Blueberry Muffins
"This recipe came from a Colonial Williamsburg cookbook. It is now part of our Thanksgiving tradition."
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
4 dozen muffins
- Serves:
- 48
ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable shortening
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 eggs
- 5 1⁄4 cups flour
- 6 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 2 cups milk
- 4 1⁄2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons flour
directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Grease muffin tins that are 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
- Cream the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
- Add the dry ingredients and milk alternately, mixing just until blended.
- Do not overmix.
- In a small bowl, toss the blueberries, with the sugar and flour.
- Note: If frozen blueberries are used, toss gently in a paper towel to remove ice crystals, but do not thaw them.
- Add the blueberries, folding just enough to mix well.
- Spoon into prepared muffin tins, filling each cup 2/3 full.
- A little sugar and cinnamon may be sprinkled on top of each muffin, if desired.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
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I am the mother of 6 (only 5 of whom I birthed), and the grandmother of 10. Since my children were born in ’70, ’73, ’80, ’85, and ’90, I have always had kids in different stages of life; so my life has never been boring. I homeschooled the youngest 3 for 15 years(which I really really enjoyed), but my youngest daughter is now going to the University of Hawaii. The next oldest daughter is a theater manager and English teacher in Seattle. Our 4 sons are are all merried, living in West Virginia, Nevada, and Oregan and are the parents of all our grandchildren .I did the Cub Scout leader a long time ago; then the Girl Scout leader and like that a lot better. I also love to garden and to cook. I started cooking in grade school, was fixing dinner every night as my “family chore” by the time I was in junior high, and have been enjoying it ever since. I think when you enjoy cooking, it is contagious. My married sons both share some of the cooking with their wives; my college daughter has enjoyed putting on Sunday Suppers in her dorm. Reading is also a favorite pastime, but my “reading” is done via books on tape since I am legally blind. I love Zarr because it allows me access to so many recipes, as well as the benefit of others’ experiences (thanks to modern technology and a specialty computer software program designed for the blind and visually impaired. My husband (DH is an understated term) and I are involved in our church choir together, enjoy traveling, visiting friends around the country, and taking our grandchildren and Girl Scouts camping.
