Cooking Lights Blueberry Cinnamon Burst Muffins Recipes

ELEGANT BUTTERMILK CINNAMON BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease or line 12 muffin cups.
• Combine cinnamon and sugar for the topping in a small bowl and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then beat in the vanilla.
• Into a separate bowl, sift both flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• Add the flour mixture the to batter in three additions, alternating with the buttermilk in two additions, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Gently fold in the blueberries.
• Spoon the batter into the muffin cups to about 1/2 full.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes until the tops are golden brown and spring back when lightly touched, and wooden skewer comes out clean.
• Cool the muffins for 5 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto wrack.
• Dip the crowns of each muffin first into the cooled melted butter, then into the sugar-cinnamon mixture, then cool right-side up on a wire wrack.

CINNAMON-CUMBLE BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• To make the crumble topping, in a medium bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, and brown sugar.
• Add the butter pieces and cut into the sugar mixture with a pastry blender until the topping is crumbly; set aside.
• To make the blueberry muffins, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Generously butter or grease six 8-ounce jumbo muffin cups.
• If using fresh blueberries, rinse and thoroughly dry the berries.
• In a small bowl, toss the fresh or frozen berries with the 1 tablespoon flour.
• In a large bowl, stir together the 2 cups flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; make a well in the center.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg and 1 cup of the buttermilk until combined.
• Whisk in the vanilla and melted butter.
• Pour the buttermilk mixture into the well.
• Begin stirring the liquids, gradually drawing the dry ingredients into the well until they are almost, but not quite, combined.
• If mixture is to thick, add the additional 1/4 cup of buttermilk and gently mix.
• Add the blueberries and fold in just to distribute evenly taking care not to overmix.
• Evenly divide the crumble topping among the muffins, sprinkling it on top.
• Bake the muffins for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then carefully turn out onto the rack.
• Serve warm, or cool completely.
• Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.

BEST BLUEBERRY MUFFINS (COOK'S ILLUSTRATED)

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray standard muffin tin with nonstick vegetable cooking spray.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl until combined. Whisk egg in second medium bowl until well-combined and light-colored, about 20 seconds. Add sugar and whisk vigorously until thick and homogenous, about 30 seconds; add melted butter in 2 or 3 steps, whisking to combine after each addition. Add sour cream in 2 steps, whisking just to combine.
• Add frozen berries to dry ingredients and gently toss to combine. Add sour cream mixture and fold with rubber spatula until batter comes together and berries are evenly distributed, 25 to 30 seconds (small spots of flour may remain and batter will be thick). Do not overmix.
• Use ice cream scoop or large spoon to drop batter into greased muffin tin. Bake until light golden brown and toothpick or skewer inserted into center of muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes, rotating pan from front to back halfway through baking time. Invert muffins onto wire rack, stand muffins upright, and cool 5 minutes.

TO DIE FOR BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder. Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and add enough milk to reach the 1-cup mark. Mix this with flour mixture. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.
• To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done.

GOURMET MAGAZINE'S CINNAMON BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F
• Put liners in muffin cups.
• Whisk together butter, brown sugar, milk, and egg in a bowl until combined well.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
• Add milk mixture and stir until just combined.
• Fold in blueberries gently.
• Divide batter among muffin cups and bake until golden brown and a wooden pick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

BEST OF THE BEST BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Position rack in the middle of oven. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray the top of a muffin pan with non-stick coating, and line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, 1 1/4 cups sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Mix together 1 3/4 cup of the flour and baking powder. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, mixing just until incorporated. Crush 1/4 of the blueberries, and stir into the batter. Mix the rest of the whole blueberries with the remaining 1/4 cup of the flour, and fold into the batter. Scoop into muffin cups. Sprinkle tops lightly with sugar.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until golden brown, and tops spring back when lightly tapped.