Very Blueberry Morning Muffins

Start your day with Very Blueberry Morning Muffins! Make tender, buttery muffins using Swans Down® Cake Flour, fold in fresh blueberries, and top with a hint of sugar and nutmeg for a sweet, morning-perfect treat everyone will love.

Prep: 15 min
Bake: 25 min
Yield: 8 muffins
Ingredients

Muffins

  • 1/4 cup – unsalted butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup – sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons – grated lemon zest
  • 1 – egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon – vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cups – blueberries
  • 1 cup and 1 tablespoon – unsifted Swans Down Cake Flour
  • 1 teaspoon – baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon – salt
  • 1/3 cup – milk

Topping

  • 3/4 teaspoon – sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon – nutmeg
Directions

PREHEAT oven to 375 degrees.

IN large bowl cream butter, sugar and lemon zest until light, about 5 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Mash 1/4 cup of the berries. Beat into batter. Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Fold into batter alternately with milk. Fold into berries.

SPOON into 8 paper-lined muffin cups. Place topping of 3/4 teaspoons sugar and 1/8 teaspoons nutmeg, mixed, in small strainer and dust each muffin. Bake until muffins spring back when lightly touched, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. Makes 8 muffins.

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  • If you like delicate baked goods, these are the best.
    I made the very blueberry morning muffins, but I changed a few things.
    Orange and blueberry go really well together.
    I had a blood orange in my frig so I zested it and used most of the zest in the batter and saved a bit for the tops.
    I mixed the juice from half of blood orange and remaining zest with icing sugar.
    Poked some holes in the tops of muffins and drizzled the icing over.
    They came out sooo good, I can’t wait to make them again.

  • Love this recipe , I made the first batch of muffins with fresh strawberries and the second with bananas absolutely delicious !

    • HI Wanda, Yes you can use applesauce for the eggs. To substitute applesauce for eggs in a recipe, use ¼ cup of unsweetened applesauce for every egg you need to replace;

    • Hi CJ, Yes you can use salted butter instead of unsalted. If you do you could also reduce the salt to 1/8 teaspoon if you'd like. Happy baking!

    • Hi Vera, Swans Down is available at many retailers across the US. Enter your zip code into our Find A Store locator to find a retailer near you. Happy baking!

  • Doubled the recipe and made mini loafs. I always rub the grated lemon zest into the sugar to infuse a more lemony flavor. Using a good butter, like Kerrygold, also makes a real difference. Absolutely delish!

    • Hi Footsie, Can can add lemon juice is you do not have lemon zest to help boost the lemon flavor. Happy baking!

    • Hi V.Wright, You can certainly use frozen blueberries. Let them defrost completely then drain any excess liquid before mashing them. Happy baking!

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