Last year I posted about a blueberry muffin recipe I made when I was visiting my sister in Oregon. It was really good, but I think I have found a better one. This one is really good. It is more cake like than muffin like. It is not necessarily a healthy muffin. This is more like a really good bakery style muffin.
This recipe is adapted from a recipe I found in Martha Stewart Cupcake Cookbook. Yes, I bought another cookbook. I could not resist. I love to make cupcakes and muffins and knew I would love this book. It is similar in style to Martha’s Cookie Cookbook that I also love. Who couldn’t love cookbooks about cookies or cupcakes? Both are great desserts to make. So, since I had enjoyed the cookie on so much I went ahead and bought the cupcake book. And actually for a Martha Stewart cookbook both of these books are inexpensive.
The original recipe for these muffins was called cupcakes because they had whipped cream spread on top of them like a frosting would be. I am sure that would be very good, but I like them as more of a muffin. My kids loved these for breakfast.
Blueberry Muffins
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks (16 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk, room temperature
- 2 cups blueberries
- Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 standard muffin tins with paper liners. Sift together flours, baking powder, and salt.
- Beat butter and granulated sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and vanilla. Reduce speed to low, and add the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture; beat until combined after each addition. Fold in blueberries by hand.
- Divide batter among cups. Bake, rotating halfway through, until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool.
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yummy! I’ll have to try these.
Great muffins, really yummy. I would like to have many like that.
I looked and didn’t find cake flour at the tiny little grocery store available here. Could I substitute all purpose or bread flour or should I wait until I can get my hands on some cake flour? Thanks for all the great recipes, by the way!
Marybeth, cake flour is going to give you a little better texture. It is made from a softer wheat. You can however use all purpose flour. But you use 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons of all purpose and make sure to sift the all purpose flour. I have done this in other recipes, not this one. I hope that helps.