Blueberry Muffins
"This is a really simple muffin recipe. I'm moving away from relying on mixes for things like this. You can make this with canned blueberries if you want, just drain them first, and dust them with some sifted flour so the muffins don't turn blue."
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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12 muffins
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg, well-beaten
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄3 cup melted butter
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper inserts.
- Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In a small bowl, combine eggs, water, and butter.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the egg mixture all at once. Stir with a fork until just moist.
- Gently fold in the blueberries.
- Fill the muffin cups 2/3 full, and bake for 25-30 minutes.
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Reviews
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Very basic. I didn't like these muffins all that much. I like something more gooey. They are still tasty and simple though! -
Nice, basic blueberry muffin recipe. Simplicity is often sublime, afterall. I used orange juice instead of the water. I added a generous 1/2 tsp. cinnamon to the dry ingredients. I also needed a dash of extra milk to make the batter smoother. I did not use muffin liners --just buttered the muffin tin, and baked for 19 minutes at 400 degrees. The muffins are golden crisp on top and moist inside. YUM!
Tweaks
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Nice, basic blueberry muffin recipe. Simplicity is often sublime, afterall. I used orange juice instead of the water. I added a generous 1/2 tsp. cinnamon to the dry ingredients. I also needed a dash of extra milk to make the batter smoother. I did not use muffin liners --just buttered the muffin tin, and baked for 19 minutes at 400 degrees. The muffins are golden crisp on top and moist inside. YUM!
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I'm a programmer by day, bread baker by night. To make a living, I do process automation for management at an inbound call center. (It's really not as exciting as it sounds.) Actually, I enjoy my job. There are worse things I could be doing to finance my cooking / baking habits.
I never really knew how to cook growing up. Some of you in the Breads and Baking forum have heard my disastrous story about making Nestle Toll House cookies...
When I went to college and moved out of the dorms, I started to become interested in actually learning how to cook. I had a lactose intolerant boyfriend, and a limited budget, so it made sense to stop eating take-out pizza and Taco Bell every day. I have to credit The Dairy Free Cookbook by Jane Zukin as my first real guide. (I still cook out of it , even though the boyfriend is long gone!)
With that as a start, I set about systematically teaching myself how to cook.
Five years later, I'm getting a reputation from friends and family as being a good cook. I love baking bread from scratch (I could really become a sourdough freak - thanks Donna!) - I can't seem to make enough cinnamon raisin swirl to keep my mom and grandmother happy. I'm enjoying getting back to eating seasonally, eschewing over - processed prepared food in favor of simpler, healthier, better tasting, cheaper meals I make myself. When I set out to learn, I never imagined I'd be making stock, roasting whole chickens, baking bread, or shopping at our local farmer's market. Now I can't imagine going back to the way I used to eat.
I hope someday to learn enough about bread baking to open a local bakery/cafe, somewhere in Westport or Downtown Kansas City. I love my city, and the kind of place I have in mind will be a place that gives back to the community. I want to leave this city a better place for my having been here.
Here's my standard metric for how I review recipes here, because I want my reviews to be helpful and consistent:
***** Fantastic as is. Wouldn't change a thing and will make it often.
0**** Fantastic tweaked a little to suit my tastes. Will make it often.
00*** Had to tweak it alot to get something I would make again.
000** Not very good. May try tweaking it again at some point.
0000* Not good. Probably won't try making again, even with tweaks.
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