
Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cup unbleached flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup plain yogurt, room temperature
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup blueberries
- 1/16 cup coarse sugar crystals
Streusel Topping
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 Tbsp water
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup butter, softened.
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Grease a muffin pan or use paper liners.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda until well-mixed. Cut in butter using a fork and mix until a fine crumb mixture results.
- Pour yogurt in a small bowl and stir until creamy. Transfer yogurt to blender and add in eggs and vanilla extract, process until mixture is smooth.
- Pour yogurt mixture into flour mixture and combine just until flour is moistened. Do not over mix. Gently fold in berries.
- Prepare streusel topping: in a small bowl, combine sugar, flour, water, cinnamon, and softened butter. Mix until the streusal is completely blended and crumbly.
- Fill muffin cups 2/3 of the way full with batter. Sprinkle streusel topping over the top of muffin batter in muffin pan.
- Bake in oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until muffins are golden brown and wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove muffins from oven and remove from muffin pan immediately. Serve warm. Yield: 1 dozen muffins.
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