make them soggy and limp. Any suggestions for this as well, please? Thanks!
Gosh such a coincidence! I have been looking at a similar recipe from cooking light to use up some raspberries! for days! like since last week! maybe I'll try yours instead 🙂
*glad
Lovely muffins and gald you gave the egg less version 🙂
Sala from Veggie Belly sent me these liners may eons ago 🙂
These muffins look absolutely yumm…soft n fluffy, perfected! Havent tasted blueberry but looks very tempting. I love those muffin liners 🙂
Prathima, I haven't tried it your way with skim milk powder. To remove the smell, I would suggest using a natural ingredient that has a strong flavour of its own, like banana or natural vanilla, or strawberries, or even chocolate. Have you tried that?
I didn't have any difficult prying frozen blueberries apart. A gentle nudge with my fingertips was enough. Make sure there is no moisture on the fruit before you freeze it. If its wet, then that will become ice and stick together hard.
i bought some bluberries too..am wondering what to do with them..i have made cakes and muffins before..with the streusal topping sounds interesting..will try it this way